All Building articles in 17 January 2014
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CommentMy digital life … Niall Cairns
The Assael Architecture director on networking, meeting over a swift half and watching bagpipe videos on YouTube
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NewsMace revises up tender price forecasts amid cost inflation
Mace revises up its tender price forecasts for this year in the latest sign the contracting market is heating up
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NewsMJM buys Mivan out of administration
Contractor buys fellow Northern Irish firm out of administration in order to continue brand, but no jobs will be saved
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NewsConstruction only sector to shrink as recovery stalls
Output in the construction industry fell by 0.3% in the final quarter of 2013, despite overall economy growing by 0.7%
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NewsMPs call on the government to release 'Shrewsbury 24' papers
Victory for campaigners as MPs vote overwhelmingly for documents relating to 1972 building workers’ strike to be made public
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NewsEC Harris adds 18 new partners
EC Harris has promoted 18 staff to partner and confirmed its partnership as a whole has increased in size by 15% from last year.
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NewsArchitects line up to get on board Crystal Place rebuild
Around 40 practices from across the world including Europe, US and Chile express interest in £400m competition
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NewsTube engineers work through night to fix concrete blunder
London tube engineers clean up freshly poured concrete that leaked into a signal control room causing the Victoria Line to close
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NewsCrossrail achieving ‘value for money’, says spending watchdog
Taxpayers’ money is being well used on London’s Crossrail programme, according to a new report by the National Audit Office
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CommentWill Help to Buy boost supply long term?
The uncertainty created by its 2016 end date means housebuilders may not ramp up production as quickly as hoped
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CommentA lesson in boldness - again - from Germany
Germany’s decision to replace its fleet of nuclear power stations is putting it at the forefront of renewable energy generation
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CommentStill building on weak foundations
Never again, said the civil servants running the programme. But the truth is that the reliance of social housing on cross-subsidy has grown since, not diminished
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CommentDavos, irony and how wealth disparity shapes our cities
It is not without some irony that the big discussion emerging this year at Davos is growing wealth inequalities
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NewsLaing O'Rourke resisted Hinkley workers deal, MPs told
Union’s boss Steve Murphy tells MPs contractor was dragged “kicking and screaming” into widely-touted Hinkley industrial agreement
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CommentBiodiversity is our next big challenge
Adding or preserving trees, plants and habitats is an opportunity for construction
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NewsEU overhauls OJEU procurement rules
Revamp to regulations that cuts red-tape, promotes BIM and helps SMEs is passed by European Parliament
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NewsGovernment reaches £4bn project bank account target
Government achieves target as Welsh Government becomes latest to sign up
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NewsInstitution of Structural Engineers appoints president
Director of Thomasons UK takes the reins
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NewsBattersea Power Station appoints commercial head
Victoria Fairhall joins from Land Securities and will lead development of 3.5 million sq ft of commercial space