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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.
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CommentBalance of terror
Our thanks to Nigel Barrett for this picture of daily life on a south London trading estate.
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FeaturesBrothers in construction: He ain’t heavy...
Ed and David Miliband’s battle for the Labour leadership was sibling rivalry as high politics. But what about brothers working in construction, even in the same company? We tracked some down and talked blood, sweat and tears. Photos by Julian Anderson
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NewsBellway warns sales will be flat until July 2011
Housebuilder revises predictions for 2011 as consumer confidence falls
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Reports of 3i’s Foster + Partners sell-off ‘wide of the mark’
Source close to 3i plays down rumours of a sell off of its 40% stake in the architecture practice
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Mouchel issues profit warning
Mouchel has warned that its profit before tax and exceptional items will drop to £30.5m from £40m for the year ended 31 July 2010.
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NewsGalliford Try lines up Segro’s Ian Coull as next chairman
Galliford Try has announced that its next chairman will be Ian Coull, the chief executive of Segro.
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Mott slims Abu Dhabi presence
Mott MacDonald is planning to reduce the number of offices it has in Abu Dhabi from three to two because there is not enough work to go round.
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NewsAnti-corruption drive clogs up Libyan payment procedures
Consultants in Libya face a near-freeze on payment for infrastructure projects because only one official is signing off bills to foreign companies.
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Osborne’s axe fells schools and housing
Education capital funding to fall 60% and housing 70% as chancellor takes hatchet to public sector
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Housing stats: New build sales and completions in September
Last month was every bit as bad as housebuilders feared, with sales 28% down on previous the year
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NewsCapita Symonds raises profits by 30% on lower turnover
Capita Symonds Ltd posted a sharp increase in profits in 2009 despite a slight decline in turnover.
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O’Rourke changes top team
Laing O’Rourke has undertaken a global shake-up of its top executive team