S3 Ep3: John McAslan talks to Building; Stirling Prize 2019 shortlist predictions

This Building podcast is brought to you by Fenwick Elliott, the construction and energy law specialists. To find out more, go to www.fenwickelliott.com Jordan Marshall and Will Ing discuss the continued contractor struggles as Costain issues a profit warning, Kier gets embroiled in a payment times issue, the world’s oldest contractor goes bust, and we investigate what went wrong at the Shaylor Group. Elizabeth Hopkirk talks to John McAslan about the challenges his practice faced in converting heritage houses into a state-of-the-art museum in Doha, Qatar. Architecture critic Ike Ijeh pores through the RIBA National Award winners and ponders which of the nominated projects are contenders for this year’s Stirling prize shortlist, to be announced later this month. As ever, please do let us know your thoughts and feedback on these podcasts by leaving a review on iTunes or by emailing building@building.co.uk - don’t forget, you can listen back to our archive of podcast episodes from this series and before by going to building.co.uk/podcasts or by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks once again for listening, I’ve been Jamie Harris - until next time.

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