All Building articles in 18 October 2013
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CommentPrepare for generations X, Y and Z
The industry leaders of today have to embrace attitudes and skills across the generations otherwise our working practices are at risk of looking dated and irrelevant
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CommentEducating for BIM
It’s essential for construction professionals to be BIM literate, and to achieve that goal we have to adapt our approach learning
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NewsSiemens picked for £1bn power projects
Energy firm InterGen picks Siemens to build and maintain for two gas-fired power stations together worth £1bn
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NewsIndustry bosses warn PM against green cuts
Construction leaders write to David Cameron urging him to ditch plans to cut green levies on energy bills
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CommentBeyond resilient cities
The Australian prime minister’s promise to repeal the country’s carbon tax sits uncomfortably with the images of bushfires around Sydney
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NewsKier bags £38m Chester cultural centre
Kier has been picked to built Chester’s Bennetts Associates-designed cultural centre
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CommentOur supply chain is our lifeblood
Our supply chain is vital and we are working very hard to find increasingly innovative ways to support those who work for and with us
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NewsConstruction helps UK economy to grow 0.8%
The UK economy grew by 0.8% in the third quarter of the year, helped by 2.5% growth in construction
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CommentWe must, and can, tackle the fuel poverty crisis
Construction has a vital role to play in tackling fuel poverty but it needs policy from government as well
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CommentOur buildings are our legacy
Buildings aren’t just investments in bricks and mortar they are investments in people’s lives
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NewsLords urged to back low carbon energy targets
Amendment to the Energy Bill designed to stimulate investment in low carbon infrastructure work
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NewsPocket sells 10% of its shares
Greater London Enterprise Group to take stake in affordable housing developer
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News293 jobs lost as electrical specialist Murphy Ltd folds
Administrators say “prolonged period of difficult trading” led to firm’s demise
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NewsKier and Interserve win £171m of schools work
Exclusive: Kier wins two batches of priority schools, worth £123m, while Interserve also wins a batch, worth £48m
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NewsPower plants exempt from review of 'green tariffs'
Government confirm Cameron’s plan to “roll back” green charges on energy will not affect major infrastructure subsidies
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CommentPut on a jumper or freeze?
There is a third way to get our energy bills down and that’s to take the shackles off ECO
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NewsClegg hits back at Cameron over green energy schemes
Deputy prime minster says he will ‘not accept’ moves by Tories to water down green energy schemes funded through charges on energy bills
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NewsBalfour Beatty appoints ex-WSP sustainability director
Paul Toyne charged with heading up Balfour Beatty Construction UK’s sustainability progress
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