All Building articles in 17 February 2012
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FeaturesCost model: Standardised schools
As the James Review made clear, the future of schoolbuilding lies with low-cost standard solutions, much as it did in the fifties. Darren Talbot and Stuart Francis of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company, offer an overview of this burgeoning market and consider the costs
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FeaturesThe University of Bradford: The stuff of BREEAM
For a university to have one building with an unprecedented 95% BREEAM score is impressive, but to have two suggests it really knows what it is doing. Building examined Bradford’s Sustainability and Enterprise Centre to find out its secret
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NewsCarillion loses 800 staff as solar subsidies cut further
Government’s own estimates predict a third of solar jobs will go
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NewsUK construction firms ‘have the edge’ in Qatar
Director of £3.5bn Doha scheme says British will continue to snap up work over next five years
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NewsPickles' planning decisions in doubt after Cala
Communities secretary’s defeat in court spat with Cala Homes leaves other major planning decisions in doubt
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NewsFirms cast doubt on Osborne’s pensions plan
Major contractors say it is ‘highly unlikely’ that institutional investors will invest in ‘large numbers’ in infrastructure
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NewsWilkinson Eyre completes Soho office
The £9.5m building replaces a sixties building in the Soho Conservation Area
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NewsContractors to launch online sustainability tool
Service to help subcontractors improve sustainability credentials
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NewsBalfour Beatty appointed to resurrected £45m Liverpool scheme
Fresh plans from new developer set to restart mothballed Baltic/Cornhill development
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FeaturesFrom 1900 to 2012: Finishing the University of Birmingham
Aston Webb’s grand semi-circle of buildings conceived for Birmingham university in 1900 was the original redbrick campus. But only four of its five neo-Byzantine pavilions were ever built. Now Glenn Howells Architects and Bam have finished the job. Building reports
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NewsOlympics minister backs Building 2012
Hugh Robertson has joined other senior government figures in backing Building’s campaign to celebrate the Olympic construction achievement
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NewsABK shuts British office after 50 years in practice
Architect famous for provoking Prince Charles’ carbuncle gibe ‘never recovered’
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CommentAdjudicators 'taking the initiative'
Adjudicators on construction cases are allowed to ‘take the initiative’ to establish the facts but straying too far from the path can have severe consequences
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NewsCarillion admits partial fault in Ocado case
Contractor concedes that mistakes were made but suggests that the supermarket made matters worse
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NewsBerkeley Group appoints Rogers for South Bank tower
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners will design 22-storey tower, in Berkeley’s latest foray into riverside London property
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CommentUrban design for developing countries: The art of mastery
Urban designs for developing countries demand the perspective and foresight of one of today’s great minds - not the clumsy first attempt of a novice
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NewsNew consultant Rise bags Serpentine pavilion job
First high-profile contract for firm set up by former Mace figures and architect Gareth Stapleton
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CommentBIM and legal issues: Model behaviour
BIM could throw up all kinds of legal issues around liability when a project goes wrong. A clear implementation plan is needed from the outset
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NewsBerkeley launches One Tower Bridge
Construction will begin on development of 390 flats after controversial planning history
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FeaturesMott Macdonald's Keith Howells: 'It's a bit like star wars'
How should the UK’s largest independent consultant respond to the ‘evil Empire’ of consolidated corporations taking over the market? Mott MacDonald chairman Keith Howells tells Building about the company’s plans to strike back. Tom Campbell photography