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NewsMace’s Shard project director departs
Tim Goldby left the company several weeks ago, and Gareth Lewis has taken over
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CommentThe RICS: Are we being served?
Open mike: QSs have little in common with estate agents yet we share the same professional body. We have to break free and form an organisation that truly represents us
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News‘Write off Nakheel bonds’ ACE chief urges consultants
UK firms warned that Dubai developer may not be able to meet five-year repayment plan
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NewsAbramovich’s secret nightclub is taken to the cleaners
Work stops on venue underneath Chelsea FC’s stadium after cleaners cause flood
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Inbox: Intelligence briefing
Three readers watch the state, another takes surveillance photos and a fifth tries to decipher Building
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NewsHousing starts down 9% as double-dip evidence grows
Autumn fails to deliver its customary cheer for housing sales, with starts down nearly 1,000
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for Kinetics
Venues: The Gherkin, the Boleyn pub and the Riverside Chinese restaurant Topics: Corporate hospitality, Glen Medeiros, the fall of Connaught, Ian Dury Drinks: One bottle of La Cote Blanche Sancerre 2009, one gin and tonic, 15 pints of Guinness, 14 bottles of lager
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NewsGlobal shake-up puts London at head of Aedas expansion
Architect restructures European and Asian businesses to improve international presence
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CommentPre-action disclosure in arbitration: Travelers Insurance vs Countrywide Surveyors
This case hinged on whether the court could order documents to be disclosed when the parties were subject to an arbitration agreement
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CommentOsborne establishes his green credentials
It’s a pleasant surprise to see the government backing the low-carbon agenda
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NewsTwo workers killed after wall collapses
The two were killed while working on a barn conversion in Suffolk
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CommentHansom : The bestiary
Strange creatures stalk the diary page this week, including a giraffe on a desert island, a disorganised German organisation and a construction professional who made all the girls swoon
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NewsThe use of force: Building information modelling
Building information modelling may make everything better, but most firms don’t want to use it. But that might change now the government plans to make it compulsory on all public projects. Stephen Kennett reports
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FeaturesPassivoffice: First UK office to reach Passivhaus standards
Powys council was worried by rises in gas prices, so it decided to make its Stag teaching facility the first office in Britain to reach Passivhaus standards. After horrendous design problems, the team spent 12 months collecting data on how it performed. And, as Thomas Lane reports, the figures came ...
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Common mistakes in... the design development process
In the second in a series on dos and don’ts on major projects, Iain Suttie discusses the design development process and where it can all go horribly wrong
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Bullying the adjudicator: Nice guys finish last
Some parties in a dispute think they can win a case by bullying and abusing the adjudicator. And you know what? They might be right …
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Outsourcing abroad: Indian takeaway
Why spend huge amounts of in-house time, money and resources on paperwork when outsourcing firms in countries like India have specialist teams to do it for you?
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CommentBuying an insolvent firm: Risky assignment
Buying an insolvent firm to take over its contracts is a job for experts. The reason is that there is no guarantee that the other parties to those contracts will let you do the work
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NewsSpotlight when the upturn comes …
After past recessions, lead times have rapidly increased - and there’s no reason why it will be any different when the next one comes, says Brian Moone. So what is the impact likely to be?
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FeaturesWilkinson Eyre: Twin peaks
Ten years ago Building interviewed a young architectural practice called Wilkinson Eyre. A decade and two Stirling prizes later, we return to ask its principals how it feels to become part of the design establishment - and on the top of their game.