All Building articles in 8 February 2019
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News
New procurement plan for £6.8bn Lower Thames Crossing
Contract roles changed in Highways England rethink
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News
HS2: The story so far
Building’s recap of everything that has happened since HS2 was launched in 2009
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Features
Working abroad in construction: what should you know before you make the move?
Professionals who have relocated for work give practical tips for anyone contemplating doing the same
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Working abroad in construction: part two
Read more profiles of construction professionals who have made the move away from the UK
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Comment
Out of Eden: tackling emissions in the construction sector
It may sound like science fiction, but CO 2 could soon be widely used as a raw material for construction and help reduce emissions
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Features
Working abroad in construction: the employer's perspective
Building also spoke with David Carey at Turner Townsend, who supports the firm’s staff making overseas transfers, to find out about the employer’s role. What support should the employers give, and which areas are better left for the individual to sort?
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Comment
Infrastructure funding solutions are out there
Closing this investment gap provides an opportunity to investigate alternative funding models for our future infrastructure projects, says Aecom’s Colin Wood
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Comment
Construction industry gossip: Winter warmers
This week, a brilliant idea on how to fix HS2’s troubles by moving parliament to Birmingham and a nostalgic look back at a simpler time for marketing
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Features
Online poll: Low-bidding
This week’s poll: Have you noticed an increase in low bidding for construction work?
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Comment
Thought for tomorrow: Housing 2044
Simon Henley sees a more communal and less aggressively commercial approach to homes
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Features
Are stressed contractors returning to suicide bidding to procure work?
The Brexit deadline is just seven weeks away – and still, nothing is any clearer. As tension rises, schemes are frozen and insolvencies increase, stressed contractors may turn to the bad old practice of bidding low just to keep things moving.
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News
Turn Palace of Westminster into luxury hotel, says former heritage minister
MP says Britain should have purpose-built Parliament in Birmingham
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Ridge boss says UK needs to leave EU next month
Delaying departure date will only pile on uncertainty, consultant’s senior partner warns
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ACM cladding blamed for Australian tower fire
Melbourne fire chief says there was evidence of external fire spread
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Features
Sketch of the week: Forton Services, near Lancaster, 1964
This week’s #buildingdoodle is by Wesley Baker, architectural assistant at tp bennett
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News
Highways England launches £340m framework
The eight-lot deal will cover works in the east of England
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Builder wanted for new £40m London train station
Brent Cross West will join up to Midland Main Line and Thameslink route
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Comment
The devil is in the detail in pre-contractual documents
Louis Peacock-Young on the risks of appending pre-contractual documents to construction contracts
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Contractors put on notice for more Stratford Waterfront work
One firm will build frames for both the BBC’s and Sadler’s Wells’ new east London bases