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CommentAbolish retention?
A reader responds to Tony Bingham’s latest column to argue that retention funds should not be abolished
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Dun Carloway
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by David Grech of English Heritage
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FeaturesThis week in ... 2000
This week we take a look back at the start of the millennium, when the construction of the Millennium Bridge was proving problematic, as this Building news story reveals
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FeaturesContractor research bundle
For an overview of the contracting sector download these free pdfs
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FeaturesBrazil's World Cup stadiums: Estadio Beira-Rio, Part 12
In the final part of our series on World Cup stadiums in Brazil, we look at the biggest venue in the south of the country, Estadio Beira-Rio
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CommentMore small sites needed to boost housing supply
There’s no chance of meeting demand for homes by prioritising large sites, despite political consensus, says Chris Tinker of Crest Nicholson
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FeaturesCost model: Stadium construction
In a changing landscape for major sporting infrastructure schemes, what does it take to develop and operate stadiums and arenas? Hein le Roux and Eugene Corrigan of Aecom report
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CommentThe big BIM paradigm
BIM is set to be the biggest change this industry has seen for over 160 years
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CommentLetters of intent: The road to Hell
Letters of intent are often used while parties and their lawyers haggle over terms. But what happens when a contractor is required to work in accordance with terms still being discussed?
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NewsConsultants scoop £750m public sector framework
Exclusive: More than a dozen firms win places on long-awaited UK SBS framework - but big names miss out on UK lots
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NewsRevealed: How £750m framework winners scored
UK SBS ranked the 11 winners of the UK lots on price, quality and total score
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NewsAffordable housing starts jump 15%
Affordable housing starts were up last year but completions slightly down, according to new official statistics.
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NewsNational BIM skills push launched
The National Federation of Builders (NFB) has unveiled a countrywide series of programmes to train a network of BIM champions
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NewsBoris to fund clean-up of key London sites
Boris Johnson is poised to unveil a funding package to decontaminate London’s hardest-to-deliver brownfield sites
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NewsBuilders are not such bad drivers, afterall
Survey reveals that builders are among the safest drivers in the country, but engineers are the worst
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NewsBalfour Beatty high flier joins McLaren
Appointment designed to strengthen contractor’s major projects offer
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FeaturesContractors through the recession: Part 3
In the final installment of Building’s analysis of major contractor’s businesses pre and post recession, we look at which firms have seen the biggest turnover increases and falls
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NewsHousing boom begins to cool
Latest figures from the RICS show market flattening, particularly in London
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FeaturesA client's view: Argent
Argent’s Tony Giddings on the developer’s near £1bn pipeline of work and its belief in partnering