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FeaturesLetwin review: more homes, or more red tape?
Oliver Letwin’s review into build-out rates espouses a more varied approach to development. But some fear his proposals are too complex
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FeaturesCost model: Airport facilities
Airports are facing unprecedented demand and growth, coupled with increased passenger expectations – meaning terminal buildings need to catch up
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FeaturesBuilding Good Employer Guide 2018: Taking the initiative
Our new Good Employer Guide Award is looking at five key areas in which companies are working to keep their staff happy and feeling valued, encouraging innovation, and finding new ways to attract fresh talent
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2018: Nominees for the inaugural Good Employer Guide Building Award
These 10 companies have been chosen by our judges as the best entrants from each of the five Good Employer Guide award categories. They have been nominated to be the overall winner of the Good Employer Guide award
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FeaturesBuilding Good Employer Guide 2018: Training initiative category
The companies in the training initiative category include NG Bailey and Rider Levett Bucknall
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FeaturesBuilding Good Employer Guide 2018: Recruitment, outreach and inclusion category
The companies in the inclusion category include Henry Riley and Pozzoni Architecture
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FeaturesBuilding Good Employer Guide 2018: Connection and communication category
The companies in the communication category include AA Projects and Alinea Consulting
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FeaturesBuilding Good Employer Guide 2018: Flexible working and parental policies category
The companies in the flexible working category include HLM Architects and HTA Design
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FeaturesBuilding Good Employer Guide 2018: Wellbeing category
The companies in the wellbeing category include Assael Architecture and Graham
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FeaturesBuilding Good Employer Guide 2018: listings
Building Good Employer Guide 2018: key Building Good Employer Guide 2018 CompanyCategoriesFull time UK employeesMax. holiday (days)Training hours per person per yearFemale non-admin staffStaff from non-white ethnic backgroundsSabbaticalsWork abroadEntry-level training schemePrivate healthcareEnhanced maternity benefitsEnhanced paternity benefits AA Projects Communication 78 30 33 12% ...
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FeaturesBuilding Good Employer Guide 2018: methodology
Readers of Building, registered users of building.co.uk and other industry firms were invited to take part in the selection process for the Good Employer Guide 2018 through a call for entries published in print, online and via email. The category was open to any ...
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FeaturesWhy is high finance so interested in affordable housing?
Oliver Letwin’s review into the speed at which homes are built calls for greater diversity of design, size and tenure. Investors seem keen to get involved
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2018: Female Leadership Award shortlist
Nominations for the award – sponsored by Aecom – include an engineering director who worked on the world’s tallest building
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FeaturesTracker: September 2018
Civil engineering activity finally returned to growth in September, after four months of contraction, while the other sectors stayed steady
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FeaturesJob swap - could you make the change? part two
Jamie Harris speaks to more professionals across the sector who have changed disciplines
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FeaturesProjects: Heatherwick’s Coal Drops Yard
Heatherwick Studio’s Coal Drops Yard retail hub in north London revels in the idiosyncrasies of its original Victorian warehouse architecture and uses them in a brazenly theatrical way to upstage all else on Argent’s King’s Cross Central masterplan.
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2018: Housing Project of the Year nominees
Among the nominees for the Building Award in this category are three impressive schemes for older people and a live-work-eat scheme aimed at trendy, young buyers
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FeaturesIs this the end of the road for Help to Buy?
Next week’s Budget is likely to determine the fate of the government’s controversial Help to Buy scheme. Is it likely to be scrapped, hitting share prices hard?
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FeaturesJob swap: could you make the change?
Jamie Harris speaks to professionals across the sector who have changed disciplines
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FeaturesBIM survey 2018: The rise and rise of BIM
The number of firms using the technology and appreciating the value it brings to their work grows - but how to win over those who are not yet convinced?