All articles by David Blackman – Page 7
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Brookfield bullish on London office market
Canadian-owned contractor reports doubled UK revenue
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Housing bill finally wins Royal Assent
Controversial legislation is first to take advantage of Tories’ overwhelming English majority
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What’s the hold up?
Our roundtable of industry experts explores how those still dragging their heels can be persuaded to get on board with BIM
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Designs revealed for £300m Meadowhall expansion
BDP has drawn up designs for biggest-ever extension to Sheffield mall
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British Land's Spitalfields job wins High Court blessing
Judge upholds Boris Johnson’s controversial call-in
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DBK hires ex-RLB London boss
Breeden handed job of expanding taken-over consultancy’s offices business
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Laing O'Rourke sharpens off-site focus with restructure
Second biggest contractor targets 5% margin by 2018
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London’s new mayor: Yes, he Khan
Sadiq Khan has the mother of all in-trays to contend with in his first months as London’s new mayor - everything from housing to Heathrow, Crossrail 2 to controversial planning decisions
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Make partner quits to set up new practice
Fathom will target educational and residential projects in heritage locations
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Planes, trains and automobiles
George Osborne is famously a fan of infrastructure - but is he putting his money where his mouth is?
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A tale of two mayors
With Londoners headed to the polls on 5 May to decide the city’s next mayor, we look at the impact frontrunners Zac Goldsmith and Sadiq Khan would have on the major construction issues facing the capital
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Apprentices: ‘The numbers don’t add up…’
Three times as many people are leaving the industry each year as are joining, so today’s skills crisis is set to get a lot worse
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More Young Architects of the Year: On sustainability
In the second of our series talking to the nominees for the Young Architect of the Year award, the architects give us their take on sustainability
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The green business case
Since its election last year the Conservative government has cut back a lot of sustainability legislation. But can sticking with the eco-building agenda benefit construction firms’ business model anyway?
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Young Architects of the Year: On sustainability
Built from the beginning in a context of eco-awareness, the work of these Young Architect of the Year nominees has been green-tinted from the start. But what do they think of the state of sustainability today?
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TfL: Branching out
Transport for London’s plans to develop some 75 sites will make it one of the capital’s biggest developers. Here it names the partners for its £3.6bn development framework
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Modern construction: Bring on the robots
Construction needs a million extra hands, but no amount of workers from Poland or from apprenticeship programmes are going to fill the gap. Now, technology-driven reform that makes construction less labour-intensive is being proposed – but is it the game changer the industry needs?
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Small housebuilders: Packing a punch
For years, volume housebuilders have held sway over the UK’s new homes sales market. But against expectations, the recession has given some small builders the chance to challenge their supremacy
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Brexit: Ins and outs
With an EU referendum looking likely for the summer, the implications of a Brexit are becoming starker – and time is running out for the industry to take a stand
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Predictions for 2016: Politics
What are the challenges, key developments and government policies that look set to shape 2016? Building asked key industry insiders to make a call on what they think will become the major talking points of the next 12 months