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Features
Smart thinking
Faced with a target of building 89,000 new homes by 2021, Cambridgeshire has set up the SmartLIFE project to learn how innovative construction methods can make up the shortfall
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FeaturesPods and monsters
A medical research centre where scientists are banished to the basement and life-or-death matters are discussed beneath giant deep-sea creatures, orange bubble clusters and alien spacecraft … we visits Will Alsop’s most flamboyant, and contradictory, offering yet.
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FeaturesEuropean whole-life costs
Quantity surveyor Franklin + Andrews makes its annual appraisal of the costs of building and maintaining a standard factory in 14 European countries and finds the familiar north-south divide
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NewsUS consultancy plans to buy British QS
American consultancy Hill International plans to expand in the UK by buying a QS or project management firm
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NewsSharewatch The cheer of spring
The construction and building materials sector had a skip in its step last week as companies across the board gained ground.
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FeaturesThe hard sell
Get your prospective employer to make you an offer you can't refuse, say Rob Norris and Ben Byram
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CommentThe little princes
Our columnist recalls two weeks in the 1990s when he was privileged to have the honour of working with a group of highly skilled young management trainees
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NewsDrive to win private cash for New Deals
Regeneration experts have formed a group with the aim of encouraging developers and housebuilders to invest in 39 key government projects
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Taywood’s 4500-home scheme gets go-ahead
Housebuilder Taylor Woodrow has been granted planning permission for a £1bn, 4500-home scheme in Swindon, Gloucestershire.
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Data New-build completions in April
Completions are on the increase in Scotland and the South-east but remain subdued in London and Merseyside
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FeaturesStars and gripes
When Emcor lambasted its failing UK subsidiary Drake & Scull, US-based boss Frank T MacInnis asked Tony Whale to turn the firm around. Whale has, but he isn’t out of the woods yet. We met the two to discuss their future.
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CommentYou know it makes sense
The British Property Federation has produced one short, simple and fair consultancy agreement for every profession. What do you think its reception will be?
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CommentToo much to ask for?
Be warned: there’s an extremely architect-friendly clause hidden in RIBA SFA/99. So friendly, and so hidden, that it has been ruled ‘unusual and onerous’
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Comment
Know your rights
Five years ago this month the Third Parties Act came into force with the intention of doing away with the tedium of collateral warranties. So did it succeed?
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CommentA Westerner’s guide
Following Building’s whirlwind tour of China earlier this month, two experts explain the Chinese approach to contract law, regulations and business practices
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NewsFormer Benson executives set up fresh company
Redwing Construction on the brink of winning its first contract after starting up the business in March