All Building articles in 17 April 2009
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Output figures signal more bad news
Noble Francis of the Construction Products Association discusses GDP and the budget
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Carillion boss bags £608,000 bonus
John McDonough takes home total of £1.42m, dwarfing the £1m earned by Balfour chief Ian Tyler
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Carbon capture to be compulsory for coal power stations
Energy minister announces plans to make Britain ‘world leader’ in clean technology
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Budget 2009: 'Value drive' in highways and health programmes
Small print reveals government will build fewer hospitals and re-tender highway jobs
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Animation: How Wimbledon's sliding roof works
Short film on the 3,000 tonne roof explains why rain will no longer stop play on Centre Court
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Building launches Economist blogs with Budget special
Building has assembled an expert panel of construction economists to bring you no-nonsense analysis of the latest data
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Populous wins Olympics overlay contract
Architect formerly known as HOK Sport joins forces with Allies and Morrison and Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands to design temporary features for 2012 London Games
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Prisons building to be privatised
Large parts of prison service will be run by private sector as government attempts to cut public sector costs
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Planning levy delayed by six months
Community infrastructure levy will now come into force next April so housing industry can recover
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Budget fails to lift gloom over growth of national debt
Industry welcomes measures to soften impact of downturn but fears dramatic cuts in the future
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£1.2bn jobs and training boost for under-25s
Young people out of work for a year will be guaranteed a six-month placement
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Renewable energy industry gets £45m gap funding
Low Carbon Building Programme extended to tide industry over until feed-in tariffs kick in; plus new £4bn line of credit from European Investment Bank
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Budget earmarks £350m to boost energy efficiency in existing stock
Industry disappointed by allocation for refurbishment measures to reduce carbon emissions
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Wolseley shareholders buy 98% of £1bn rights issue
Building materials group will use cash to reduce net debt of £2.5bn
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Five bid for £500m revamp of Tottenham Court Road station
Balfour Beatty, Costain, Laing O'Rourke, Taylor Woodrow and a Skanska/Mace joint venture all in the running
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Freddie Mac finance chief found dead
Suicide the apparent cause of death as US lending giant remains under investigation for accounting methods
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Persimmon sales volumes exceed expectations
But pricing and margins remain under pressure at housebuilder
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Budget 2009: Building's reaction
Editor Denise Chevin sums up the industry's mixed reaction to the chancellor's speech
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Wimbledon unveils Centre Court's sliding roof
Designed by HOK Sport and Capita Symonds the roof can be closed in ten minutes
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Budget 2009: 'an opportunity missed to safeguard jobs'
Contractors and builders give their latest reactions to Alistair Darling's package of measures for the construction industry