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NewsFirst phase of Arena Central scheme in for planning
Developer submits application for 140,000 sq ft speculative office building in Birmingham
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NewsWillmott Dixon profit falls 19%
Turnover stable at £1bn as firm blames a handful of underperforming jobs for 2013 profit fall
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FeaturesThe London housing problem
Best estimates suggest that London needs to be creating between 42,000 and 52,000 homes each year to keep up with demand. But with only 17,000 built in the last year, what chance is there of closing the gap?
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CommentHansom: Noteworthy
There’s trouble on the line in France and trouble over wine in Lancashire. Still, it’s good to see that if you keep your head down and build bridges, you can get your face on a Scottish £5 note
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CommentUniversity challenge
The Russel Group’s plans to spend £9bn on capital projects between now and 2016/17 makes them a more powerful client base than the Olympic Delivery Authority was back before the 2012 Games.
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NewsMcAlpine JV wins first phase of £300m Selfridges scheme
Sir Robert McAlpine and Blue Sky Building hired for ‘world’s largest’ department store project
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CommentOut of the ashes - the Mackintosh School of Art
The fire at Mackintosh School of Art was an admission that our buildings are as susceptible to damage as they ever have been, but it’s restoration will raise further questions
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Morrow + Lorraine
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by JJ Lorraine at Morrow + Lorraine.
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NewsImage of the week: Glasgow – after the fire
Members of Glasgow’s fire service at the scene of the fire that tore through Glasgow School of Art last Friday.
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CommentEU procurement directive: Size matters
A new EU procurement directive will soon demand new contracts for sizeable variations to public projects, but tread carefully: substantial is a subjective word
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FeaturesThis week in... 1979
This week we pull a story about the development of large-scale supermarkets from the Building archives
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CommentWhat I really think about off-site manufacture
HTA’s Ben Derbyshire on why Eric Pickles needs to look beyond just prefab to tackle the nation’s housing crisis
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NewsGoldsmiths shortlists six architects for gallery
Architects have until next month to work up designs
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NewsHelical 'on track' for 2015 St Barts Square start
Developer commits to begin major mixed-use scheme in January next year
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NewsHousing transfer to trigger £75m refurb works
Salford deal signed as the government published details of £400m affordable homes scheme
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CommentWho says it’s not fair?
The supply chain payment charter promises to end retention and lengthy payment schedules. But despite its subjective language it has a sting - you’re signing up to legal obligations
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FeaturesNational Graphene Institute, Manchester: Graphene content
As the place of study for what is potentially the most groundbreaking scientific discovery in manufacturing of recent times, it seems fitting that the construction of Manchester’s National Graphene Institute should be a testament to modern science itself
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NewsRamboll wins garden hospital
Ramboll appointed engineer and project manager on planned 1.4 million ft2 hospital in Hillerød, east Denmark