2020 had its fair share of controversial projects but it also offered up not one but two Maggie’s centres, an award-winning hub for automotive research, a floating church and yes, hospitals built at breakneck speed. We look back at some of the achievements
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NHS Nightingale Hospital North West, under construction at the converted Manchester Central Convention Complex
In late January, at a point when most of us were still struggling to spell coronavirus let alone imagine it would reach the UK, you probably read a headline on Building’s website that made your jaw drop.
“China building hospital in six days for coronavirus patients,” it said, accompanied by a picture showing 35 diggers on a vast, empty site.