All Building articles in 17 November 2023
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Features
Salford’s Eden project – not your common-or-garden eco office
CiA new office building incorporating Europe’s largest green wall is also one of the UK’s most sustainable. Thomas Lane looks at how the team managed it
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Comment
PFI project handbacks to the public sector – what we’ve learned so far
The first wave of handbacks give clear pointers for the rest of the PFI projects due to be handed back over the next few years
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Comment
The chancellor delivered the wrong kind of planning reform
It is wishful thinking to believe the latest financial incentives announced on Wednesday will suddenly speed up planning decisions
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Comment
Boom and bust: is there a way out of this wasteful cycle?
Contractors face a harsh environment right now and it would help to get clarity from higher up the supply chain on pipeline, procurement and payment
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News
Galliford Try wins £20m Glasgow health hub work
Scheme will include lab and office space for life sciences businesses
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Information - Building
Building Digital Edition: November 2023
No more boring: Thomas Heatherwick on ridding the world of soulless and depressing buildings
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News
More government support needed for industry to meet MMC housing targets, expert tells peers
Academic tells lords ‘very difficult for supply side to do this on their own’
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News
Ridge buys London cost consultant to push into data centre and commercial markets
Company makes first acquisition since private equity firm pumped £40m into business in spring
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News
Details of huge eight-block Blackfriars plan emerge
Bennetts Associates and Arup working on plan for 3.6ha riverside site for Network Rail and developer Almacantar
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Comment
Will the Procurement Act 2023 really transform public procurement?
We now have the tools we need to make procurement fit for purpose, we all have a responsbibility to ensure this transformation happens, write Rebecca Rees
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News
Huge makeover planned by Stanhope for 1960s government building in Victoria
Staff at business department due to move out of 1 Victoria Street in January
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News
Housing business set up by former Wates housing boss goes into administration
Cowgills appointed to oversee administration of Real’s London and South East business as South West arm liquidated
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News
Bristol tower block evacuated over structural risk
Barton House in Bristol has been evacuated due to “risk of building collapse”
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News
Watkin Jones interim boss made permanent CEO
Pease has been chief executive at troubled firm since July
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News
London council begins safety inspections after parts of balcony at Bouygues housing fall off
Barking & Dagenham tells contractor to take ‘urgent action’ on repair work at Gascoigne Estate
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News
Bonus payments fuel growing pay packets in industry, ONS says
Overall weekly pay packets up 3.5% year-on-year
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News
Controversial Bloomsbury tower set for approval
Recommendation comes despite opposition from Historic England and Save Britain’s Heritage
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News
Pupils tour Kier-built life sciences block as Open Doors 2024 launches
Teens given guided tour of Hammersmith site and meet young apprentices working in construction
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Comment
At 75, King Charles is still a figurehead for sustainability within the built environment
King Charles III is celebrating his 75th birthday this week. Having dedicated years of his life to protecting the planet and developing sustainable initiatives, Neil Foster explores his impact