All Building articles in 7 February 2020
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FeaturesProjects: Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice, Glasgow
It has got a beauty spa, a wedding reception venue and even a honeymoon suite, but this is not a boutique hotel
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CommentTall towers and proptech
Clare Harman-Clark explains why proptech is key to the survival of streets in the sky
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FeaturesLead Times: October - December 2019
There was minimal movement in lead times despite some packages experiencing a change in enquiry levels and workloads
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CommentNAO report: It’s the design, stupid
The core lesson of the National Audit Office report on cost and time overruns on infrastructure projects
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Hard day’s night
Gossip on the Grenfell inquiry, San Pellegrino and the dying tradition of the tea break
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CommentHow contracts can help to build a prosperous project culture
A good contract should include provisions designed to create a successful project culture
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Comment5 minutes with… Gavin Henderson, principal director, Stanton Williams
Gavin Henderson tells Building about Churchill’s famous words, his favourite building from Ethiopia and slow food
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FeaturesHas the 2016-2020 construction strategy worked?
Have the aims of the current strategy got anywhere near to being realised?
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FeaturesThe perilous life of the regional contractor
Construction companies are going bust at the rate of about one every 36 hours and regional contractors are under particular strain. Dave Rogers reports on the reasons for their demise – and what others are doing to buck the trend
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CommentWanted: a post-Brexit immigration system that works for construction
Immigration changes may threaten the industry and its integral EU workers
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CommentSocial media and another regional firm: #gonebust
Staff at Astins share their tales of woe on social media
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CommentMy constituents need HS2 to improve their connectivity
A North Yorkshire MP’s thoughts on HS2 and his own constituency
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NewsConstruction activity falls at slowest rate in eight months
Last month’s score jumps four points on December’s number
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FeaturesIn pictures: 245 Hammersmith Road, London
Sheppard Robson’s sustainable, flexible office scheme casts Hammersmith in new light
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NewsBalfour Beatty confirms former Landsec boss as new head of southern business
Beth West replaces Dave Smith who has now joined Kent firm AMCM
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NewsDrylining firm Astins sends staff home
£50m turnover West Sussex contractor had more than 200 employees
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CommentHow can construction create a safe and just space?
Building the right infrastructure is the key to tackling global poverty in an environmentally sustainable way – if we follow these steps …
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NewsOffice starts in regions nosedived last year, crane survey finds
Latest Deloitte report says Belfast was only city to see improvement on number of schemes coming out of the ground
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NewsMore details emerge on immigration ‘clearing house’ plan
CITB spearheading initiative which will see workers ‘contracted out to firms’