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NewsMorgan Sindall signs up for £1bn JV with Brentwood council
Contractor’s investments arm will fund housebuilding programme for east London borough
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NewsCompetition watchdog launches probe into construction sector
The Competition and Markets Authority will decide whether to proceed with an investigation by the autumn
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CommentGetting rooftop development right
If the challenges can be overcome, then developing above London’s rooftops has the potential to help ease the capital’s housing crisis
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CommentHow IPI turned collaboration from a buzzword into successful project delivery
Dudley Advance II was built to house a new centre for advanced building technologies; it made perfect sense for this building to use IPI
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NewsIn pictures: Buckley Gray Yeoman's renovation of Wickham Department Store
‘Harrods of the East End’ brought back from disrepair
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Features'Young people in construction' survey - £50 Amazon vouchers prize draw
Building is calling on all readers under 30 to take part in an important piece of research
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Lyon Close apartment scheme, Hove
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Stuart Bertie, a director in Broadway Malyan’s Weybridge studio
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CommentIs Brexit inadvertently taking the industry closer to Latham’s vision?
Brexit’s unusual visibility is forcing a different approach to inflationary risk management, writes Mace Cost Consultancy’s Steven Mason
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FeaturesCan contractors cope with payment practice reforms?
Main contractors are under pressure to reform their payment practices, but will speeding up payments push more of them to the brink?
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NewsMoD land dispute could add £350m to parliament estate’s bill
Parliamentary report reveals defence department’s “refusal to engage” could lead to decant of MPs and peers being pushed back to 2028
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CommentClients drive change – and the government is the biggest of them all
Our industry is collaborating more, but what’s really needed is for clients to drive change in the supply chain, writes Turner Townsend’s Bill McElroy
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NewsDepartment not using project bank accounts at all on education framework, FOI reveals
But DfE says project accounts were trialled and found to be “unsuitable” for its projects
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FeaturesOnline poll: Is Interserve's administration symptomatic of the sector?
This week’s poll: Is Interserve’s fall symptomatic of a broken contracting model?
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NewsWates blames Brexit for fall in construction turnover
Firm saw a 9% drop in revenue at its construction business
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NewsPersimmon homebuyers set to hold back cash to deal with snags
Housebuilder’s customers will be able to hold an average retention of £3,600
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NewsVinci lined up for £100m UCL East contract
Contractor chosen to deliver second building in university’s new Stratford campus
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 2008 - Interserve boss bullish
Embattled Interserve once had some serious bragging rights – but perhaps more caution would have come in handy
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NewsBBC's Belfast base set for £25m makeover
Public broadcaster looking for contractor to transform its Northern Irish HQ
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CommentTime at Large: Time for a rethink
The orthodox view on how employer delay affects its entitlement to damages has been shown to be quite wrong
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FeaturesImage of the week: Ups and downs
Last week saw the opening of Heatherwick Studio’s Vessel, the $200m centrepiece to New York’s $25bn Hudson Yards scheme