From the archive: 2006 - Lines of duty
Cartels, corruption, construction – a trio we never like to see in the same sentence
From the archive: 2011 - Always check your work
As we mark the opening of the new Royal Papworth hospital this week, spare a thought for healthcare construction professionals of 2011
From the archive: 2005 - And you think YOU’VE got project delays…
It’s not easy to build a castle, but some seem to have even more than the usual trouble…
From the archive: 2003 - Tom Daley in the deep end
Building is reminded of an interview we once did with a certain young person whose career would surely have belly-flopped without the backing of this sector
From the archive: 2003 - stuck in traffic
This week’s introduction of the ultra-low emission zone reminds us of the congestion charge debate in 2003
From the archive: 2016 - the bold and the beautiful
Can you remember a time when we didn’t know what Brexit was? Arguably, we still don’t
From the archive: 2015 - Brexit - what Brexit?
Can you remember a time when we didn’t know what Brexit was? Arguably, we still don’t
From the archive: 2008 - Interserve boss bullish
Embattled Interserve once had some serious bragging rights – but perhaps more caution would have come in handy
From the archive: 2008 - When in India...
Are you inspired by this week’s exploration of the construction market in India? Here, Building offers advice
From the archive: 2001 - Déjà vu
Though Brexit is not quite yet a fait accompli, this week we look at the annual Mipim property event with a certain nostalgia
From the archive: 2015 - Wood if we could
While this week we look at the scourge of plastic waste produced by the construction industry, in 2015 we found out why another key material was surprisingly difficult to recycle
From the archive: 2008 - All aboard
Never mind the benefits promised by Crossrail when it’s finally finished, in 2008 Ken Livingstone came up with an idea that could really have transformed Londoners’ lives for the better
From the archive: 2009 - Would you bet on Donald Trump?
Building looks back 10 years to when Donald Trump’s casino company went under. Has he learned about achieving victory - and solvency - since then?
From the archive: 1999 - The beginning of Brexit?
What could the institutions of the European Union have done to so thoroughly distress and disgust the good folk of Britain that they called for the divorce lawyers?
From the archive: 2006 - A Vic-torious restaging
The Young Vic, known for its gritty, experimental approach, was built as a temporary space in 1970 and was never meant to last more than five years, so was beginning to fall apart by the 1990s
From the archive: 1999 - Tomorrow's world
Ten years before this week’s exploration of machine learning and artificial intelligence, Building offered readers a “cornucopia” of 99 things to look out for in 1999
From the archive: 2009 - That was the future that was
While we modern folk fret about Brexit, in 1999 they had their own problems: the dreaded “Millennium Bug”
From the archive: 1999 - Bugged
While we modern folk fret about Brexit, in 1999 they had their own problems: the dreaded “Millennium Bug”
From the archive: 2008 – A zoo solution
It’s not often that our Building archivists are taken aback by something they find buried in the magazine’s dusty library
From the archive: 1934
As we look at how the construction industry is preparing for Brexit – in as logical a way as possible but still with little clarity on what to expect – the phrase “on a wing and a prayer” came to mind.