All Building articles in 15 November 2024
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NewsFormer ISG boss teams up with BW director to set up new fit out firm
Pair planning for start-up to hit £10m turnover mark in first year
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CommentWhy are leaders continuing to ignore the evidence that flexible working works?
Employers insisting staff return to the workplace five days a week implies that emotion rather than data is driving decisions at the top
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FeaturesInfrastructure update: How can developers navigate the ever-lengthening connections queue?
In the second half of our two-part special on UK power, Turner & Townsend Alinea examine how the rising demand for new connections to the distribution network has time and cost impacts for developers.
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CommentAdjudication offers speed – and not at any cost
High-speed dispute resolution such as adjudication may be imperfect, but cost makes it a better option than litigation
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Features‘This industry is absolutely fine…’ Andrew Davies on the naysayers, rescuing Kier and what the firm plans to do next
The contractor’s chief executive goes in to bat for construction. It’s a good time to be in the business, he tells Dave Rogers
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NewsPlanning granted for major life sciences cluster in Whitechapel
East End scheme has been masterplanned by Allies and Morrison
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CommentNever underestimate what construction can achieve
Building has launched its 40 Under 40 list of talented professionals – their stories of success remind us of what is possible
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FeaturesElevating security standards in commercial student accommodation
Purpose-built student housing up and down the country continues to magnetise crime. At a roundtable hosted by Building in partnership with Jeld-Wen, experts shared their insights into how risk can be managed now and in the future
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Information - BuildingBuilding Digital Edition: November 2024
The final frontier: After four decades of neglect, Space House’s groundbreaking architecture gets the uplift it deserves
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NewsMorris & Spottiswood rescues 100 jobs after picking up part of ISG’s fit out business
Glasgow-based company says Cathedral will add £100m of revenue by early 2026
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NewsBasement package on £900m London towers job out next week
Procurement on 18 Blackfriars scheme has been dogged by worries over risk
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Features‘It was always the plan ...’ Keltbray’s Brendan Kerr on selling infrastructure and what he’s going to do next
The specialist contractor’s owner talks to Dave Rogers about going back to building, succession planning and why he never intends to quit
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NewsKier order book heads towards £11bn mark
Firm says it expects to make more inroads into debt pile this financial year
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NewsUniversity of Greenwich tables plan to extend listed building within world heritage site
Stride Treglown and Purcell working on plans to add three-storey building to 1920s landmark
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NewsGovernment boosts offshore wind investment at COP29
Bonus scheme to fund up to £200m for projects, as Scottish Power seals deal for East Anglia TWO wind farm
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NewsDecision to scrap government design advisor Office for Place a ‘mistake’, says Nicholas Boys Smith
Body’s interim chair said move risks ministers “marking their own homework” on housing design
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NewsOffsite specialist Reds10 brings in new directors
Pair to lead public sector work including health and schools
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Features‘We hope to be a good neighbour’: how the new Liverpool Street station team is rethinking London’s most controversial project
A week after Herzog & de Meuron’s proposals were dropped, Building speaks to Network Rail and the scheme’s new architect Acme about the redesign of the listed station and what exactly has happened to development partner Sellar
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NewsStructure Tone recruits two more ISG directors to boost growth plans
Ambitious US fit out firm expecting to double workloads next year
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NewsFirms put on notice for £1.5bn retrofit framework
Deal to focus on housing and public buildings