More Focus – Page 43
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FeaturesProjects: 7D BIM - The BIM Identity
Could the holy grail of BIM-enabled whole-life cost estimation be one step closer?
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FeaturesA taste for the hard stuff: Laing O’Rourke’s Stewart McIntyre
A year after Laing O’Rourke agreed a crucial £177m refinancing deal, the man who fought against the odds to make it happen talks to Building
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FeaturesProjects: The Londoner, Leicester Square
Faced with severe space constraints on the site of the former Odeon cinema in Leicester Square, Edwardian Hotels has built more than half of The Londoner underground
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FeaturesCost model: Birmingham build to rent
Birmingham’s build-to-rent sector is belatedly taking off
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FeaturesWhy is the Home Building Fund failing to reach small builders?
Despite being the main target of the fund and the ones that need it most, SME housebuilders are struggling to access the cash
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FeaturesCaroline Pidgeon: A decade spent scrutinising Crossrail
Caroline Pidgeon knows Crossrail inside out after scrutinising the project for a decade and grilling its key players for London’s transport committee. She speaks to Jordan Marshall about exactly what has gone wrong, why the delay is so frustrating and lessons to be learned
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FeaturesMy first project: Andrew Pryke
He had the chance of a lifetime when he was made project architect on James Stirling’s No1 Poultry at Bank in the City of London
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FeaturesProjects: University College Hospital, London
Despite engaging heavily with traditional build techniques the facade of University College Hospital’s latest addition is entirely prefabricated.
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FeaturesIR35: Is this the end of the road for the freelance?
New rules for off-payroll consultants are sending shockwaves through the industry – with some predicting blanket bans on the use of freelancers on projects
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FeaturesWill Persimmon now put its own house in order?
Has Persimmon’s financial success come at the expense of quality and safety?
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FeaturesBehind the hype: Explaining construction’s buzzwords
The latest series of Building podcasts casts an ear over some of the jargon and buzzwords that have become ingrained in the construction lexicon
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FeaturesProjects: Principal Place, London
Norman Foster’s first residential tower in London sits between the city’s financial centre and its hipster heart
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FeaturesBuilding intelligence: Q3 2019
A slowing global economy and Brexit uncertainty continue to press down on economic growth
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Features2020 vision: What do industry experts expect from construction this year?
Not just a new year, but a new decade and perhaps this is why so many of our leading industry experts are thinking far into the future.
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FeaturesHow will construction benefit from the Queen's speech?
Last month’s Queen’s speech should have cheered the construction sector, with billions of pounds earmarked for schools, housing, hospitals and more.
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Features2019 in construction: Building’s review of the year - part two
Who were the winners and what horror story continued throughout 2019?
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FeaturesBuilding’s Projects of the Year 2019
A pioneering new breed of council housing, a waste plant that doubles as a ski slope and a super-smart student centre users can learn from
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Features2019 in construction: Building’s review of the year - part one
We look back at the highs, lows and other key events of the past 12 months
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Features2019 in construction: Building’s quotes of the year
Debbie White, Daniel Levy and Ray O’Rourke feature in our collection of the year’s best quotes
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FeaturesWho finished on top of the festive tree? Highlights from this year’s Building Quiz
Competition was fierce at Building’s Christmas quiz this year as the 16 contenders, fuelled by plenty of pizza and buckets of beer, fought to find out which team was the brainiest of them all. Jamie Harris reports…