All Building Live 2018 articles
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FeaturesBuilding podcast: Highlights from Building Live 2018
Listen to this Building podcast - highlights from Building Live 2018, including debates on the Hackitt review and the future of large contractors
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FeaturesBuilding podcast: What do Millennials want?
The skills crisis continues to grip construction - listen to highlights from Building Live and find out what makes the next generation tick
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Make good choices
A Yorkshireman questions why procurement can’t be like buying a loaf of bread and the builders of the tallest tower want their workers to have the healthiest diet
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CommentBuilding Live: refresh yourselves
Building Live showed what contrasting opinions people have on construction issues and proved how much they care about the industry they work in
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FeaturesHackitt review and regaining trust: ‘The industry has created a monster’
With the government’s formal response to the Hackitt review of building regulations and fire safety expected soon, a panel of industry experts at Building Live discussed their own responses – and how trust in the sector can be won back
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FeaturesBD Live’s first ever live design competition: A new quarter for Canada Water
Architects competed at Building Live with plans for the London development’s retail space
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NewsHomes England sets up Oxford-Cambridge arc team
Agency is working with other public sector groups to push on with scheme
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NewsTrade body tells subbies to go to clients direct to get paid on Interserve jobs
SEC boss Rudi Klein says firms should work out deals with clients as safeguard
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NewsContractor margins should be set at 5% on public sector jobs, says Scape boss
Mark Robinson says mandating margins would benefit both clients and contractors
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NewsBrokenshire running the rule over government's response to Hackitt
Report runs to less than 100 pages and is expected to be out before Christmas
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NewsNext major framework set to be worth more than £7bn, says Scape boss
Scape chief executive Mark Robinson has told Building Live the next major works programme will be worth more than the existing one
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CommentIt’s OK not to be OK. But how do we make people OK?
With men making up the vast majority of the construction industry, a fair conclusion is that it is male behaviours around mental health that most need to be tackled: by training people in non-judgmental listening and saying it is “OK not to be OK”.
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CommentGrenfell – a question of trust?
If the Grenfell fire teaches us one thing, says Colm Lacey, it is that the construction and development sectors need to create a culture of trustworthiness and humanity
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FeaturesLetwin review: more homes, or more red tape?
Oliver Letwin’s review into build-out rates espouses a more varied approach to development. But some fear his proposals are too complex
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CommentLondon's population is on the rise – so how can we ensure good growth?
We need masterplans that are designed to encourage and facilitate daily contact, says Lendlease’s Selina Mason
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FeaturesIs this the end of the road for Help to Buy?
Next week’s Budget is likely to determine the fate of the government’s controversial Help to Buy scheme. Is it likely to be scrapped, hitting share prices hard?
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FeaturesThe future of offices
Values in the workplace are changing, which in turn means that what occupiers want from an office building is also evolving rapidly