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CommentBIM and legal issues: Model behaviour
BIM could throw up all kinds of legal issues around liability when a project goes wrong. A clear implementation plan is needed from the outset
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FeaturesFrom 1900 to 2012: Finishing the University of Birmingham
Aston Webb’s grand semi-circle of buildings conceived for Birmingham university in 1900 was the original redbrick campus. But only four of its five neo-Byzantine pavilions were ever built. Now Glenn Howells Architects and Bam have finished the job. Building reports
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Inbox: Hot topic
Changes to Part L spark heated debate from readers, who argue that building control officers won’t police energy requirements and that, when it comes to the green agenda, one size does not fit all
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CommentUrban design for developing countries: The art of mastery
Urban designs for developing countries demand the perspective and foresight of one of today’s great minds - not the clumsy first attempt of a novice
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FeaturesMott Macdonald's Keith Howells: 'It's a bit like star wars'
How should the UK’s largest independent consultant respond to the ‘evil Empire’ of consolidated corporations taking over the market? Mott MacDonald chairman Keith Howells tells Building about the company’s plans to strike back. Tom Campbell photography
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NewsSMEs squeezed out by main contractors
Smaller construction firms have said they are struggling to compete with main contractors
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CommentSomething’s wrong with the official private housing repair and maintenance data
I and others have long held doubts about accuracy of the private housing repair and maintenance series within the construction output data
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NewsOld Vinyl Factory development gets nod
Development Securities and Cathedral Group joint venture’s £250m scheme to include 132 apartments
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NewsBalfour Beatty appointed to resurrected £45m Liverpool scheme
Fresh plans from new developer set to restart mothballed Baltic/Cornhill development
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NewsBalfour loses bid to halt sparks strike
Contractor loses court bid to block strike by electricians
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NewsECA dinner picketed by angry sparks
Protests come despite controversial BESNA agreement being led by ECA’s rival trade body the HVCA
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NewsLand Securities teams with pension fund for Victoria scheme
Mixed-use scheme on Victoria circle site worth £1bn
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NewsPickles' planning decisions in doubt after Cala
Communities secretary’s defeat in court spat with Cala Homes leaves other major planning decisions in doubt
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NewsFirms cast doubt on Osborne’s pensions plan
Major contractors say it is ‘highly unlikely’ that institutional investors will invest in ‘large numbers’ in infrastructure
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NewsWilkinson Eyre completes Soho office
The £9.5m building replaces a sixties building in the Soho Conservation Area
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NewsContractors to launch online sustainability tool
Service to help subcontractors improve sustainability credentials
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NewsUK construction firms ‘have the edge’ in Qatar
Director of £3.5bn Doha scheme says British will continue to snap up work over next five years
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NewsCarillion loses 800 staff as solar subsidies cut further
Government’s own estimates predict a third of solar jobs will go
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NewsScheme to kick start housing three times oversubscribed
Housing minister welcomes ‘clamour’ for £420m Get Britain Building fund aimed at unlocking stalled sites