All Building articles in 14 June 2024
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FeaturesFrom the archives: Building covers the 1964 election
As Labour stands on the brink of a historic election victory, Tom Lowe looks at how Building covered Harold Wilson’s successful campaign 60 years ago.
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CommentLegal abroad: Doing business in India
Our series turns to the subcontinent, where potential uncertainty over arbitration has recently cast a shadow over this land of legion construction opportunities
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CommentThe Post Office scandal and the fallibility of wanting to win
Expert witnesses are seen as unbiased, but they have a human flaw – the wish to win for their team. That’s part of what went wrong at the Post Office
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In partnershipAge-inclusive design principles: Pioneering a new standard for later living
Groundbreaking findings and 18 design principles emerge at pivotal time for later living housing
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Features5 minutes with … Ben Hopkins at Bennetts Associates
The firm’s sustainability lead on his work with LETI, losing his job before he had started and teaching in a country where he had only just learnt the language
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FeaturesThe making of Egham: how to pull a town centre up by its bootstraps
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris and Runnymede council have delivered a mixed-use scheme that aims to reverse the slow decline of this busy Surrey town. Thomas Lane reports
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CommentProper contract execution is vital
Theresa Mohammed on a reminder to be express in the scope and terms of appointments and to properly execute contract documents
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FeaturesWho’s who in Labour’s would-be cabinet
With Labour riding high in the polls, Daniel Gayne looks at who will be the major players in the party if it wins the keys to Number 10
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CommentGet up to speed on heat network regulation
Operators, suppliers and developers of heat networks need to be aware of the evolving regulatory landscape, with new requirements coming in under the Energy Act 2023
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NewsOsborne went down owing trade suppliers £26m
Company sank after nearly 60 years in business at end of April
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NewsCrest Nicholson rejects two takeover bids from Bellway
£650m offer “significantly undervalued” business says housebuilder
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NewsWarm welcome from industry for Labour’s ‘wealth creation’ manifesto
Planning reforms and focus on infrastructure upgrades roundly backed by experts
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FeaturesCosting Steelwork 28: Market update and guidance on meeting embodied carbon targets
A market update from Aecom, BCSA and Steel for Life
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FeaturesThe upkeep challenges of the UK’s social housing
Industry experts gathered to discuss how to tackle the challenges of remediating, upgrading and maintaining the UK’s social housing stock, at a recent roundtable hosted by Building, Housing Today and JLA
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FeaturesLearning on the job: how Wales is leading the way with net zero schools
The Vale of Glamorgan council and ISG have spent the past 10 years refining and monitoring their standardised school solution and have now gone from gas guzzlers to carbon negative, Thomas Lane reports
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CommentDevelopers’ profit margins should not be dictating UK housing policy
The political parties may be promising to build more homes but it is improving the building standards of those homes that is key to tackling the UK’s housing, energy and fuel poverty crises
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Information - BuildingCPD 06 2024: Ensuring safety for working at height
Sponsored by MSA Safety, this CPD will explore the elements to consider when specifying a fall protection system and how best to integrate it within the building design in order to achieve compliance with the relevant standards and regulations
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Information - BuildingBuilding Digital Edition: June 2024
Shovel ready? What the parties are promising to build – and what they might actually do
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NewsLendlease’s £1.9bn Birmingham Smithfield plan gets green light
Mammoth city centre scheme will include 3,000 homes, new parks and business space