@WillIng9

Scotland-based journalist

Joined October 2011
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Astonishing that this building is going to be demolished, having only ever had one tenant
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🚨@WeAreMcAlpine Executive Managing Director - Buildings, Grant Findlay, talks to @WillIng9, sharing insights into our recent transition to a national, sector-focused operating model & our Evolving SRM strategy. Read the full interview in @CNplus 👇 constructionnews.co.uk/secti…
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Crooked House digger hired out a week and half ago – before the fire... @CNplus constructionnews.co.uk/build…

Crooked House demolition plant hire owner: “I’ve done nothing wrong”

The owner of the plant firm that owns the excavator used to demolish the 18th Century Crooked House pub in the West Midlands has denied any involvement in

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An electrical subcontractor will be paid £1.4m for its work at Lord’s Cricket Ground work, following a court dispute. constructionnews.co.uk/legal…
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An important article in @CNplus this morning by @jamescwilmore More industry bodies warn of post-Brexit law cull’s ‘dire consequences’ constructionnews.co.uk/gover…

More industry bodies warn of post-Brexit law cull's 'dire consequences'

Several more industry bodies have sounded the alarm over possible “dire consequences” of post-Brexit legislation to scrap EU laws.  Under the Retained EU

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Slightly offended I wasn't in the top 157 people considered by the DfT to be the new HS2 chair🙄 constructionnews.co.uk/civil…

Exclusive: DfT approached 150 people for vacant HS2 chair role

The Department for Transport (DfT) was rebuffed by over 100 prospective candidates for the role of HS2 chair, Construction News can reveal. Last week the

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Last month I left @ArchitectsJrnal after three happy years.... and today is my first day as news editor at @CNplus
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My contact details are the same. And I'm still interested in breaking stories about the built environment!
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Just seen this remarkable paper that was published at the start of Jan. It contains a finding of great interest to my fellow energy geeks: than demand reduction from energy efficiency doesn't last. /1 cam.ac.uk/research/news/insu…

Insulation only provides short-term reduction in household gas consumption

Insulating the lofts and cavity walls of existing UK housing stock only reduces gas consumption for the first year or two, with all energy savings vanishing by the fourth year after a retrofit,...

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Do you only have men on your sites? @Laing_ORourke
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RIBA scraps book deal with former diversity director architectsjournal.co.uk/news…

RIBA scraps book deal with former diversity director

The RIBA has scrapped a book deal with its former diversity director Marsha Ramroop

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Until architects grapple with low fees funded by long hours and under-investment we're never going to help staff meet the challenges of the cost-of-living crisis: my thoughts in today's @ArchitectsJrnal, as reported by @GinoSpoc. architectsjournal.co.uk/news…

Cost of living crisis: Can you still afford to be an architect in 2023?

With ever more architects turning to charity for financial help, is architecture still a financially viable career choice?

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Back to this again. @RIBA is excluding press from their council meeting on this week... just like they did with their last meeting in October. Why is the institute so scared of members/the public finding out what it is up to? xitter.cf/WillIng9/status/140800…
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It is really worrying that @RIBA has once again blocked @ArchitectsJrnal from attending its council meeting today – because of 'technical reasons'
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✅New six runway airport in a climate emergency ✅For country that executes citizens and murders journalists... ✅... and that has a high number of deaths among migrant construction workers architectsjournal.co.uk/news…

Foster + Partners to design six-runway ‘aerotropolis’ in Saudi Arabia

Foster + Partners is designing a six-runway, 57km2 mega-airport to serve the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh

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Another article on HfL closure. All their projects should go back to the drawing board. Adequate due diligence and resident engagement has not been a feature of any HfL schemes & what has been produced does not reflect the Climate Emergency. @WillIng9 architectsjournal.co.uk/news…

Lambeth Council set to wind up unpopular housebuilding arm

Lambeth Council is set to wind up its arms-length housebuilding company Homes for Lambeth after an official review described its performance as ‘very poor’

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£16,500 for a full-time job in London is grim. It's 30% less than London Living Wage (£23,302 per year)... which is not surprising as average monthly rent for a room is now £857 (x12 = £10,300) 💀
Future Architects Front@ArchitectsFront25 Nov 2022
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@RIBA is, once again, advertising poverty wages on its own website. What is the point of this institution if it doesn't even attempt to enforce its standards.
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Looking to speak to architects/assistants about any cost-of-living support they have (haven't received) from employers. DMs are open #journorequest
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Grim story but good on @GRID_Architects for taking a stand - and reporting their own employee - rather than brushing this under the carpet architectsjournal.co.uk/news…

ARB bans architect who made antisemitic comments to colleagues

A man has been removed from the Architects Register after making antisemitic comments and Nazi salutes to colleagues while working at GRID Architects

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. @RIBA names its new CEO -- but will she get the same £300,000 salary as her predecessor?architectsjournal.co.uk/news…

RIBA appoints new chief executive

The RIBA has appointed Valerie Vaughan-Dick, currently the head of the Royal College of General Practitioners, as its new chief executive

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Just @RIBA doing RIBA things architectsjournal.co.uk/news…

RIBA Council ousts ‘whistleblower’ councillor

RIBA Council voted to remove the institute’s former honorary secretary, Kerr Robertson, as a councillor in a secret meeting earlier this month (10 October), the AJ can reveal

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Public inquiry for @marksandspencer Oxford Street redevelopment by @PilbrowandP
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@marksandspencer says the 'decline of the [west Oxford street] area... will accelerate dramatically' if it forced to leave the site
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Opening statement from @SAVEBrit talks about carbon budgets: 'the survival of the human race is at stake if we do not all play a part in reducing emissions'
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