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Mark Beard

It’s about time the industry embraced 30-day payment terms

2021-01-22T06:00:00+00:00

This week’s move by the government is an overdue one, says Beard chairman Mark Beard

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Covid risks are being shunted down the supply chain

2020-11-13T05:00:00+00:00By Rudi Klein

Subcontractors should beware of sneaky contractual clauses that force them to carry the bulk of all covid risk

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What motivates firms to do the right thing?

2020-10-27T05:00:00+00:00By Scott Sanderson

There is a clear moral argument for placing building safety above all else, but the business case is what will sway many, says PRP’s Scott Sanderson

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MMC will encourage more women into construction

2020-10-23T05:00:00+01:00By Rosa Turner Wood

A fixed workplace, flexible shift patterns and job security would all create a better gender balance in the industry, Rosa Turner Wood writes

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The changing language of construction

2020-10-13T05:00:00+01:00By Debbie Hobbs

ISG’s Debbie Hobbs picks out the latest jargon that says so much about rapidly evolving building practices

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The office of the future – and why we need it

2020-10-08T05:00:00+01:00By Iain Parker1 comments

Workplaces have always evolved and will carry on doing so to reflect the changing needs of the people inside them, Iain Parker writes

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My interpreter role: Helping designers and builders speak the same language

2020-09-10T07:34:00+01:00By Laurence Reilly

Laurence Reilly on his switch from contractors to an architecture practice

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The level of client inquiries is amazing, now we just need them to commit

2020-09-04T05:00:00+01:00By Simon Wilkinson

There are plenty of opportunities for SMEs working in the right sectors, says Claritas’ Simon Wilkinson

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Payment abuse: let’s fix it

2020-09-02T05:00:00+01:00By Rudi Klein

Almost three years after the government published its consultation on retentions, why has so little action yet been taken?

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I dread to think where our industry would be without the furlough scheme

2020-09-02T05:00:00+01:00By Darren James

The job retention scheme has worked but it should end next month, says Keltbray’s boss Darren James

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Kier turns to Aecom for head of London building business

2021-01-25T11:06:00+00:00By Jordan Marshall

David McKenzie was chief operating officer for Aecom’s Europe, Middle East and Africa construction services

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McAleer & Rushe lands £47m Leeds office

2021-01-20T06:00:00+00:00By Dave Rogers

Construction to start this May

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Covid and cladding costs send Watkin Jones profit tumbling

2021-01-19T08:09:00+00:00By Dave Rogers

Firm pays back £800,000 furlough cash

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Kier upbeat as firm eyes improved first half results

2021-01-19T07:56:00+00:00By Dave Rogers

But firm’s average month-end net debt refuses to budge much from last year’s £436m

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Tube overcrowding continues to threaten sites in London

2021-01-19T06:00:00+00:00By Dave Rogers, Jordan Marshall

Issue to top agenda at Build UK meeting this morning

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London builders have ‘until middle of this week’ to cut Tube overcrowding or face sites being shut down

2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00By Dave Rogers, Jonathan Owen

Emergency summit called last Friday afternoon in aftermath of government threat

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Contractors told to rethink site start times after ministers’ alarm at images of packed Tube trains in lockdown

2021-01-15T06:00:00+00:00By Dave Rogers

CLC boss Andy Mitchell says action at London sites now needed as ‘matter of urgency’

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Keltbray beefs up commercial team with Multiplex hire

2021-01-15T06:00:00+00:00By Dave Rogers

New arrival also spent two decades at McAlpine

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£500m Parliament refurb plan shut down

2021-01-14T06:00:00+00:00By Jonathan Owen

Decision comes amid radical changes to £4bn revamp, such as accessing Westminster from the river 

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Places for People boss joins Kent contractor

2021-01-14T06:00:00+00:00By Dave Rogers

New appointment to head up Claritas’s offsite arm

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Contractors Focus

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In pictures: John Laing’s summer trips and sports days

2020-08-28T05:00:00+01:00By Dave Rogers

More unseen images made available to public

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Weathering the storm: Analysis of contractors’ interim results

2020-08-27T05:00:00+01:00By Dave Rogers

 

London construction

Explainer: Scape bosses on changes under the new frameworks

2020-07-21T05:00:00+01:00By Jordan Marshall

Framework team talks to Building’s Jordan Marshall about its two new frameworks worth £13bn

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Coronavirus: The major construction firms shutting their sites

2020-06-12T09:30:00+01:00By Building news desk

Update 10am: Lendlease’s Google HQ job reopens

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Palace revolt: what construction stands to lose if £4bn parliament revamp gets pulled

2020-05-20T05:00:00+01:00By Jordan Marshall

Review into planned restoration due this autumn

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The teams behind the covid-19 hospitals

2020-04-23T05:00:00+01:00By Jordan Marshall

String of temporary facilities built by industry

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The perilous life of the regional contractor

2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00By Dave Rogers

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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2019 in construction: Building’s review of the year - part two

2019-12-23T06:00:00+00:00

Who were the winners and what horror story continued throughout 2019?

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2019 in construction: Building’s review of the year - part one

2019-12-20T06:00:00+00:00

We look back at the highs, lows and other key events of the past 12 months

Ray o'rourke

2019 in construction: Building’s quotes of the year

2019-12-20T06:00:00+00:00

Debbie White, Daniel Levy and Ray O’Rourke feature in our collection of the year’s best quotes

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