02 December 2011
Building
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Academies framework to procure extra 100 free schools
02 December 2011
Building understands the £600m spend will be channelled through the academies framework
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Affinity Sutton and Mount Anvil plan £160m mixed-use tower
7 Dec 11
The 36-storey landmark development is at 261 City Road, London and will be known as ‘Silicon Tower’
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Aiming for zero (carbon)
02 December 2011
The government is consulting on the feed-in tariff cut, but Dan Jestico says it should also be asking the industry for views on how non-domestic buildings can be zero carbon by 2019
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Austin-Smith:Lord considers takeover plan
02 December 2011
Unpaid fees from the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage have landed the firm in financial trouble
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Austin-Smith:Lord reaches agreement with creditors to avoid insolvency
5 Dec 11
The architect still anticipates being paid in full by Abu Dhabi government for work on its cultural quarter
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Autumn statement response: A step forward but where to?
02 December 2011
Quite a package of interventions but an overall infrastructure vision is still missing, says Richard Threlfall, KPMG’s UK head of infrastructure
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Autumn statement response: New ways of raising the readies
02 December 2011
Of real interest is what the chancellor said about funding, says Simon Rawlinson, head of strategic research & insight at EC Harris
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Balfour Beatty forces strike ballot re-run
2 Dec 11
Union Unite backs down in the face of legal threat
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Bam and Aedas to build ‘York Engineers Triangle’
02 December 2011
Network Rail contract believed to be worth around £40m
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Bam Nuttall wins job on £120m energy scheme
02 December 2011
New energy plant for E.ON will covert recycled wood waste into energy
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BDP unveils shopping and leisure project in Turkey's third largest city
02 December 2011
175,000m2 scheme will also feature a fun park
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BDP wins multimillion-pound Leeds shopping centre scheme
7 Dec 11
7,500m2 redevelopment will commence early in 2012
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Brownfield tax relief: The £1bn U-turn
8 Dec 11
Ben de Waal, of Aecom company Davis Langdon, looks at the implications for developers of this week’s decision to retain tax relief for brownfield regeneration
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Business group calls for ban on cash sales of scrap metal
7 Dec 11
The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) wants government action to curb metal theft
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Caparo Merchant Bar steel workers to take 50% pay cut
7 Dec 11
More than 150 staff will accept half their previous wage in a bid to keep the firm in business
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Carillion JV bags £395m contract in Qatar
5 Dec 11
Contractor will lead construction of 31 hectare mixed-use scheme
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Carillion puts 4,500 staff on notice
30 Nov 11
Entire energy services division at risk of redundancy thanks to government’s FITs cut
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Carillion takes £20m hit on FITs lay-offs
7 Dec 11
Contractor says cost of restructuring energy business will double
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Carillion vs Smith: Adjudicating the same dispute
02 December 2011
The principle that the same dispute cannot go to adjudication twice has just been upheld in the court, making it clear that simply repackaging the issues is not acceptable
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Carillion vs Smith: Don't take part if you don't agree
02 December 2011
If you don’t think an adjudication should take place, don’t just go ahead with it - either press pause or get out altogether
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Chartered Institute of Building appoints new president
7 Dec 11
Alan Crane will take over from James Wates, deputy chairman of the Wates Group
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Chris Huhne plans 32,000 wind turbine push
5 Dec 11
Internal report proposes huge expansion in wind power
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Clegg unveils £1bn youth jobs scheme at Leeds College of Building
6 Dec 11
Youth Contract scheme will pay employers £2,275 towards the wages of each young person they recruit
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Commons: we're tackling asbestos
02 December 2011
Bercrow has given details of how Parliament is tackling its asbestos problem
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Construction appointments: 30 November 2011
30 Nov 11
Pick Everard, FDS and Barchester Healthcare have all made new appointments
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Contractor fined after labourer fell from balcony
7 Dec 11
Preseli Construction & Maintenance admitted failing to ensure work was properly planned and supervised
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Cost model: Temporary venues
02 December 2011
With the popularity of global sporting events continuing to grow against a background of economic uncertainty and the need for reducing public expenditure, Hein le Roux of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company, examines the pros and cons of using temporary venues for sporting events
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Cowboy builder jailed for 16 months
9 Dec 11
Company director used an employee’s identity to open credit accounts and signed agreements in his name
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CSC submits plans for £180m Lakeside expansion
7 Dec 11
Development will increase the centre’s size by almost a third and create 1,000 construction jobs
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CSCS chairman Trevor Walker resigns
6 Dec 11
Chairman of card scheme used by 1.6 million workers forced out, to be replaced by former MP Michael Clapham
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Deeds: Signed, sealed, delivered
02 December 2011
Deeds hark back to the time of Dickens and used to be delivered by hand. But how do they work in the 21st century? A recent case reveals the answer
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Developer LXB Properties granted planning on £34m Gloucester scheme
7 Dec 11
Mixed-use site covers 18 acres, and work is scheduled to start in the spring
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Fifteen jobs lost at metalwork firm as administrators called in
8 Dec 11
Northern Ireland’s McGrath Group saved 117 jobs through internal re-redeployment
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Galliford Try wins £17m grant bid
6 Dec 11
Housebuilder the first private sector player to get significant HCA funding
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Gardiner & Theobald will stay independent, says boss
02 December 2011
Firm posts marginal drops in turnover and profit and reports mixed picture across global markets
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Gleeds wins Birmingham airport jobs worth £75m
6 Dec 11
Firm will act as cost manager on £65m runway and project manager for a new £10m air control tower
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Government skills quango snubs BIM training
02 December 2011
Construction Industry Council boss slams “absolutely crazy” decision not to fund development of BIM skills
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Green Deal proposals: Deal or no deal?
02 December 2011
The government wants to reduce our utility bills and cut emissions at no cost to itself. Its answer is the Green Deal, published last week: get private investors to offer loans to pay for insulation. So what kind of reaction have the proposals received?
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Half of health and safety laws to go in three years
02 December 2011
Employment minister promises to ‘put common sense back at the heart of health and safety’
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Hansom: Do pay attention
02 December 2011
This week an energy minister and architects’ board make glaring slip-ups, but there’s no room for error in one firm’s ‘grand opening’. Elsewhere, employees strive towards perfectly sustainable homes
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Herman Hertzberger to receive 2012 Royal Gold Medal for architecture
6 Dec 11
RIBA award is approved by the Queen and recognises international influence
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High Court rejects Ritchie's bid to block Ucatt election
02 December 2011
Former leader barred from standing for re-election amid misuse of expenses claims
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Housebuilding increases for first time in six months
2 Dec 11
Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply warns rise in housing activity is not a “new dawn” for the sector
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HS2 plans tunnel under the Chilterns
5 Dec 11
Government finds extra £500m for the proposal, reports suggest
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Huhne to be quized on £1bn carbon capture funding
9 Dec 11
Chair of the Energy Select Committee demands answers on government plans for £1bn of funding
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Hydropower: Water works
02 December 2011
With all the controversy over solar, you’d be forgiven for forgetting that hydropower produces a thousand times more electricity. Building investigates a power source that could light up the industry
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Inbox: News analysis
02 December 2011
Readers interpret recent news of government funding for housing and architects’ unemployment
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Interserve wins £19.4m NHS ProCure21+ contract
5 Dec 11
Firm will build a research centre in Wonford, Exeter
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JV North to build 900 affordable homes
02 December 2011
HCA has announced deal to build new homes in Greater Manchester and Merseyside
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Live autumn statement 2011 as it happened
29 Nov 11
Minute-by-minute coverage of the autumn statement
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Medical building blocks: Stryker unveils office
1 Dec 11
Volker Fitzpatrick was contractor on the three-story, 10,000m2 facility
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Morgan Sindall opens Cumbria office to bid for nuclear work
02 December 2011
The office will be staffed by between 10 and 20 people
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Morgan Sindall wins £7m airport contract
5 Dec 11
Firm will build Manchester airport’s new control tower
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Mother slams crane safety plans
02 December 2011
Mother who lost son in Battersea crane disaster hits out at HSE plans to scrap tower crane register
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My Digital Life…John Marriott
02 December 2011
There’s no going halfway for this project manager - everything is done quickly and in large volumes!
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My working day: F+G QS Astrid Andersson
9 Dec 11
The quantity surveyor at consultant F+G in Leeds juggles a busy work schedule with her love for horses
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New orders bounce back from historic low
2 Dec 11
ONS figures show 12.8% rise in the third quarter
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No legal ruling to FITs cut until next year
5 Dec 11
A legal challenge to the government’s plans to cut solar subsidies will not be heard until after the consultation on the plans closes
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Not a smart move
1 Dec 11
The circus is the only place for a balancing act like this
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Olympic boss joins Berkeley Group
2 Dec 11
John Armitt appointment unveiled as housebuilder posts strong results
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Olympics may miss £9.3bn budget
6 Dec 11
Latest NAO report says increasing security costs mean budget is on a knife edge
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One retrofit needed every minute to meet 2050 green targets
5 Dec 11
Report criticised performance gap between effectiveness of energy efficiency measures and designed performance
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Oxford Street works cause road closures amid crush fears
5 Dec 11
Westminster council closed parts of the London shopping street on Saturday and Sunday
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PCKO interview: The new country
02 December 2011
Thirty years ago PCKO Architects broke into what was a tough UK market. Now they’re hitting China. So what’s their secret? Andrew Ogorzalek and Peter Chlapowski talk to Emily Wright about luck … and vodka
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Pension fund vehicle to be set up 'within four months'
1 Dec 11
Government to create platform for £20bn of institutional investment in infrastructure schemes
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PFI school building announcement delayed until January
6 Dec 11
The Department for Education says details need to be worked out in the government Priority School Building programme
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Planning submitted for 'eco-mosque'
02 December 2011
Marks Barfield Architects has submitted a planning application for “Britain’s first eco-mosque” in Cambridge
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Rainy Sky vs Kookmin Bank: Common sense prevails
5 Dec 11
Be reassured that commercial agreements you make will be upheld in a common sense way by the courts, as demonstrated by the Supreme Court’s recent decision on this case
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Rapper Ice Cube outs himself as an architecture buff
8 Dec 11
Former NWA star lauds the Eames while taking a trip round their LA house
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RICS narrows its financial losses
7 Dec 11
Group accounts reveal £863,000 loss in the year to July 2011, down 37% on previous year
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Rider Levett Bucknall launches QS app
5 Dec 11
Free app allows access to building cost data on the move
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Scotland plans £9bn high speed rail investment
7 Dec 11
Scottish government minister says Westminster must extend high speed rail link to the boarder
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Scottish government to unveil 80-project pipeline
5 Dec 11
Infrastructure secretary Alex Neil will set out £60bn programme this week
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Seven projects win Regional Development Funding
6 Dec 11
Two more bidding rounds for an extra £1bn will open in February 2012
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Shepherd Construction wins £17m university job
12 Dec 11
University College Birmingham’s new campus will include lecture theatres, a 24-hour ‘study hub’ and a 200-seater café
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Shepley Engineers appointed to £26m Sellafield framework
7 Dec 11
Renew’s specialist arm will be sole contractor on the four-year contract
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Six tests for the Green Deal
8 Dec 11
If you put the Green Deal through six tests for a policy’s success, it fails on all counts
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Skanska boss: 'Don't wait for government to drive green agenda'
7 Dec 11
Skanska’s chief executive has said green skills can be a driver for the growth the government craves
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Solar installations surge 300% to meet FITs deadline
7 Dec 11
Solar firms report huge jump in business in what is likely to be the last month of the current tariff rate
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Squire and Partners to redevelop listed hospital
02 December 2011
Firm will work with City & Country Group to restore 1906 building in West Sussex
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Strategic Forum for Construction draws up 'action plan' for government
5 Dec 11
Proposals will focus on stimulating the sector in the short and medium term
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That rare thing: Hope
02 December 2011
The government has proven that it recognises the crucial part construction can play in economic recovery
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The health care sector: Anyone know how this works?
02 December 2011
The government is bent on a major shake-up of NHS estate procurement, yet it’s been almost silent on how the new system will work. Should the construction industry simply be working it out for themselves? Building asks the experts
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Timber frame industry tackles fire safety
02 December 2011
UK Timber Frame Association and HSE have joined forces to promote more fire resistant time frame systems
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Top architects donate Square Mile artwork for charity
9 Dec 11
Work of 100 top architects was auctioned at the 10x10 Drawing the City event
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What skills will SMEs need to prepare for the Green Deal?
8 Dec 11
The first report has been published on the skills needed for Green Deal retrofits, and Mark Farrar explains what this means for SMEs
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Willmott Dixon and retailer Morrisons win £65m scheme
02 December 2011
Joint venture will build a 1.5 ha mixed-use scheme in Walthamstow
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Wonders and blunders with Joe Griffiths
02 December 2011
Joe Griffiths wants to keep New York’s precious Chrysler Building firmly in his sights but had a lucky escape from London’s equivalent of the gateway to Mordor, Archway Tower
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Work begins on £11m Leeds Bradford airport makeover
6 Dec 11
Morgan Sindall’s Leeds office will carry out the principal construction work
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WYG wins three-year contract on £1.4bn MoD programme
7 Dec 11
Consultant will inspect and certify housing across four garrisons on Salisbury Plain and at Aldershot
