More news – Page 518
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Time to rein back enhancements to office buildings
Enhancing the specification of office buildings has become unsustainable – they increase construction costs, and often ‘improvements’ are unnecessary
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Mark Farmer to be named government MMC champion
Role for consultant behind Modernise or Die report to be confirmed tomorrow
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HS2 review criticised by outgoing deputy chair
Lord Berkeley says unfinished review ‘will be locked in vault’
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Plans lodged for huge Whitehall buildings revamp
Scheme is for Northern Estate programme which will be precursor to Palace of Westminster overhaul
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Allies and Morrison unveils more details of first North America project
Images of 11ha masterplan released
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In pictures: Revamped Old Vic theatre opens
Attention now turns to second phase of £30m overhaul
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Projects: Stock Exchange Hotel, Manchester
Ex-Manchester United football stars Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville’s new Stock Exchange Hotel has taken a sensitive and heritage-led approach
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5 minutes with… Francesca Sharkey, development manager, Qatari Diar
Francesca Sharkey tells Building about Swiss spas, a love of creating beautiful things, and a capacity for listening
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Construction industry gossip: Thank U, next
The latest housing secretary – I forget his name – struggles to convince the industry he’ll be around long enough to be taken seriously
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McLaren lands £30m Manchester airport job
Contractor to manage fit-out 20,000ft 2 of office space
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Image of the week: We need a hero
Superheroes appear at the windows of a children’s hospital in São Paulo, Brazil
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Roundtable: Building smart
Construction and property industry experts shared their views on the potential of smart buildings and how these opportunities might be realised
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Sketch of the week: Corporation street, Rochester Riverside
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Nerea Bermejo, in-house illustrator at HTA