All Building articles in 9 February 2018
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News
Styles & Wood nabs deal to revamp new home of taxman
HMRC will move into new Liverpool home next year
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Laing O'Rourke starts construction on £850m Edinburgh job
Building of the mixed-use scheme has begun after nearly two years of demolition
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WYG poaches Atkins director to head up European team
New addition to WYG’s team comes after firm recorded a nearly £3m loss in December
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Sir Robert McAlpine starts £40m Leeds office scheme
Former city centre cinema is being into new office space
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Features
Online poll: Financing the NHS
This week’s poll: Is there still a place for private finance in the NHS?
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Worries grow over NHS building initiative
PPP scheme called Project Phoenix now not expected to go live until the summer
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Housebuilders pledge to take on stranded Carillion apprentices, MPs told
Cabinet minister reveals 796 apprentices still need to be placed
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Features
Sketch of the week: Watford Museum
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch of Watford Museum is by John Puttick of John Puttick Associates
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Comment
Leader: Waiting in the wings
With protests (and a tweet) once again putting the ailing health service in the spotlight, solutions are needed. But is private finance the only way to address a crumbling estate, and with it, the NHS?
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Comment
Fire: the need for testing regimes with real-world clarity
The interim Hackitt report acknowledges that there’s no reason why the industry cannot voluntarily adopt cultrual changes ahead of its final recommendations, due later this spring. So let’s.
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Features
Health check
The government’s new PPP, Project Phoenix, was hailed as the NHS’ big hope, bringing much-needed cash to the ailing healthcare estate. Nearly a year on, have any hospitals been fixed up yet? And what are the other prospects for desperately needed additional funding?
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Hansom: It's all very confusing
This week: a planning endorsement disguised as an objection, a pensions expert twinned with a pop singer, and a resolute Remainer exhorting everyone to vote leave…?
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Features
Lead times: October-December 2017
Our previous look at lead times back in September forecast little alteration, but as it turned out there were no changes at all over the subsequent three months
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News
Carillion collapse has cost taxpayer £150m so far
Cabinet minister says figure could go up further
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Qatari developer disputes Carillion's claim of £200m unpaid bill
Msheireb says it paid up but adds Carillion did not pass on funds to suppliers
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Keltbray starts at site of 'Gotham City' scheme
Demolition to start next month at site of TH Real Estate’s delayed City skyscraper
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Comment
Carillion: Who's delusional?
Carillion’s maligned boss made some valid points, even if MPs seemed not to listen
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Comment
Legal blog: Cyber Security - building services
While building infrastructure and services can help improve security, they may also offer vulnerable points for cyber attack. By Paul Glass of Taylor Wessing’s cyber security team