All Building articles in 24 January 2020
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FeaturesWhat works: Role-playing exercises
Arcadis’ Greg Bradley explains a training technique that has helped his team learn to deal quickly with the challenges of working on projects
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FeaturesProjects: The Londoner, Leicester Square
Faced with severe space constraints on the site of the former Odeon cinema in Leicester Square, Edwardian Hotels has built more than half of The Londoner underground
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CommentLitigation costs: No money-back guarantee
Recovering the costs of litigation can be a complex process subject to a variety of constraints
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Gnome unknowns
Gossip on a gnome pun that earned a job, Icelandic construction workers and the architectural gingerbread winners.
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CommentBrexit: What happens next?
David Harrison, Jonathan Olson-Welsh and Rebecca Timms on what to expect as we get set to exit the EU
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Comment5 minutes with… Phil Kentish, partner, Bidwells
Phil Kentish tells Building about his manicured lawn, being a labourer and what London building he wished he’d help fit-out.
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FeaturesCost model: Birmingham build to rent
Birmingham’s build-to-rent sector is belatedly taking off
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CommentHow best to balance value and risk in procurement
Disposing of risk means considering the needs of the client and its project with care, as well as creating a fair environment in which to work
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NewsCrossrail won’t finish station construction until Christmas
Scheme due to open in summer next year
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NewsIn pictures: BW completes work on new home of US management consultant
Laing O’Rourke was main contractor at site of former Royal Mail sorting office
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FeaturesWhy is the Home Building Fund failing to reach small builders?
Despite being the main target of the fund and the ones that need it most, SME housebuilders are struggling to access the cash
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CommentConstruction output: Uphill struggle for all sectors
A government boost is needed, says Rebecca Larkin
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NewsDeveloper making tracks for £22m station in Leeds
Scheme will serve city’s White Rose Shopping Centre
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NewsOver £200bn in the pipeline but outlook is still subdued, CPA says
Biggest sectors set to contract due to long-term uncertainty despite decisive Conservative victory
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NewsLaing O’Rourke joins industry pleas to get going on HS2
Group finance director Stewart McIntyre says firm interested in £500m Curzon Street station job
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CommentShovels at the ready - let’s get on with HS2
HS2 faces yet more scrutiny following leaked government report
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CommentNEC contracts: Ours is not to reason why
Adjudicators need not give detailed reasons for their decisions – and can use a little help without accounting for that either
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FeaturesCaroline Pidgeon: A decade spent scrutinising Crossrail
Caroline Pidgeon knows Crossrail inside out after scrutinising the project for a decade and grilling its key players for London’s transport committee. She speaks to Jordan Marshall about exactly what has gone wrong, why the delay is so frustrating and lessons to be learned
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NewsHousing audit lays into ‘greedy’ firms over poor quality of designs
Report finds ‘unethical’ housebuilders are designing just 26% of homes well