10 June 2011
Building
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3-in-1 insulation
10 June 2011
Superglass has launched Superwall Roll 36, a mineral wool insulation roll to fill cavity walls in homes
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A brief history of public land initiatives
10 Jun 11
Government’s promise to build 100,000 homes on public land is by no means the first
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Afghanistan: Construction's front line
10 June 2011
In the midst of war-torn Afghanistan dozens of construction projects continue unabated. Building reports on the unique challenges - and dangers - facing contractors at Camp Bastion in Helmand province
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Anti-bacterial tap
10 June 2011
Douglas Delabie has introduced an electronic, wall-mounted tap featuring a spout called Bioclip
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Arbitration is best for neighbourly disputes
10 June 2011
Neighbours. Love ’em or hate ’em, surely it makes sense to take a dispute to arbitration rather than spend thousands thrashing it out in the courts?
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Architects against anti-social behaviour
10 June 2011
?Public sector insurer Zurich Municipal has released a series of design guides aimed at cutting the cost of crime and anti-social behaviour in the education sector.
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Architecture and low pay student forum: 21 June
16 Jun 11
RIBA invites students to discuss its recent initiatives to improve pay and conditions in practice and input into future policies
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Architecture student installations capture spirit of 1951
1 Jun 11
RIBA London teams up with students and the Southbank Centre for a series of talks and public installations
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Architecture students at Festival of Britain - Until 4 September
24 Jun 11
Students will be reviving the spirit of 1951 with a series of talks and public installations as part of Southbank Centre’s Festival of Britain 60th anniversary celebrations in association with as the RIBA.
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Atkins looks beyond UK with new chief
10 June 2011
Internationally experienced Dr Uwe Krueger will replace Keith Clarke
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Atkins turnover hits £1.5bn
16 Jun 11
Consultant’s strategy of diversifying into growing markets sees underlying profit jump 7.5%
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Banks criticised for not lending to construction firms
10 Jun 11
Over a third of small contractors have had problems gaining access to credit
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Bellway sales up 9%
10 Jun 11
Housebuilder reports “strong spring selling season”
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Bellway wins Pembury permission
14 Jun 11
Council approve 280-home scheme with Peabody
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BIM builds up: Five recent innovations in BIM
10 June 2011
Simulated cities, 5D modelling and virtually visualised bridges – BIM is advancing and extending into all disciplines and stages of a project, including post completion. Here we look at the latest developments and assess their impact on construction
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British firms to consider working with Libyan rebels
10 June 2011
British Expertise wants to build infratsucture
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Broadgate listing row deepens
10 June 2011
English Heritage has defended its recommendation of the site
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BuildingTV: Kier boss reveals global strategy
10 June 2011
Chief executive Paul Sheffield says Kier is looking beyond BRIC countries for future growth
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Buro Happold makes staff redundant
8 Jun 11
Regional restructure sees 14 lose their jobs
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Buro Happold's new leaders: ‘We try to engineer better lives’
10 June 2011
Buro Happold’s new leaders say that its mission is to improve the world. But can it really put ethics above profits as it expands globally? Here we ask the difficult questions
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CITB launches SMEs green regs service
15 Jun 11
Countdown alert system aimed at demystify regulation changes
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CityWatch: Government outsourcing: A tough nut to crack
10 June 2011
It’s not easy to take over government services, but so far outsourcing companies have kept pace with the market
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Colour sockets
10 June 2011
Hamilton Litestat has launched a series of new additions to its Hartland CFX range of coloured switch and socket plates.
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Construction appointments 10 June
10 June 2011
This week, Willmott Dixon, Lend Lease and Aecom are among the firms to have made new appointments
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Construction employment lowest for eight years
15 Jun 11
Data shows 24,000 UK construction jobs lost in the first quarter
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Costain wins £150m Welsh roads job
13 Jun 11
Route through national park presents engineering and environmental challenges
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Dev Sec buys Notting Hill office block for £47.5m
16 Jun 11
Developer considering refurbishment or comprehensive re-development of building
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Doors to the dockyard
10 June 2011
Three doors were supplied by GEZE UK for the entrance of No.1 Smithery at the Historic Dockyard in Chatham, Kent.
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Education Funding Agency to deliver 100 PFI schools
10 June 2011
New agency to manage schools construction programme after Partnerships for Schools is wound up
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Engineer Amec buys US £250m-turnover firm Mactec
10 June 2011
Acquisition cost Amec £170m
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Engineering Britain's biggest retained facade: Going to great lengths
10 June 2011
?This was once a dilapidated hotel that just so happened to be on prime land overlooking Hyde Park. To convert it into luxury flats the whole thing had to be demolished and rebuilt – apart from the facade. Building talks to the team responsible for the largest ever retained Victorian elevation in the country
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Fewer downpipes
10 June 2011
Marley Alutec has added an aluminium box profile gutter and square 72mm Flush-fit downpipe to its Alutec Evolve range
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Fire breaks out at Foster's Marconi House site
14 Jun 11
Galliard Homes confirms blaze started on its construction site
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First wave of £800m academies pipeline revealed
15 Jun 11
Partnerships for Schools publishes details of 16 projects in the south of England to be tendered to framework contractors
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Foster + Partners reveals Lebanon project
10 Jun 11
3Beruit will be a mixed-use development in the city’s central district
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French firm Altrad snaps up UK scaffolding specialist
15 Jun 11
Acquisition of NSG UK is the firm’s fourth UK purchase
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Galliford Try joint venture wins £80m water contracts
15 Jun 11
Deals come as result of Thames Water AMP5 framework
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Government planning changes provoke industry doubts
10 June 2011
Presumption in favour of development contains tension between expediency and localism, say commentators
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Government set to confirm eight nuclear sites
14 Jun 11
Energy minister confirms nuclear policy statement will be published imminently
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Government to change what it buys to achieve 20% savings
10 June 2011
Morrell states that most of the savings will come from changing what contractors build
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HCA reveals extent of public land sell-off for housing
9 Jun 11
Some 820ha of land - enough for 11,000 homes - to be sold at ’market value’ to private developers
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Hill wins Romanian water contract
16 Jun 11
Consultant to manage the rehabilitation of water and wastewater infrastructure systems
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House prices fall faster in May
14 Jun 11
RICS house price index falls to its lowest reading this year
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How will academies procurement work?
10 June 2011
As school academies move away from central control they will have to procure goods and services that were previously the responsibility of the local authority
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Hyder profits up 35% after job cuts
8 Jun 11
Yet consultant sees falling overall revenue particularly in the Middle East
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Interserve to build £20m Navy rehabilitation centre
14 Jun 11
Contractor will design, build and maintain facility at Devonport naval base
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Jeremy Hunt rejects Broadgate listing
15 Jun 11
Decision paves way for Make’s £340m City office scheme
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Just another day in Helmand, Afghanistan
10 June 2011
A day in the life of the Specialist Team Royal Engineers, by Gary Sullivan, managing director of construction logistics specialist Wilson James
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Laing O'Rourke reaches financial close on CAD$2.1bn hospital
13 Jun 11
Firm is part of a joint venture that has won a major Canadian hospital project
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Land Securities multi-use City scheme
10 June 2011
Offices and retail space will replace two sixties blocks
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Leading industry figures named in Queen's birthday honours list
13 Jun 11
Successful appointees include key chief executives, consultant and professor
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Learning the hard way
10 June 2011
Question marks remain over whether the government’s new Education Funding Agency – and construction strategy – will be a success
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Lipton plan to halve cost of London skyscrapers
9 Jun 11
Sir Stuart Lipton backs study that recommends cutting the cash spent on iconic City facades
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Lord Sugar incurs the wrath of engineers
17 Jun 11
Engineers in uproar following Lord Sugar’s disparaging comment on The Apprentice
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Low-maintenance lighting
10 June 2011
Cooper Lighting and Safety has supplied RXDI LED downlights to illuminate communal areas in a number of independent living schemes run by Wakefield and District Housing.
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Morgan Sindall to grow new London business to £150m
10 June 2011
Director Peter Jacobs says firm hopes to tap into capital’s booming commercial market
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Mouchel orders hit by takeover attempts
15 Jun 11
Highways contractor says it is facing “very challenging” market conditions
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Multi-tasking door
10 June 2011
?Schüco has launched a lift-sliding action patio door
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Mumbai student wins RIBA scholarship
27 May 11
Winner to develop a sustainable manifesto for sanitation with applications for Mumbai
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My digital life: Keith Taylor
10 June 2011
Motorbikes, flashing Blackberries and stray remote controls
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Myriad plans to double revenue after last year's £4m jump
10 June 2011
Renewable energy firm plans to grow organically and increase workforce
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NEC contracts: Love and understanding
10 June 2011
NEC contracts call for mutual trust and co-operation, but what does this actually mean and how does it work in the sometimes cut-throat world of business?
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New horizons: Holly House Hospital
10 June 2011
Work has begun on LSI Architects’ £9m project in Essex
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NHBC post completion guide
10 June 2011
?The NHBC Foundation has launched a guide to best practice for housebuilders to manage post-completion repairs
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NHS could earn £1bn from estate sell-off, says EC Harris
7 Jun 11
Similar yearly savings could be made from improving FM supply chain and equipment procurement, consultant claims
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Non-executive director steps down at Driver Group
14 Jun 11
Gary Turner will leave the board after nine months in the role
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ONS statistics: Open your eyes
10 June 2011
Everyone has been quick to blame the ONS for inaccurate output statistics, says Alastair Stewart. But what about the industry’s responsibility to provide the information?
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Over half of QSs have seen clients accept suicide bids
10 June 2011
RICS survey reveals full extent of suicide bidding in the recession, as firms are forced to ’buy’ work
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Planning stats: Residential projects and approvals Jun 2010 - May 2011
10 June 2011
Projects and approvals dipped in May, with the South-east still the strongest performing region
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Plumbing guide
10 June 2011
?The Plumb Centre has released the Renewable Guide 2011
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Power trip
10 June 2011
Lord Sugar fires one of our own, primary school kids are in charge of site safety and the happy royal couple appear to have the extraordinary ability to duplicate themselves in exotic locations
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RIBA re-shaping London: Until 28 June
20 May 11
RIBA and Design for London announce debate series on London’s future
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RIBA reveals new CPD curriculum
24 Jun 11
Institute simplifies structure to help members tailor their curriculum to help maintain skills
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River trip: Zaha Hadid's Riverside Transport Museum
10 June 2011
Far from the Olympic aquatics centre, the first of Zaha Hadid’s big UK projects is complete. Building reviews her dramatic and somewhat psychedelic transport museum in Glasgow
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RSP expands operations in London
16 Jun 11
New office opening is part of consultancy’s business plan for growth
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Social housing to install PV panels
10 June 2011
Twelve social landlords look to use Green Deal to install solar panels on their stock of homes
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Specification app
10 June 2011
? MK Electric’s app for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad has been updated to include the Ackermann Specification Guide
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St Modwen signs £20m development deal with Siemens
15 Jun 11
New 135,000 sq ft site will provide home for tenant’s Lincoln gas turbine business
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Tate Britain puts out call for £1.2m hard strip job
13 Jun 11
Works at Millbank gallery to begin in September
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Tesco and M&S go head-to-head over sustainability
13 Jun 11
At last week’s conference, delegates from major supermarkets discussed the challenges they faced going green
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The construction strategy: Together at last?
10 June 2011
The government and the construction industry. It’s been a long, love-hate affair but the new construction strategy is an offer to try to work things out
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The Green Deal needs more incentives to work
14 Jun 11
The Green Deal has lots off potential, but more improvements need to made to Energy Bill before it will work
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The tracker: Slimming regime
10 June 2011
Low tender enquiries have put pressure on construction firms and many are looking to cut their headcount. However, Experian Marketing Information Services reveals that bad weather, constraints on activity and finance were less of an issue this month
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Three of Wates family join company board
26 May 11
Move is designed to speed up decision-making at the family-run firm
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Tough Times: Tackling low pay for architecture students
27 May 11
RIBA forum to address how the institute and architectural community can best support students through tough times
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Treasury Committee to discuss future of PFI today
14 Jun 11
Grouping will hear evidence on cost effectiveness of different procurement methods
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Twenties style
10 June 2011
Alumasc provided an Apex Heritage Cast Iron Rainwater System to the Imperial War Museum in London
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University of Warwick awards £17m design and build contract
13 Jun 11
Shepherd Construction picks up deal for halls of residence and staff facilities
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Who can we blame?
10 June 2011
The knives are out this week for ineffectual green policymakers and boardroom cavemen who refuse to embrace BIM but, strangely, construction lawyers come out of it all unscathed
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William Hill takes bets on Broadgate listing
10 Jun 11
Long odds placed on government protecting complex blocking £340m British Land development
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Wonders and blunders with James Denner
10 June 2011
James Denner finds a long-admired museum in Italy lives up to all his expectations, but in Paris his view from the Eiffel Tower is ruined by a monstrosity amid the urban sprawl
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Wood advice
10 June 2011
?Woodcare brand Sikkens has launched a book offering advice on the use of woodstains.
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Workspace grows profit 100%
10 June 2011
The firm attributes the rise to London’s recovery and the effect of this on SMEs
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WYG shares plunge 33% after £29m loss
16 Jun 11
Consultant says it will close offices in bid to cut ’unsustainable’ levels of debt
