All Building articles in 22 November 2019
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CommentParty manifestos: Reckless spending doesn’t pay off
Even the benefits of infrastructure investment could be limited for the construction industry
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CommentWhen smart isn’t very clever
Matthew Marson has worked on designing smart technology throughout his career. But sometimes it can go wrong…
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Comment5 minutes with… Dexter Moren, director, Dexter Moren Associates
Dexter Moren tells Building about South Africa, seafood, and Stansted airport
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FeaturesBudget busters: What lies ahead for infrastructure?
Crossrail, Hinkley Point and HS2 would all make great subjects for a soap opera – and there are more cliffhangers to come. Then there’s the Westminster saga, with its “season finale” election next month. Jordan Marshall asks what this means for future infrastructure work and the companies that bid for ...
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Forest school, north London
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Sean Collins, director at Child Graddon Lewis
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NewsIn pictures: Mace completes new UCL ear and nose facility
Job at hospital’s Bloomsbury campus designed by Pilbrow Partners
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NewsChipperfield wins Berlin tower
Firm triumphs in contest for 70m tall building in German capital
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NewsRamboll pinches Arup boss to head up cities team
New recruit has previously worked on International Quarter development in Stratford
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NewsElection sends architects’ confidence to seven-year low
Index stuck in successive months of negative territory for first time since 2012
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Playing all the right notes but…
This week, a slanted take on tall towers, the tale of a Thatcher comeback, and light at the end of the Crossrail tunnel
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NewsLabour promise £75bn for ‘housing revolution’
Party to build 150,000 council and social homes a year if it wins next month’s general election
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NewsLaing O’Rourke back on Prompt Payment Code
Reinstatement comes after firm improved its payment times to suppliers
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FeaturesInfrastructure update: Full fibre and 5G
Here, Building examines the state of the digital communications market and the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead
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CommentTall towers and trade marks
Louise Popple considers intellectual property rights in iconic buildings
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CommentConstruction contracts: Maintaining good relations
What does it mean if a contract is classified as a relational contract? And how does this relate to a duty of good faith?
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 2004 — Days of plenty
As parties promise infrastructure work if they get elected, Building looks back to the last time the country experienced a public sector spending spree
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FeaturesImage of the week: High and dry
Thousands walk the new Hochmosel Bridge across the Moselle valley in Germany ahead of its official opening today
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