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FeaturesGreen for Growth
Building launches its campaign to persuade the government to stimulate investment in green construction
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FeaturesCountry focus: Malaysia
Strong domestic demand means Malaysia’s GDP looks good to grow. But with an election looming and a continuing budget deficit, fiscal stimulus can’t be relied on
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FeaturesPredictions for 2013
Is anything out there? We search out some bright spots on the construction horizon in 2013
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FeaturesEight projects due to complete in 2013
From Birmingham New Street to Stonehenge Visitors Centre, here are eight projects set to complete this year …
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FeaturesYou're hired: the Apprentice architect
Architect Gabrielle Omar tells Building how being ‘the nice one’ on BBC’s The Apprentice helped her practice get work
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FeaturesThe year in covers: A selection of Building magazine's best artwork
Building’s group art editor explains the story behind some of Building’s covers over the past 12 months
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FeaturesBest of Brickonomics 2012
Economist Brian Green has been analysing what the latest construction data means for the industry all year - here are the five blogs that caught readers’ attention most in 2012
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FeaturesBest building projects
Architectural correspondent Ike Ijeh picks out his five most memorable projects of 2012
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FeaturesTop interviews in 2012
From the UK’s most famous practising architect to a reclusive duo in charge of a fast-growing contractor, Building has interviewed a variety of industry characters this year. Here’s our pick of some of our favourites
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FeaturesSafety blunders: A year of living dangerously
2012 was another vintage year for safety blunder pictures. Here are our top five examples of on-site idiocy
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FeaturesTriumph and disaster: The 2012 review
In 2012, the UK construction industry faced up to an onslaught of cuts, U-turns, stalled projects and financial collapses, while also demonstrating how to put on the greatest show on Earth. Building looks back on an extraordinary year
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FeaturesProjects of the year: Most visionary public space
2012 has been an important year for public spaces, and most significant was the radical shared-space scheme at Exhibition Road
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FeaturesReview of the year: Disputes, BIM and nuclear
How did 2012 pan out for industry disputes, the nuclear sector and BIM?
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FeaturesProjects of the year: Most ambitious railway project
The King’s Cross western concourse marked a milestone for the UK railway sector
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FeaturesReview of the year: Acquisitions, restructures and collapses
A look back at the reshuffles of Balfour Beatty, Davis Langdon and in government; plus the major collapses and acquisitions of the year
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FeaturesProjects of the year: Best boat-inspired building
There were three big boat-related events in 2012 but the award for the best themed building has to go to the Mary Rose Museum
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FeaturesReview of the year: Government failures
Not everything went quite to plan for the government in 2012 and the Green Deal, feed-in tariffs and MoD procurement will be remembered as such
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FeaturesProjects of the year: Most technically ambitious project
Temperatures of 150,000,000ºC are just one challenge the world’s first commercial nuclear fusion reactor faced
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FeaturesProjects of the year: Most austerity-friendly project
There can be few more appropriate models for the straitened times in which we live than standardised schools
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FeaturesProjects of the year: Biggest false dawn
The new-build City office market promised a lot at the start of the year but projects have since stalled or remain empty