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NewsCarillion lands £100m of Canada contracts
Contractor wins include trio of contracts for Canadian oil companies
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CommentWho’s counting?
Despite decades of changes to planning law, the number of homes we’re building has barely increased. Does the Housing and Planning Bill hold out the hope that this time things will be different?
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FeaturesUniversities: Short-term fix
Raising tuition fees gave university estates a shot in the arm, in terms of investment. But with student numbers predicted to fall and competition fierce, how can institutions maintain that momentum?
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NewsFlagship £2bn school building programme put back to 2016
Second phase of Priority School Building Programme, due to run from 2015, may be delayed by up to nine months
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NewsInfrastructure UK in major shake-up
Treasury body to merge with sister Whitehall unit the Major Projects Authority
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NewsGPE hails "largest ever" build pipeline
Developer says it is in “execution mode” despite economic uncertainty
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NewsStanhope signs major build to rent deal
Developer signs agreement with 19,000-home social landlord for ‘many projects’
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NewsBalfour appoints new head of Scotland business
Balfour Beatty lifer appointed managing director for Scotland and Ireland business
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FeaturesWhere will the UK be in 2030?
In the week of the publication of Global Construction 2030, Building was given exclusive access to the report’s findings, and the answers are not necessarily what you’d expect
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CommentStanding room only
Agile working isn’t a phase; it’s here to stay. As desk-to-worker ratios become tighter, it’s essential that building designers respond to the shift in office requirements
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NewsBarratt forward sales jump 21%
Housebuilder reports 21% rise in forward sales in Q1 trading update
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NewsAecom posts £100m pre-tax loss
Aecom revenue more than doubles to £11.9bn in first set of full-year results following URS mega-merger
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NewsBerkeley eyes prison sites after sell-off plan
Housebuilder’s chairman tells Building that firm would be interested in developing ‘well-located’ London sites
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NewsHorizon poaches Tube upgrade boss
Carl Devlin will join the infrastructure client as programme director for its Wylfa Newydd nuclear power plant in Wales
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FeaturesWhole-life carbon: Facades
How embodied and whole-life carbon can be reduced through simple design and specification decisions at little additional cost
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Roofing
This week’s roofing products include roofing membranes chosen for an extension of the Park Plaza Riverbank hotel in London, and a replacement waterproofing system at California House in Birmingham
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CommentAbsent friends
When a contractor goes into liquidation, can an employer avoid paying them a previously certified sum? A recent case provides guidance
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CommentFooting the bill
The new housing bill would cut permanently the regulation on converting office or light-industrial sites into housing, circumnavigating both local authorities and affordable housing obligations. So who would be the winners and losers?
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NewsLaing O'Rourke and Keltbray bag roles on £148m mall
Laing O’Rourke replaces Bam on Intu’s Watford shopping centre revamp
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NewsHS2 unveils 45-strong design panel
Architects, engineers and design specialist join group chaired by Sadie Morgan