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CommentHansom: Identity issues
Voltaire gets confused with Spider-Man, site hoardings sport mystery monikers in place of logos, and a minister almost dives headfirst into a – luckily only virtual – road that he’d mistaken for a swimming pool
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NewsNew approach to infrastructure delivery launched
Project 13 aims to improve the delivery of infrastructure projects
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FeaturesOnline poll: Adapting to technology
This week’s poll: Is your organisation willing enough to adapt its working practices and embrace technological advancements?
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CommentLeasehold does have issues, but could banning it create other problems?
There is no justification for ground rents to escalate the way they have been, but could banning leaseholds create a double-tier market trapping leaseholders in their properties?
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CommentRelocating out of London? How to choose a location for your new HQ
Morgan Reece at Barton Willmore discusses the thought that goes into choosing the ideal relocation site - using Channel 4 as an example
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NewsLendlease ready to work with new Haringey administration
Contractor accepts new regime ‘may have different views’ on future plans, including £2bn joint venture
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CommentThat's the spirit
A new survey on contracts reveals growing enthusiasm for collaboration and BIM technology is yet to be realised in practice
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Peak District cottage
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Félicie Krikler, director at Assael Architecture
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 1947
Sometimes the things we take for granted turn out to be most revolutionary
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NewsPeel Holdings announces revised Liverpool Waters masterplan
The latest details see the relocation of Central Park closer to the River Mersey
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FeaturesRegulations: issues of control
Construction failings at Grenfell Tower have highlighted the need for an overhaul of building control to ensure inspectors pick up on breaches of the Building Regulations, but how should this be done?
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CommentBuilding control's new found public profile
Building control cannot take the responsibility of ensuring everything is built to an acceptable standard on its own – greater awareness of these issues could help the industry raise its game
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NewsHounslow firm building east London 'creative quarter'
Scheme being built by Henry Construction in the shadow of Olympic Park
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NewsGovernment urged to act on flood-proofing homes
RIBA says ‘keeping water out’ is not a good enough response
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NewsTurkey pins Euro 2024 hopes on UK architect
AFL working on country’s bid and drawing up plan for 92,000-capacity stadium in Istanbul
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NewsPrivate building control inspectors want parity with local authority counterparts
Industry group calls for private and local authority officials to be governed by common set of rules
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NewsArup wings in with role on Bath's rugby stadium
New stadium designed by Grimshaw will have 18,000 seats