More Focus – Page 50
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FeaturesBattersea Power Station: Powering up?
The Battersea Power Station redevelopment has hit the headlines countless times. But how is work progressing now? Building visited the site to find out
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FeaturesProjects: Exploring ‘the third space’
Three new London commercial schemes explore the ‘in-between’ areas that are neither home nor workplace, neither public nor private
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FeaturesHackitt: Where do we go from here?
Two years on from the Grenfell fire and a year after the resulting Hackitt report, the government is at last moving forward on strengthening the regulatory environment for construction. To assess the industry’s progress so far, Building carried out a survey ahead of its upcoming conference
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FeaturesCost model: Manchester residential
The city is proving resilient to the UK’s political uncertainty, with a development scene that continues to expand in response to growing demand for housing
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FeaturesProjects: Laing O’Rourke on site at Edinburgh St James
The redevelopment of Edinburgh’s St James shopping centre with new apartments, a hotel and retail is on a regal scale – but a very small site
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FeaturesPalace of Westminster: the mother of all refurbishments
Despite warnings that the Palace of Westminster was at growing risk of a catastrophe, little was done to begin work on its urgently needed refurbishment
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Features"In 100 years' time we'll have the Thames lined with derelict towers" - Peter Rees talks to Building
Former London planning chief Peter Rees thinks Londoners should be worrying about the rising forest of new-build apartment blocks
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FeaturesMarket forecast Q1 2019: Slowing down
Tender prices are likely to rise at a slower rate over the next couple of years, as output wavers and business confidence stays low
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FeaturesBIM survey 2019: What's the problem?
As the government’s push for BIM eases and client expectations evolve, the latest NBS survey shows adoption is tailing off a little. So what is holding back those final few – and have the rest of us already moved on?
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FeaturesCrossing the line: how government is cracking down on construction corruption
How big a problem is corrupt behaviour in the industry - and are attitudes changing?
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FeaturesProjects: The FT's former and future home at Bracken House, London
It has in its time embodied more than one archetype of the City office block, from 1950s solid sandstone to 1980s high-tech glass and steel
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FeaturesThe digital career ladder: upskilling your staff
Jamie Harris speaks to three firms that are tackling the digital revolution and the skills crisis through digital upskilling
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FeaturesLead times: January - March 2019
Lead times have remained static, but widespread reports of labour shortages mean firms are starting to predict increases soon
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FeaturesAre permitted development rights a stroke of genius, or have they created a new generation of slums?
The government’s scheme to allow developers to bypass the planning system has been a roaring success, but why do so many want to ditch it?
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FeaturesProjects: How the Royal Papworth Hospital has health at heart
The Royal Papworth hospital has moved into a brand-new building that places health outcomes at its centre
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FeaturesNot a good look: assessing construction's image problem
A recent brace of surveys show that while construction is few youngsters’ first choice of career, once working inside the sector most find it fulfilling
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FeaturesTracker: March 2019
Overall activity slipped to its lowest point in almost three years, with contraction in every sector, while tenders continued to fall
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FeaturesProjects: Guédelon Castle, France
It may resemble a restoration project, but this 13th-century castle in France is being built from scratch entirely by hand
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FeaturesInterview: Charles O'Neil - solving construction's competency problem
Construction expert Charles O’Neil reckons the industry’s core problem is competency. So he’s doing something about it