All Building articles in 28 June 2019
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Comment
The Augar review is likely to lead to worse facilities and poorer mental health
The most significant impact of the review into post-18 education will be its potential to exacerbate uncertainty in funding and poor student mental health
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Features
Digital brilliance in 5 easy steps
What are top companies looking for when they hire new recruits in this increasingly digitalised industry?
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Comment
Could a BIM company become a tier 1 contractor?
It’s only a matter of time, says Robert Bird Group’s Paulo Silva
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News
Grid’s proposal to overhaul Battersea brewery site in for planning
Mixed-use scheme to provide 74 homes
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Comment
In my experience: The inventor
If you can access the right funding, collaborate with others and truly engage with clients, you can bring cutting-edge technology to market
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Comment
Hackitt consultation: Taking a hard line on risk
The insurance market for contractors is increasingly tough, and not just on cladding-related work
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Features
Offsite, on trend - why volumetric modular construction is the future
There’s huge pressure for construction to find offsite solutions to boost its productivity and meet the housing and infrastructure needs of the country
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Comment
Cost versus market: how are price variations measured in construction contracts?
A recent case highlights the two contrasting ways of pricing variations
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Features
Building podcast: What can construction and design learn from the music and gaming industries?
Listen on our website here or on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher or your preferred podcast app
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Features
What is automation good for?
Automation tends to polarise opinions: either it’s the great saviour of construction or the rise of the machines threatens to de-skill professionals
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Features
Growth market: Serviced apartments
The blurring of the lines between residential and hospitality in the emerging serviced apartments segment and examine the design considerations and cost factors that developers should take into account
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Comment
5 minutes with… Tamsie Thomson, director, London Festival of Architecture
Tamsie Thomson tells Building about Egyptian temples, whippets and becoming a spy
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Comment
Make it simple, stupid
Collecting information has never been easier, but it’s all a bit pointless unless we have clever and effective ways to turn it into insights
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Features
Digital transformation: What workers want
The industry may be showing faith in new technologies, but uptake isn’t automatically keeping up
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Features
Projects: The Pavilion, Hardman Square, Manchester
The Pavilion in Spinningfields’ Hardman Square stands out among a sea of steel and glass. Ike Ijeh reports on how a modular CLT building has brought a high-end touch of green to Manchester’s financial district
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Comment
Construction industry gossip: Comfort zone
While British Land’s workers get to feel fabulous on a special sofa, the poor old design team have Heathrow sandwiches inflicted on them
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News
Gleeds picked to manage overhaul of listed Cardiff department store
City landmark to become mixed-use scheme
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Pictures reveal ongoing work at Crossrail station at centre of Canary Wharf row
Scheme’s chief executive has said retrofit work is costing £80m
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Features
Sketch of the week: Kissing Gates, London Festival of Architecture
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Sam Clarke, architect at TP Bennett