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Image of the week: Kingmaker
Beasts are stalking Surrey this week as finishing touches are put to more than 40 life-size animals and plants at RHS Garden Wisley.
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Sketch of the week: Inn Bloom installation, Mexico City
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Graham Burn, co-founder of Studio MUTT
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Crossrail won't open this year, new boss admits
Crossrail chief executive Mark Wild has told the TfL board that he does not know when the line will be finished
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Testing times: the ban on CLT is a case of negative perceptions
The most damaging aspect of this ban is the impact it could have on innovation more generally with potentially negative implications for adoption of modern methods of construction
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How is the CLT industry responding to the combustibles ban?
Proponents of cross-laminated timber were up in arms when the government announced its plans to ban combustible materials from the external walls of high-rise buildings
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Race for HS2 Euston station goes down to wire
Contest for £1.65bn deal understood to be between two bidders
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Lost profits? Then prove it
A damages claim for delay can include head office overheads and lost profit if certain conditions are met
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Hackitt frustrated by government's slow response to report
Whitehall took seven months to address former HSE chair’s review of building regulations
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CLT: One minute briefing
What is CLT? Why use it? How is CLT different to standard timber frames?
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Armitt warns £4bn parliament refurb cost will go up
Former ODA chair says contractors need to have as much information as possible ahead of job starting
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Can retail parks be turned into proper mixed-use communities?
What do we want the retail experience of the future to be, and how do we want city centres of the future to look?
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Billington upbeat on the back of strong second half
The firm announced £41m of new contract wins in November
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Housing associations given £500m boost to fund affordable homes
Housing secretary has announced Homes England’s new strategic partners
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The complications of dual role clauses for adjudicators
Akin Akinbode and Tracey Summerell consider whether adjudicators should wear two hats
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RIBA survey finds Brexit fears hitting small architectural firms
New data finds confidence among small firms has slumped as jobs dry up
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Bam takes stake in Irish modular homes business
Modern Homes Ireland can produce more than 500 homes a year
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Brexit a 'challenge', says Herzog & de Meuron director
Swiss practice has London office in Clerkenwell
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Research into construction methods gets £18m funding boost
Contractors participating on a range of projects, including merging AI and BIM
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From the archive: 2006 - A Vic-torious restaging
The Young Vic, known for its gritty, experimental approach, was built as a temporary space in 1970 and was never meant to last more than five years, so was beginning to fall apart by the 1990s