All Building articles in 4 May 2018
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Hansom: Identity issues
Voltaire gets confused with Spider-Man, site hoardings sport mystery monikers in place of logos, and a minister almost dives headfirst into a – luckily only virtual – road that he’d mistaken for a swimming pool
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Relocating out of London? How to choose a location for your new HQ
Morgan Reece at Barton Willmore discusses the thought that goes into choosing the ideal relocation site - using Channel 4 as an example
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From the archive: 1947
Sometimes the things we take for granted turn out to be most revolutionary
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Sketch of the week: Peak District cottage
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Félicie Krikler, director at Assael Architecture
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Thought for tomorrow: Building in factories
Anthony Thistleton looks forward to a revolution in housing productivity
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Trailblazers: St Pancras station and hotel, 1868
Architect James Bell of MSMR Architects acclaims the innovative design and economic robustness of St Pancras station and hotel
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Leasehold does have issues, but could banning it create other problems?
There is no justification for ground rents to escalate the way they have been, but could banning leaseholds create a double-tier market trapping leaseholders in their properties?
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Online poll: Adapting to technology
This week’s poll: Is your organisation willing enough to adapt its working practices and embrace technological advancements?
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That's the spirit
A new survey on contracts reveals growing enthusiasm for collaboration and BIM technology is yet to be realised in practice
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New methods, new workers
The adoption of modern methods of construction offers an opportunity to expand the industry’s skills base and attract a wider range of young people
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Building Your Future: The future of consultants
Artificial intelligence is set to play a major part in construction. Where does that leave the humans who work in the sector?
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New approach to infrastructure delivery launched
Project 13 aims to improve the delivery of infrastructure projects
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Barratt chief warns of design poverty with offsite homes
David Thomas says part of the reason housebuilder shut its offsite factory is that planners and consumers are not keen on the uniformity of design that offsite involves
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Regulations: issues of control
Construction failings at Grenfell Tower have highlighted the need for an overhaul of building control to ensure inspectors pick up on breaches of the Building Regulations, but how should this be done?
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Campaigners insist Paddington Cube fight will go on
Save Britain’s Heritage awarded Court of Appeal date
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Building control's new found public profile
Building control cannot take the responsibility of ensuring everything is built to an acceptable standard on its own – greater awareness of these issues could help the industry raise its game
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Former Bam boss joins regional contractor
Richard Bailey becomes director of family-owned Stepnell
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Private building control inspectors want parity with local authority counterparts
Industry group calls for private and local authority officials to be governed by common set of rules
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Arup wings in with role on Bath's rugby stadium
New stadium designed by Grimshaw will have 18,000 seats