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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2025 shortlists: Environmental Impact Award
In a series celebrating the Building Awards finalists, we look at the shortlisted entries for the Environmental Impact Award, in partnership with the Climate Group
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FeaturesToo good to waste: How to recycle an old building for use on a brand new one
30 Duke Street on Piccadilly features reclaimed steel, recycled glass, aluminium window frames and Portland stone from the building there before. Thomas Lane went along to have a look
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FeaturesIs the construction industry’s growing reliance on agency labour becoming a problem?
Recent controversies have highlighted concerns about construction’s increasing dependence on agency workers, raising questions about skills development, compliance and the sector’s fragmented labour model
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FeaturesMarket forecast: Construction sector hangs in the balance
Global events and inflationary turmoil have heightened sensitivity to risk and created nervousness ahead of the Budget, affecting private sector decision-making. Project viability remains tight
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FeaturesKey takeaways from the Building the Future Conference 2025
Building’s flagship conference returned this year, bigger and better than ever, covering all things housing, infrastructure and development. From three keynotes and 10 panels, here are the main issues noted by our reporters
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FeaturesMaking sports meanwhile uses viable: the project manager taking on the planning system to get the nation moving
Building talks to former Aecom director Andrew Link about his initiative to make it easier and more affordable for sports clubs to access vacant development sites
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FeaturesLabour conference 2025: Housing secretary puts style over substance while Starmer takes aim at Reform
The government’s announcement about new towns and the housing secretary’s Trump-esque stylings put housing at the heart of the agenda at Labour’s conference in Liverpool. But there was little in the way of detail to back Steve Reed’s ‘build, baby, build’ slogan
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FeaturesSir Terry Farrell: the restless maverick who reshaped British urbanism
From the Comyn Ching Triangle to the MI6 building at Vauxhall Cross, Sir Terry Farrell’s projects reshaped how architects thought about the city. Ben Flatman reflects on his legacy
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FeaturesHow the UK’s largest listed private landlord Grainger is preparing to ride the build-to-rent wave
Grainger has spent the past few years pivoting towards build-to-rent to take advantage of the burgeoning living markets sector. As the firm registers as a REIT in order to attract investment, chief executive Helen Gordon explains her strategy
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Features40 Under 40 2025: Meet the brightest and best of construction’s next generation
Building is spotlighting 40 people under the age of 40 who seem set to change the future of construction
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FeaturesProcurement update: The importance of navigating frameworks
To deliver the projects funded by the spending review, supply chains and clients will have to raise their game – using frameworks to drive productivity and innovation
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FeaturesCould the shadow of Grenfell trigger more Ardmore-style collapses?
The 50-year-old contractor’s legacy housing business went into administration last month due to the weight of building safety issues on its books. Joey Gardiner asks whether we are likely to see other companies suffer the same fate
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FeaturesUK Design Capital of the Year 2025 shortlist: How Newcastle is using regeneration to stem the city’s brain drain
Building’s sister title Building Design will be electing a city as UK Design Capital of the Year as part of the Architect of the Year Awards 2025. This new award recognises outstanding leadership in architecture, placemaking and regeneration and looks beyond individual buildings to celebrate cities showing strategic ambition in ...
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Features‘You still sparking? Aye…’ SES’s Rob Clifford on his journey from apprentice electrician to running a £550m business
The M&E contractor’s boss tells Dave Rogers about rewiring a house, moving into new sectors and the wonder of Jimmy Glass
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2025 shortlists: Digital Excellence Award
In a series celebrating the Building Awards finalists, we look at the shortlist for the Digital Excellence Award, sponsored by Bellrock
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FeaturesTop 150 Consultants 2025: Are we finally heading for growth or more stagflation?
This year’s survey reveals frustration as fee income slows and margins are squeezed, but there is still hope that recent government announcements will spur growth in the year ahead and beyond. Carl Brown reports
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FeaturesTop 150 Consultants 2025: Assessing a year of a Labour government for construction
Only 12% of respondents to Building’s survey think Keir Starmer’s party are doing a good job in supporting the built environment. Carl Brown digs into the reasons why
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FeaturesTop 150 Consultants 2025: Driving efficiencies through artificial intelligence
The importance of AI and machine learning to construction continues to grow year on year. This year we asked consultants for concrete examples of efficiencies or savings enabled due to the technology. Carl Brown reports
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2025 shortlists: Housebuilder & Housing Developer of the Year
In a series celebrating the Building Awards finalists, we look at the Housebuilder & Housing Developer of the Year shortlist
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2025 shortlists: Engineering Consultant of the Year
In a series celebrating the Building Awards finalists, we look at the Engineering Consultant of the Year shortlist