All articles by Jamie Harris
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FeaturesSurvey: How is the coronavirus crisis affecting you?
Building and Fenwick Elliott launch survey on the pandemic’s impact on the construction sector
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FeaturesMetro mayors: Who and what can transform Teesside?
In the first in our metro mayor series, Jamie Harris looks at Tees Valley Combined Authority
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FeaturesDelivering social value: Brittania Leisure Centre and Academy, Hackney
A new leisure centre and academy are being built in the heart of Hackney by Morgan Sindall
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CommentIn conversation with Steve Watts on tall buildings and vertical farms
Steve Watts, chair of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, talks to Jamie Harris
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NewsStaff in digital and tech roles cash in on demand for their skills
Building’s latest consultants salary survey says partners at London QS firms are the biggest average earners
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FeaturesConsultants’ salary survey 2020: what is your role worth?
Digital natives can take their pick of companies desperate for tech talent – but this year looks pretty good for employees all over
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FeaturesWhat does construction want from the 2020 strategy?
What does the industry want from Whitehall, and how can the government achieve its five-year ambitions of reform?
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FeaturesHas the 2016-2020 construction strategy worked?
Have the aims of the current strategy got anywhere near to being realised?
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FeaturesDelivering social value: How to build and give back
Jamie Harris talks to experts about the origins of social value – and where it could be going next
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FeaturesIR35: Is this the end of the road for the freelance?
New rules for off-payroll consultants are sending shockwaves through the industry – with some predicting blanket bans on the use of freelancers on projects
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FeaturesBehind the hype: Explaining construction’s buzzwords
The latest series of Building podcasts casts an ear over some of the jargon and buzzwords that have become ingrained in the construction lexicon
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Features2020 vision: What do industry experts expect from construction this year?
Not just a new year, but a new decade and perhaps this is why so many of our leading industry experts are thinking far into the future.
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NewsRoyal Liverpool delayed to 2022 and will cost £300m more to finish
Hospital was being built by bust contractor Carillion
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FeaturesWho finished on top of the festive tree? Highlights from this year’s Building Quiz
Competition was fierce at Building’s Christmas quiz this year as the 16 contenders, fuelled by plenty of pizza and buckets of beer, fought to find out which team was the brainiest of them all. Jamie Harris reports…
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NewsReplacement found for London job left in lurch by Simons collapse
Farringdon firm Red Construction drafted in
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NewsConstruction ready to hand Corbyn the keys to No 10
Building’s reader poll gives Labour the lead on 31%, with the Lib Dems close behind and the Tories third
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FeaturesCloudy with a chance of project starts: What’s the forecast for construction
Glenigan’s forecast for construction is brighter than you might expect. Keep your brolly close by, though, just in case
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FeaturesAs important as the internet: Are digital twins the next big thing for construction?
Digital transformation has centred on BIM for years. But digital twin technology could radically change the industry – if it can realise its potential
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NewsArchitects with tech skills rake in the big bucks
Practices pay salary premiums for staff with prized digital experience
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FeaturesThis is Manchester: What’s behind the city’s building boom?
The city is enjoying an unprecedented boom – so much so that it has been dubbed ‘Manc-hattan’. But what’s behind this rush of activity?