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Why are contractors neglecting scope 3 emissions? It’s complicated…
Carbon emitted by materials and transport accounts for up to 98% of contractors’ emissions, but a new report has found an alarming lack of attention given to the issue by some of the UK’s biggest contractors
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‘He liked a whisky and a cigar late at night, chewing the cud’… The life and times of Sir Martin Laing
The death of the businessman just after Christmas recalls a bygone age in contracting
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Market forecast: Why firms will feel the pressure in 2024
As we head into the new year, input costs are levelling off – in terms of materials at least – but as new orders become patchier, market competition is rising
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Will biodiversity rules prove a net gain for the housebuilding sector?
From this month, all developments will have to show how they increase biodiversity by 10%. Joey Gardiner examines what the policy means
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Green solutions: Civic Engineers’ Stephen O’Malley and Michelle McDowell talk sustainable growth
Stephen O’Malley has big plans for the expansion of the engineering firm he founded 10 years ago – just so long as it stays true to its sustainability-oriented principles. Daniel Gayne reports
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Key takeaways from Gove’s big planning speech
Building looks at what the secretary of state’s new planning policy could mean for the industry - and what you might have missed in his speech
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How Wales can make the most of construction
With construction driving a good chunk of the Welsh economy, there are promising opportunities for the sector. Our final Building the Future Commission regional roundtable
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Infrastructure and speeding up the planning system
The UK’s infrastructure planning system has been misfiring for years, but efforts are ongoing to speed up crucial planning decisions
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Top 150 Contractors & Housebuilders 2023: The full table
Full sortable data from Building’s ranking of the top 150 contractors and housebuilders in the UK
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Top 150 Contractors and Housebuilders 2023: Optimism is there if you look for it but familiar worries dog year ahead
High-profile collapses and astonishing losses at Laing O’Rourke mean firms are cautious about what’s coming in 2024
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Top 150 Contractors and Housebuilders 2023: Digging into the data
Beneath the headline rankings of the top 150 contracting and housebuilding firms in the sector, there are more complex stories to tell based on turnover, profit and margins
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Top 50 Housebuilders 2023
Full sortable data from Building’s ranking of the top 50 UK housebuilders
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Top 50 Contractors 2023
The fully sortable data has been taken from Building’s ranking of the top 20 facilities management & services firms in the UK
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Top 20 Facilities Management and Services Firms 2023
The fully sortable data has been taken from Building’s ranking of the top 20 facilities management & services firms in the UK
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Top 50 Housebuilders 2023: The calm before the storm
Despite a year of turbulence in the housing sector, the year’s Top 50 rankings largely record the growth period seen before Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini Budget imploded the market last year. Joey Gardiner sees what the numbers say about who’s up and who’s down
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‘Nobody believes them any more’… HOK’s Daniel Hajjar considers what is wrong with UK politics and planning
After 20 years in the Middle East, Daniel Hajjar moved to the UK, where, eight years on, he finds the political ‘flakiness’ of the country has made it an infuriating place to build. Thomas Lowe reports
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Cost model: Delivering sustainable hotels
Hotels are competing as somewhere to stay and as places to see and be seen. Delivering sustainable, health-conscious and imaginatively designed spaces is the challenge
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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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Building Talks Creating Communities podcast: In conversation with Anna Mansfield at Publica
Episode 4: Anna Mansfield on the loss of shared spaces after covid and the importance of designing for the needs of women and young people