All Building articles in 20 September 2013
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CommentSimplicity is the key to BIM FM
Clients have many reasons not to use BIM, but mainly it’s because we as an industry are making it unnecessarily complex for them
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CommentAll frame and no work
We need to overhaul EU procurement processes which are slow, inefficient and expensive
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NewsFour teams to tender for £7bn Magnox job
International consortiums include CH2M Hill, Bechtel, Atkins and Amec
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NewsTravis Perkins hits out at ongoing Green Deal system failures
Travis Perkins’ sustainability boss says firm is having to turn customers away from Green Deal because of continued problems with the scheme’s IT systems
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CommentHow to jump the skills gap
As new orders flood in, atttracting and retaining experienced workers becomes ever more vital
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CommentDon't throw out waste regulation
If the government goes ahead with scrapping Site Waste Management Plans it is far from being the ‘greenest ever’
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NewsMinisters eye solutions for crisis in housing for elderly
Ministers from three departments have met in the last week to attempt to find a way to tackle the looming crisis in housing for older people
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NewsOsborne pledges capital spending boost
George Osborne says a future Conservative government would raise capital spending at least in line with GDP in next parliament
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NewsOsborne defends Treasury's green record
George Osborne rejects claims that Treasury has blocked policies aimed at incentivising take up of the Green Deal
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NewsLipton Rogers to target residential schemes
Sir Stuart Lipton says residential schemes will be a key focus of his new development business founded with Peter Rogers
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NewsKeller wins £33m Singapore hospital job
Firm to build foundations for new hospital in Singapore
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NewsGovernment accelerates Help to Buy
Treasury brings forward the mortgage guarantee element of the Help to Buy scheme from January
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CommentA tale of two tunnels
Why aren’t greener alternatives to the £4.2bn Thames Tideway Tunnel being considered?
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CommentChanging our culture for 'deep' retrofit
We need to substantially change the way we work to achieve the highest standards of energy efficiency and enjoy the benefits this would bring
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NewsBennetts Associates scheme wins planning
A Bennetts Associates-designed mixed-use scheme at One Bedford Avenue, central London, has been given the green light by Camden council
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CommentActive vs passive green design measures
Encouraging clients to exceed their sustainability targets will help cutting edge practices become the norm
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CommentReplenishing the industry's workforce
Attracting and retaining new workers to construction will require a new approach to education and training
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CommentBuilding performance: Aspiration vs reality
Until buildings are installed exactly as designed and developers are involved with building performance in the long term, we will never achieve whole life value
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NewsRegeneration blueprint aims to tackle 'two speed' Britain
Joint report by CBI and EC Harris makes number of recommendations to regenerate the UK’s regional cities
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NewsISG bags £50m fit-out of Baby Shard for Murdoch
Exclusive: Contractor sees off shortlisted rivals Como and Overbury