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NewsBig names rub shoulders with minnows on £8bn schools framework
Four year deal starts in 10 days’ time
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CommentHansom: Good intentions
This week, a diversity day at British Land, a record charity haul at the Building Award and Cemex’s new boss takes an ethical tour of London
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CommentBetter fire safety can't wait for rule change
Regulations need to be simplified, but the industry needn’t wait for policy-makers to address fire safety
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NewsCPA says worries over Brexit will see growth collapse
Trade body urges government to get on with Brexit negotiations as uncertainty delays projects
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NewsCountry needs more than 275,000 new homes each year, says Javid
Figures show number of new homes built reached 217,000 in 2016/17 - highest in almost a decade
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NewsBritish Land to start £200m office scheme next spring
Firm has extended its committed development pipeline to 1.5m ft2
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NewsGreen light for next phase of £172m Hertfordshire scheme
Work to deliver 174 new homes and 7,500 ft2 of retail space to begin in April
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CommentTechnology: more, better, less
From a granular level to grandioise world-changing possibilities, this year’s Autodesk University conference whipped up notion that the way in which the built envionment is crafted could be altered signficantly
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2017: Digital Efficiency Initiative of the Year
The Square Construction App promotes apprenticeships where they are most needed
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2017: Refurbishment Project of the Year
Storyhouse in Chester is a 1930s Odeon cinema building that has been repurposed for impressive community uses
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2017: Off-site Project of the Year
Garden Halls used off-site solutions to solve the problems of an inflexible schedule and the issue of designing in a conservation area
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2017: Sustainable Project of the Year
The GlaxoSmithKline Centre for Sustainability is the world’s first chemistry lab to make no overall contribution to greenhouse gases
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2017: BIM Initiative of the Year
BIMHawk allows the BIM industry to standardise data and automate it into BIM models
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CommentAnd about time too
The review of the Construction Act is more than welcome to Tony Bingham, who can hardly wait to see an end to the misapplication of 28-day adjudication as a dispute resolution process
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CommentCase in focus: Payless notices
An effective payless notice must include an explanation of the grounds for withholding, a headline figure and a calculation showing how that figure has been produced
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CommentWho pays, if the form doesn’t say?
Ahead of next month’s new FIDIC release, Lindy Patterson considers how risk allocation varies between FIDIC and NEC standard forms
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FeaturesMarket forecast: Holding steady?
Technically the construction industry is in a recession, but many firms continue to report stable activity levels for now
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NewsArcadis warns firms to set aside funds in case of a 'no deal' Brexit
Parliament has begun debating bill to leave the EU
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NewsHelical confirms termination of Hammersmith regen scheme
Scheme in partnership with Grainger would have seen 196 new homes built
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NewsGreen light for £1.4bn Croydon shopping centre
Scheme to redevelop the Whitgift shopping centre was orginally given outline planning approval in 2014