All Building articles in 28 February 2020
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FeaturesSketch of the week: The village of Inholm in Northstowe, Cambridgeshire
This week’s #buildingdoodle is by Stephen Proctor, director at Proctor Matthews Architects
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FeaturesCost model: Tall buildings
London was slow to adopt tower building but the City’s distinctive skyline shows how much attitudes have changed
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FeaturesLast chance to take part in this year’s NBS BIM survey 2020
There is still time to complete NBS’ 10 th annual BIM survey
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NewsMipim says show is still on as first coronavirus case confirmed in Cannes
Local reports say fashion student caught virus after trip to Milan
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Coronavirus masks and Donald Trump in India
Gossip on surgical masks for coronavirus, a dog with a taste for construction and a developer going vegetarian
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CommentPriti Patel’s plans and crucial EU site workers
Nul points for the home secretary’s clampdown on low-skilled immigration
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FeaturesSpecifier: Expanded cork at the Cork House, Eton
How a project on an island in the River Thames has changed the use of expanded cork
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Features‘They don’t want me here’: Points-based immigration in construction
With migrant workers now wary of a less welcoming environment, many are already heading elsewhere
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CommentIn conversation with Steve Watts on tall buildings and vertical farms
Steve Watts, chair of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, talks to Jamie Harris
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Comment5 minutes with … Manisha Patel, senior partner, PRP Architects
Manisha Patel tells Building about breaking down cultural barriers, breathing underwater and an urban community in Cornwall
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News‘We’re still going,’ says Mipim’s London Stand organiser
Growing coronavirus worries have seen a number of firms cancel their trips to Cannes
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CommentUK2070: Time for construction to be an agent for change
Our industry will not succeed in creating change if we continue with fragmented, underpowered and short term initiatives, writes Patricia Moore
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CommentFine margins: let’s rebalance the risk in construction
Little progress can be made on improving the sector until we fix the fundamental problem of contractors’ margins
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CommentJohn Tutte: The problem with the building beautiful commission’s report
It ignores our recommendations – which come from our customers – and proposes blanket solutions
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NewsSecret price-fixing tapes released as cartel buster ramps up pressure on construction
Competition Markets Authority targeting industry with anti-cheating message
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CommentFires on construction sites: A burning question
How the risks of fire and other damage during building work should be shared and what insurance cover is needed
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CommentCase in focus: TAQA Bratani Ltd and Others v Rockrose UKCS8 LLC
Ted Lowery on a termination that was not subject to good faith
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NewsMipim on alert as coronavirus spreads in Europe from Italy
UK sent second-largest number of delegates last year
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NewsTaylor Wimpey plans fewer sales this year to boost margins
Firm says rising construction costs to blame for eating into bottom line