All Building articles in 8 March 2019
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Features
London contractors market update
What impact is the uncertainty around Brexit having on main contractor and MEP contractors’ London workloads?
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News
Deputy mayor says ex-Crossrail boss 'misled' London Assembly members
Last March Andrew Wolstenholme gave ‘no indication’ scheme could be late, according to Joanne McCartney
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Comment
Let's calculate the value of social value
Measuring the social value added to a community through new developments can be quite a challenging concept to grasp - but not any more
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Comment
Projects don’t capitalise on opportunities. Why?
Are humans too risk-averse to proactively take on opportunities? Should we ‘think like a trader’?
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Features
SME Profile: Heritage practice sets sights on ‘John Lewis’ model
Purcell looks to safeguard future of the business with move into employee ownership
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Comment
Construction industry gossip: Manners maketh the man
An Osborne director demonstrates the benefits of an expensive education, while City planners practise the art of tight-lipped diplomacy
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Comment
International Women's Day 2019: construction is changing far quicker than we think
Women are now working in every sector and discipline - a far cry from the attitudes 20 years ago
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Comment
How to dig yourself out of a hole
Ryan Fordham compares approaches to the risk of encountering unforeseen ground conditions
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Comment
We're taking it to the wire with Brexit - and construction activity is taking a hit
So, just three weeks to the day we are scheduled to leave the EU and still no clear idea of what Brexit will mean for business, or for anyone for that matter. If we stick to the timetable, we should be leaving in three Fridays’ time. But ...
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Features
Are rooftop developments the answer to London’s housing crisis?
Airspace developers tell us to imagine thousands of new homes atop existing buildings – but to make that happen they need planners to share their vision.
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Features
Image of the week: Standing strong
A surfer by Brighton West Pier enjoys the unseasonably warm weather as Britain repeatedly smashed February temperature records last week
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Features
Sketch of the week: Shoreditch Town Hall, London
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Jim Reed, director at architect Reed Watts
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News
Liverpool Chinatown contractor banned from running businesses
Director of company responsible for developing Liverpool’s Chinatown has been disqualified for seven years
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News
Gender pay gap is still 20% across construction, says RICS
But the figure has fallen from 36% last year
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News
Former Crossrail bosses set to face the heat on £17.6bn project's delay
Ex-chief executives Andrew Wolstenholme and Simon Wright set to front the London Assembly’s transport committee
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Comment
Collateral warranty: under the spotlight
Victoria Peckett draws lessons from two recent cases on the defences available against claims under collateral warranties
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News
Interserve hands over another EfW plant
The contractor has two jobs remaining in a sector which has cost it hundreds of millions of pounds
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Features
Your guide to Mipim 2019
As we prepare to bid a tearful farewell to Europe, there’s time for one last knees-up as EU members with our international colleagues at the annual property fair in the south of France. But it won’t all be drowning our sorrows – there will also be much talk about our ...