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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Make good choices
A Yorkshireman questions why procurement can’t be like buying a loaf of bread and the builders of the tallest tower want their workers to have the healthiest diet
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CommentThought for tomorrow: Rise of the architects
We ask readers to share their visions of the industry in 25 years’ time. Here, Dexter Moren foresees technology offering greater power and control to designers
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NewsBerkeley to begin modular home production from 2020
Housebuilder says construction of off-site factory is on track as it reports first half profit down 26%
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NewsGovernment urged to reform apprenticeship levy as starts slump by a quarter
Federation of Master Builders boss blames apprenticeship levy for decline
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NewsContractors teed up for £73m Scottish regen scheme
Contractors have until the end of February to register their interest
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FeaturesImage of the week: Mellow yellow
Willmott Dixon staff show off the high-tech exoskeleton vests they are trialling with robotics firm Eksobionics on a school scheme in Cardiff. We trust the rioting ‘gilets jaunes’ in Paris don’t trade up to the tech-enabled versions …
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NewsCountryside starts work on £30m RNIB resi scheme
Gardner Stewart-designed job will feature specialised accommodation and luxury housing
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FeaturesSketch of the week: 2018 Engineering Sketches Prize
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Gustaf Granstrom, a senior structural engineer at Heyne Tillett Steel in London
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 2008 – A zoo solution
It’s not often that our Building archivists are taken aback by something they find buried in the magazine’s dusty library
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NewsG&T rejigs management as managing partner leaves after 40 years at firm
Simon Jones joined cost consultant back in 1977
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CommentLegal: From Russia without love
International construction arbitration practitioners often stress the positives of arbitration: using the so-called “five Es” of efficiency, expedition, expertise, evenhandedness and enforceability. The Russian Supreme Court has placed enforceability in serious doubt by holding that a standard form ICC arbitration clause is unenforceable under Russian law because there was ...
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FeaturesHackitt review and regaining trust: ‘The industry has created a monster’
With the government’s formal response to the Hackitt review of building regulations and fire safety expected soon, a panel of industry experts at Building Live discussed their own responses – and how trust in the sector can be won back
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NewsKier and Keller fall out of FTSE250
McCarthy Stone re-joins mid-tier stock market index as contractor and groundworks group bow out
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NewsDar plans recruitment drive as it looks to treble £15m turnover
Consultant aims to increase payroll from 120 to 500 people over next three years
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NewsMPs call for evidence over Palace of Westminster revamp
Joint committee asks for views on proposal that three statutory bodies oversee governance of project
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NewsAberdeen bypass set to finish by Christmas, contractors say
But Balfour Beatty and Galliford Try admit opening dependent on weather
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NewsFoster's controversial Australian Apple store delayed by a year
The store is now due to open its doors in 2021
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CommentCase in focus: Adjudication
Ted Lowery on declaratory proceedings arising out of a PFI contract
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NewsMPs call for mandated 30-day payment terms
Report also suggested retentions should be replaced with independently managed project accounts