All Building articles in 3 May 2019
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Construction industry gossip: In your own words
People wonder why a well-known Australian has taken charge of the Crown’s jewels, and the London Assembly is losing several blame games
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We're not collaborating enough because our contracts are too confrontational
A more collaborative way of working makes for better-run, more efficient projects – and it all starts with how you word the contract, says Mark Castle
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Tracker: March 2019
Overall activity slipped to its lowest point in almost three years, with contraction in every sector, while tenders continued to fall
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Crossrail: Regrets, it has a few
Today’s NAO report shows a litany of very costly programming mistakes, can the new bosses get it back on track?
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Building podcast: Crossrail latest, construction's climate change action, and solving the competency problem
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Legal: When it's over, it's over
Clarity on liquidated damages claims for delay after termination
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Projects: Guédelon Castle, France
It may resemble a restoration project, but this 13th-century castle in France is being built from scratch entirely by hand
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The space race: can legacy buildings meet our future challenges?
With a growing population, we must look to refurbish our existing building stock to suit our future needs
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Are we building the kinds of homes we want to live in?
“The homes we are building today will be the homes that you will live in in 30 years”. So are we building the right homes?
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Legal: What happens when an architect changes your design without telling you
Steven Carey reviews a recent case about an architect found negligent for changing a design without the clients’ consent
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From the archive: 2005 - And you think YOU’VE got project delays…
It’s not easy to build a castle, but some seem to have even more than the usual trouble…
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Sketch of the week: 1930s factory in Greenwich, London
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Tom Lea, project architect at Coffey Architects
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The day three running jump
Tony Bingham says respondents’ habit of trying to halt an adjudication three days in needs to be taken more seriously
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Interview: Charles O'Neil - solving construction's competency problem
Construction expert Charles O’Neil reckons the industry’s core problem is competency. So he’s doing something about it
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How a vocational training initiative was eclipsed by a black hole
You can judge the state of the nation not just by what makes the news, but also by what doesn’t
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News
Latest Crossrail delivery timetable to be tested by London Assembly
Crossrail heavy hitters to answer questions on plan to finish late-running rail project
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Jamie Fobert crowned Architect of the Year
Full list of winners from BD’s Architect of the Year Awards 2019
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Industry veterans to form alternative to auditors
Group will investigate projects for investors and banks
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Online poll: How well is construction doing at going green?
This week’s poll: Is construction taking things seriously to mitigate the impact climate change has on construction?