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NewsSchool building slowdown fears as spending slumps by £1bn
Firms in the sector report construction work is drying up as government slackens the pace of delivery
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FeaturesSchools: Learning to love modular
Offsite construction can offer an answer to England’s struggling school estate. But manufacturers are battling to banish dated perceptions of what modular means. Jordan Marshall reports
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CommentSocial skills
The collapse of Carillion should lead to a renewed focus on the positive impact that construction businesses can have on society
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NewsCost of Crossrail overrun unknown, say scheme leaders
TfL has admitted the delay is set to cost it £20m in revenue
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CommentThere are two main barriers to the widespread use of offsite construction
Once these are overcome, perhaps, finally, we can stop debating the potential benefits of offsite and start counting on them
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CommentHansom: It’s a rollercoaster
Heads spin and stomachs churn at Lendlease’s new £100,000 VR facility, while Crossrail avoids admitting to a bumpy ride of its own. Meanwhile in Brexitland, it’s a relief to know that all is as well as ever …
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NewsDesmond's Isle of Dogs scheme to double in size
Tower Hamlets council to rule on media mogul’s 1,500-home scheme
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NewsMorgan Sindall lands M1 service station job
Contractor will build a food court and 100-bedroom hotel at site near Leeds
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FeaturesOnline poll: Is offsite the answer for the education sector?
This week’s poll: Is offsite the answer to upgrading the country’s crumbling school estate?
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NewsRobertson boosts profit and turnover
The firm turned over £752m in the 12 months to March thanks to major projects
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FeaturesRoundtable: digitally inclined
Technology has yet to fully filter through to many parts of the construction process. Debika Ray reports on a roundtable by Bluebeam discussing how to motivate companies to digitalise
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CommentLegal: It’s up to you
Parties may contractually allocate concurrent delay risk as they wish, write Emily Leonard and Hannah Gardiner
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CommentLegal: It’s a win on penalties
The approach to any failure to send a timely payless notice has at last been questioned
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FeaturesImage of the week: A safe bet
The historic art deco Littlewoods building in Liverpool suffered a huge fire
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CommentLegal: Say what you see
If a party has taken a conflicting stand in a related case, an adjudicator may be obliged to disclose those case documents
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NewsWinner of Ebbsfleet Garden City landscape competition revealed
Five firms were shortlisted for the competition
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Crossrail station, Paddington
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by senior architect Pablo Sanz Claramunt at Weston Williamson + Partners
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 2012
Spending on schools, or lack of it, is once again making the headlines in Building
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FeaturesBuilding utopia? How Dudley College was built using a new form of procurement
When Dudley College wanted to build a £10m Centre for Advanced Building Technologies, it plumped for a new form of procurement – an insurance model that benefits the whole supply chain and covers cost overruns