All Building articles in 19 September 2014
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Architecture minister insists industry holds key to Farrell reforms
Ed Vaizey says it is up to the industry and not government to implement the findings of the Farrell Review
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Profit rockets at architect Benoy
Turnover rises 32% to £55m, while pre-tax profit jumps 80% to £15m
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Osborne pledges Tory focus on infrastructure
George Osborne says Conservative government would prioritise investment in infrastructure and create a connected “powerhouse” of northern cities
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Balfour Beatty: UK business 'may take three years to heal'
Firm confirms closure of four regional offices and says it could be as long as three years before margins at the UK construction business recover
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Fresh plans for Tottenham stadium homes unveiled
Haringey council unveils plans for 1,200 new homes, a park and public space next to Tottenham Hotspur’s stadium development
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Garden cities plan underfire from Conservatives
Tory MP hits out at government’s proposal for a raft of new garden cities
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Contractors picked for £336m Sellafield job
Joint venture between Amec, Jacobs and Balfour Beatty wins job to build new nuclear waste processing plant
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Tories unveil plans for 100,000 'starter homes'
Conservatives set out plan for discounted homes to be built for first-time buyers on brownfied land
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Balfour Beatty issues fresh £75m profit warning
Latest profit warning for UK construction business prompts firm to appoint KPMG to conduct independent review
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Campaigners challenge £1bn M4 extension
Friends of the Earth lodges legal challenge to the decision to build a road through the Gwent Levels
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Atkins cuts UK and European staff
Firm cuts jobs in its aerospace, environmental and water businesses
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Labour has got ambition but no cash
The Labour party conference reveals much positive policy but without some spending it may not add up to much
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Labour pledges crackdown on 'umbrella' employment schemes
NHS boost to be part-funded by stamping out schemes designed to sidestep bogus self-employment crackdown
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Royal Gold Medal goes to Stirling shortlisted architects
Irish architects Sheila O’Donnell and John Tuomey will receive prize next February
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Labour will make 'swift decision' on airport capacity
Shadow transport secretary tells Labour party conference issue will not be “kicked into the long grass”
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Labour has few surprises at its conference
This year’s Labour conference was awash with policy pledges but new policy and detail was thin on the ground
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The next chapter for green building
This week’s World Green Building Council report on green value is the start of a new frontier in selling green construction
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UKTI reveals new images of Milan Expo pavilion
Hive designed by Wolfgang Buttress and BDP ‘harks back to Paxton and Buckminster Fuller’