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FeaturesBuilding Award Winners: Construction Consultant/Surveyor of the Year (100 staff or over)
Any firm that can help deliver a €1bn stimulus to Greece’s economy deserves an accolade, but Faithful+Gould bags our top prize for the pure scale of its ambition - including a push into commercial property
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FeaturesBuilding Award Winners: Architectural Practice of the Year
The sheer energy at play at PRP this year - developing a range of innovative typologies for housing, sharing its knowledge of housing with the rest of the industry, and pushing for design quality - makes it a worthy winner
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FeaturesBuilding Award Winners: Engineering Consultant of the Year
WSP might well have been awarded the top prize for the sheer number and prestige of its projects over the past 12 months alone, but the energy and intelligence it puts into improving life for its staff clinched the win
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FeaturesBuilding Award Winners: Contractor of the Year (up to £300m)
There were three strong contenders for this category - including last year’s winner - but FM Conway’s consolidation of its reputation for delivering on time and on budget and the testimonials it gets from its clients won the day
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FeaturesArchitecture in a time of austerity
Ike Ijeh assesses the impact the coalition has had on architecture and how design has fared through the years of budget tightening
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FeaturesBuilding Award Winners: Woman of the Year
Building’s Woman of the Year award is a new award designed to recognise and promote the achievements of women working in construction. Seven inspirational women were shortlisted but one of them had the edge
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CommentEngagement with Generation Y
Students these days show an impressive amount of talent and focus, so how can we persuade them to join the construction industry?
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CommentThe science of talent spotting
We need to get more sophisticated in how we recruit construction professionals - let’s ditch the random CV trawl in favour of focused data analysis
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NewsArticle 25 launches Nepal schools rebuild appeal
Charity looks to raise £50,000 within eight weeks to aid with rebuild after earthquake devastation
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NewsHenderson vows to 'fight on' after Winchester scheme Appeal Court snub
Second shot at appeal for £165m Allies Morrison project
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NewsArchitects say workloads are ‘bouncing back’
But pre-election question mark still hangs over public-sector work
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NewsGreen light for 3,500-home south London scheme
HTA Design, Hawkins\Brown and Mae buildings given go-ahead at Aylesbury Estate
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NewsWhitbread details £700m capital programme
Premier Inn and Costa Coffee operator outlines five-year growth plans
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NewsWSP lands role on 'Tetris blocks' mega-hotel in Dubai
Atlantis Resort on city’s man-made Palm islands is designed by KPF
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NewsConstruction puts brakes on UK GDP growth
Sector’s quarter-on-quarter contraction blamed for dip in overall GDP growth
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NewsAndrew McNaughton joins Tidal Lagoon Power
Ex-CEO of Balfour Beatty appointed director of engineering for new Swansea lagoon
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CommentBattle of the dictionaries
A recent case shows how contractors wishing to insure against liabilities need to be clear about the meaning of key words
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FeaturesNatalie Bennett’s letter to the construction industry
Leader of the Green party responds to Building’s manifesto aims