All Building articles in 28 July 2017
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How university estates can keep up with changing trends
Does the recent drop in applications for full-time university courses foretell a trend towards part-time degrees, and could that sound the death knell for the university estate?
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Up in the air: Taking steps to mitigate air quality impacts on ecology
What can firms do to tackle air quality issues as government stalls on strategies?
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Mace and Arcadis win roles on Schiphol airport revamp
The Netherlands airport is to undergo a 10-year expansion programme
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This week in 1992
Building recalls another summer when the party in government was relieved to take its summer break
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Five new train stations to be built
Department of Transport is to spend £16m on the new stations in England and Wales
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Amec Foster Wheeler lands nuclear design contract
Government aims to change the way nuclear design, development and construction programmes are delivered
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Sketch of the week: Cheltenham housing development
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Martin Douglas, associate director at Pad Design
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Contractors fined over £1m for Crossrail death and injuries
Bam, Ferrovial and Kier JV sentenced over the death of Renè Tká ik and injuries to two others during works on Crossrail’s tunnels
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Large-scale recruitment should be phased, like any successful project
Employers need to recruit carefully to ensure that mass hiring of new employees does not dilute the company’s culture
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Laing O'Rourke sells precast concrete business for £20m
Ray O’Rourke has also signed a five-year deal with Bison’s new owner Forterra
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Written contracts: Pen and paper at the ready
Avoid the argy-bargy and uncertainty of an oral contract and get the thing down in writing
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Building Awards: Lendlease and Fosters among shortlisted firms
Shortlist unveiled for this year’s awards ceremony
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Contractors still struggling to hike margins over the 2% mark
Building’s Top 150 contractors and housebuilder surveys reveals margins are up but fall short of firms’ targets
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What to specify: Off-site solutions
Modular deals include the office space at Hinkley Point C and a quick solution for school classrooms, while a demountable bathroom pod and a solar-powered drying unit are among this week’s new releases
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Hansom: When the mood strikes
This week, Morgan Sindall has reasons to be perky, as do some bats hanging around in Middleton Quarry – Donald Trump, though, could soon be flying off the handle, and Richard Rogers sees red
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Image of the week: Express delivery
An atmospheric driverless railway will be an attraction at London’s Postal Museum
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Balmy days of summer
Building’s annual top 150 league tables make for far better reading this year than they have for some time
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Top 150 contractors: Whatever the weather
This year’s contractors and housebuilders Top 150 shows the sector enjoying reasonably benign market conditions but remaining fearful of the uncertainties of Brexit and volatile domestic politics
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Online poll: Leasehold sales of new-build homes
Should leasehold sales of new-build homes be banned?