All Building articles in 5 July 2019
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FeaturesTop 150 Contractors and Housebuilders 2019: The tables
Building reveals its exclusive Top 150 contractors and housebuilders league tables
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CommentWrong but not responsible
A recent case serves as a reminder that just because a party is at fault does not necessarily make it responsible for a loss
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CommentFuel for thought: decommissioning oil and gas projects
We are starting to see the first standard contracts for decommissioning oil and gas projects
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CommentHow we can create a collaborative delivery environment
The UK’s current track record of delivering major construction projects leaves something to be desired
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CommentClimate change is not going away and we must learn to adapt
Floods are a menace, but one that affected industries and communities must learn to accept as a reality
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FeaturesTracker: May 2019
Total activity decreased for the third consecutive month, though orders remained in positive territory
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FeaturesBuilding intelligence: Q1 2019
Uncertainty continued to subdue growth across most sectors, although large infrastructure projects provided a bright spot
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 2017 - A match made in Canada
As we interview Atkins president Philip Hoare, we cast our minds back to when the consultancy was bought up by SNC-Lavalin
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Concept sketch, east London hotel
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Chris Smith, director of Smith Newton Architects
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FeaturesImage of the week: Wimbledon’s new Court 1 roof
On day 1 of the Wimbledon tennis tournament on 1 July, the newly installed retractable roof of Court 1 was on display
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FeaturesBuilding podcast: John McAslan talks to Building; Stirling Prize 2019 shortlist predictions
Listen on our website here or on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher or your preferred podcast app
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Happy days
Summer sizzles to the sound of ribs on the grill, willow on leather and the zip of the Serpentine pavilion being cordoned off
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FeaturesChanging the DNA: how building using a cement substitute is reducing global carbon emissions
Imperial College London’s £90m biomedical engineering research centre is built from an unusual material. Thomas Lane reports on how the challenges of working with GGBS have been overcome to imposing effect
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CommentOffsite housing? There’s an app for that
An open-source app to facilitate early planning for using offsite systems should help drive a modern way of working
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CommentInfrastructure is in the waiting room - will it be given the chance?
We are all too used to unrealistic promises from politicians before a vote – what they are actually able to deliver inevitably disappoints
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NewsWillmott Dixon eyeing Brighton job left in lurch by R Durtnell collapse
Deal to revamp grade I-listed venue has £21m pricetag
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NewsAtkins boss demands long-term infrastructure plan
Philip Hoare says schemes can’t be linked to ‘politics of the day’
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Features‘We can’t continue as we are’: Philip Hoare, Atkins, talks to Building
Atkins’ new president talks about embracing digital, his plans to grow the firm outside the UK and his determination to transform construction’s broken models
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NewsOMA, Hopkins and Wilkinson Eyre reveal Milton Keynes proposals
Five visions for new university go out for public consultation