All Building articles in 9 November 2018
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NewsZaha Hadid wins place on Russian neighbourhood scheme
UK practice part of teams building huge new neighbourhood west of Moscow
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CommentLegal: The scariness of vicariousness
The courts have held an employer liable for a rogue data breach by an employee – although the company broke no rules. James Bessey explains why
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NewsConstruction output swells as private housing booms
Infrastructure also behind 2.1% third quarter growth
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FeaturesImage of the week: Room with a view
Construction workers pause to watch the Red Sox World Series victory parade through the streets of Boston, Massachusetts
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CommentGrenfell – a question of trust?
If the Grenfell fire teaches us one thing, says Colm Lacey, it is that the construction and development sectors need to create a culture of trustworthiness and humanity
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FeaturesOnline poll: Do we know how to sort our housing crisis?
This week’s poll: Are Letwin’s ideas the right way to fix the housing crisis?
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: tall tales
Workers at 22 Bishopsgate reminisce less than fondly over their summer sauna and the NHBC struggles to contain its laughter over government housing targets
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CommentLegal: Cost conscious
Steven Carey looks at how third-party funding and ATE insurance can help lighten the financial burden of litigation
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FeaturesWill virtual reality spark the BIM revolution we've been waiting for?
A revolutionary new technology using ‘mixed reality’ merges real and virtual worlds to visualise physical and digital objects co-existing and interacting
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FeaturesSketch of the week: The Babylonian Tower of Modernity
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Amsterdam-based researcher and artist Carlijn Kingma
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CommentThought for tomorrow: Conservation areas
Tony Barton suggests how to put nimbyism to more constructive use
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NewsInterserve queries more than 80% of its invoices, new data suggests
Build UK payment performance table reveals the good, the bad and the ugly
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 2012 – fixing climate change
Six years ago we reported on some imaginative – if costly – space age ideas for tackling climate change
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NewsUS writedowns prompt Skanska profit slump
Contracting giant’s CEO labels performance ‘not acceptable’
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NewsMoD reveals new £15.7bn plan for major projects
The plan lays out plans for major works and a new procurement process
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FeaturesLee Polisano: The high life
PLP founder Lee Polisano’s greatest hits cluster the City skyline, visible from his London office. As the 10th anniversary of his practice and the looming storm of Brexit approach, he discusses what further work he sees on the horizon.
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NewsIn pictures: Make's resi plans for north London Art Deco gem
Architect unveils new homes for Hornsey Town Hall in Crouch End
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CommentBrexit: Any certainty in sight?
Even firms that are scenario-planning for Brexit admit that predicting what will happen is a massive guess, so no wonder commercial architect Lee Polisano told Building he spends a lot of time worrying about it all
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NewsCity skyline now ‘too crowded’, says 22 Bishopsgate architect
Square Mile’s so-called eastern cluster is full, PLP’s Lee Polisano warns