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NewsEDF looks to cut costs by taking Hinkley contractors to Sizewell new build
Firm says it can cut 20% off price by using existing suppliers on next nuclear new-build Source: Shutterstock Sizewell B was completed by Laing Construction more than 20 years ago
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NewsFirms tell MSPs that contractual rows meant part of Aberdeen bypass was shut for months, costing pair millions
Balfour Beatty and Galliford Try say project’s contract runs to ‘thousands of pages’
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NewsSmall Danish firm pips big names to design 400 sustainable homes
BIG and Henning Larsen Architects among beaten practices
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NewsHistoric England says it will take fight over £300m Norwich tower to housing secretary
Heritage group argues that ‘alien’ 20 storey tower will blight views
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FeaturesInterview: Dar's Andrew Loudon talks to Building
Dar may still be an unfamiliar name to many, but the Beirut-based owner of Currie Brown, Elementa and Perkins+Will has ambitions to grow its operations rapidly in the UK, Brexit notwithstanding
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NewsChinese nuclear giant flags interest in NuGen's abandoned Cumbria plant
China General Nuclear also reveals plans to speed up delivery of nuclear power plant in Essex
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CommentBuilding Live: refresh yourselves
Building Live showed what contrasting opinions people have on construction issues and proved how much they care about the industry they work in
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NewsMcCarthy & Stone snaps up ex-Kier executive
Nigel Turner joins retirement housebuilder as joint chief operating officer
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Make good choices
A Yorkshireman questions why procurement can’t be like buying a loaf of bread and the builders of the tallest tower want their workers to have the healthiest diet
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CommentThought for tomorrow: Rise of the architects
We ask readers to share their visions of the industry in 25 years’ time. Here, Dexter Moren foresees technology offering greater power and control to designers
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NewsBerkeley to begin modular home production from 2020
Housebuilder says construction of off-site factory is on track as it reports first half profit down 26%
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NewsGovernment urged to reform apprenticeship levy as starts slump by a quarter
Federation of Master Builders boss blames apprenticeship levy for decline
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NewsContractors teed up for £73m Scottish regen scheme
Contractors have until the end of February to register their interest
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FeaturesImage of the week: Mellow yellow
Willmott Dixon staff show off the high-tech exoskeleton vests they are trialling with robotics firm Eksobionics on a school scheme in Cardiff. We trust the rioting ‘gilets jaunes’ in Paris don’t trade up to the tech-enabled versions …
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NewsCountryside starts work on £30m RNIB resi scheme
Gardner Stewart-designed job will feature specialised accommodation and luxury housing
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FeaturesSketch of the week: 2018 Engineering Sketches Prize
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Gustaf Granstrom, a senior structural engineer at Heyne Tillett Steel in London
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 2008 – A zoo solution
It’s not often that our Building archivists are taken aback by something they find buried in the magazine’s dusty library
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NewsG&T rejigs management as managing partner leaves after 40 years at firm
Simon Jones joined cost consultant back in 1977