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CommentIs this the end of seven years' bad luck?
Are we starting to see positive signs outside of the housing sector?
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FeaturesAgenda 15: What's the big idea?
Want a say in shaping the future of the construction sector? With Agenda 15, Building is gathering the most important policy proposals for the next UK government to address. From infrastructure to environmental issues, it’s a chance to have your voice heard - but hurry, submissions close on 13 June ...
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NewsBarratt takes bite of Candys' Sugar Quay
Housebuilder will jointly develop Thameside site with Candy brothers
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NewsBlaze rages through Glasgow School of Art
Staff and students evacuated as fire breaks out at the Mac, one of Scotland’s most iconic buildings
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News'Cowboy builders' face stiffer penalties
New sentencing regime means builders and traders who fraudulently use registration marks will face tougher penalties
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NewsQuintain to 'accelerate' development of Wembley Park
Developer hires architect for next housing phase and posts return to profit
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NewsHCA makes two senior hires
Homes and Communities Agency appoints executive director of programmes and head of North-east, Yorkshire and the Humber
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NewsBalfour Beatty picks up £78m US light rail job
Balfour Beatty has won a £78m job to build a new light rail line in Charlotte, North Carolina
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NewsKier takes £44m batch of priority schools
Kier wins Nottinghamshire schools taking its tally to four batches, the most of any contractor
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NewsArchitects remain confident about workloads
RIBA survey finds amount of work being carried out climbs for thrid quarter in a row
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NewsHigh cost of training threatens roll-out of retrofit initiatives
Plumb and Parts Centre’s sustainability boss warns that skills shortages could hamper progress in energy efficiency sector
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NewsSustainability of building products ‘low on the agenda’ for MPs
Survey shows over half of MPs rate sustainability of building products among lowest priorities for new homes
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NewsIndustry criticised for 'over-specifying' office buildings
Derwent and PwC tell BCO conference they have to strip out excess M E works
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CommentCIOB Consultancy Appointment: Appoint in Time
Last year the CIOB ‘s Complex Projects Contract stressed the importance of time and cost management. Now it is to be joined by a consultancy agreement as it transitions to a suite of contracts
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NewsStalled £500m Birmingham development gets go-ahead
Exclusive: Architect Make to design Arena Central’s first office building as market starts to pick up in the regions
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Luxor
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch was drawn by Bryan Avery, principal of Avery Associates Architects
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NewsInfographic: Help to Buy heat map
Data shows Help to Buy assisted sales, which make up just 3% of all house sales, are overwhelmingly concentrated in areas with low house price growth
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CommentHansom: Fessing up
Unlikely confessions this week, with Sepp Blatter admitting Qatar was a mistake, Prince Charles’ 1984 “carbuncle” speech repositioned as a construction positive, and PwC reports going down the pan
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FeaturesICE London Engineering Awards winners: Capital schemes
Transport infrastructure projects feature heavily among the winners of this year’s ICE London Engineering Awards. Thomas Lane reports on the ambitious engineering and sheer inventiveness of the developments that aim to make life easier for Londoners
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NewsCarillion wins £400m of work in Middle East
Carillion’s Middle East joint venture secures contracts worth £400m, including two luxury hotels in Dubai