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NewsIn pictures: Fosters latest Apple store revealed
Miami outlet is practice’s latest work with US tech giant
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NewsJJ Rhatigan scores first phase of £280m Luton scheme
London-based contractor to build 400 homes
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 2011 — Hell to pay
In 2011, Building reported on SMEs’ battles to gain credit – it might strike a chord with businesses facing slowing investment in this week’s piece on financing
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FeaturesImage of the week: Awaiting departure
An information board for the new Crossrail station at Bond Street station in London, where 500 people are reported to be working 24 hours a day
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Family home, Bahrain
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Félicie Krikler, director at Assael Architecture
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NewsCrossrail bosses demanded change at pair building Bond Street
June board minutes lay bare railway's frustration with Costain and Skanska on late-running station
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NewsGreen light for £54m Warwick uni job to be built by Willmott Dixon
Plans by Hawkins\Brown part of wider submission for revamp of Coventry site
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NewsSystra acquires consultant from collapsed British Steel
French engineer will work on HS2 with Vinci and Balfour Beatty
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NewsL&G snaps up 300 homes plot from British Land
Firm’s recently launched retirement housing business Guild Living boosts developments number
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Racing ahead
My hack chats to a record-breaking cyclist, Esther McVey has a rousing call and a dogged campaigner is taking many, many steps to try to prevent HS2
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NewsIn pictures: Fosters breaks ground on Manila residential tower
Scheme is practice’s first in Philippines
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FeaturesInternational cost comparison 2019
A slowdown in the growth of the global economy brings both challenges and opportunities for the construction sector around the world, alongside some cause for cautious optimism, says Agnieszka Krzyzaniak of Arcadis
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News‘Carillion effect’ takes toll as banks shy away from lending
EY senior figures point finger of blame at last year’s collapse of contractor for ‘shattering lender confidence’
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NewsBig names beaten to turn Oxford power station into £60m business school
Sir Robert McAlpine and Mace among those to miss out
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CommentLegal: Beware the adjudication time bar
The first court decision to apply the NEC time bar for non-Construction Act disputes is revealing
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NewsCompetence report recommendations could add to labour shortages, L&Q warns
Housing association says new rules could hike costs of jobs
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CommentForce majeure: Use with caution
Liability exclusion or force majeure clauses don’t always work as intended, so draft your contract carefully, says Stephanie Canham
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FeaturesAccess to finance: The banks that like to say ‘no’
Investors are running scared of construction – put off by the collapse of Carillion, historically low returns and the feeling a problem job is just around the corner. So, is there anything the industry can do to improve its access to finance?
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NewsBechtel faced compensation claim of its own as it pulls opposition to HS2 award
But US giant says it is still pursuing damages after losing Old Oak job to Balfour Beatty team