All Building articles in 2008 Issue 10
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International Velux Award 2008 - June
Deadline for submitting projects for student architecture award
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NewsFirst estimates of EPC costs revealed
Leading providers claim certificates will set back building owners anywhere between £500 to over £20,000
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NewsPlans unveiled to restore Mumbles Pier
Swansea Bay pier, rebuilt in 1956, will recieve £4m as part of regeneration package to make it a tourist destination once more
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NewsMetronet in row over £144k wage for labourers
Reports suggest consortium pays some labourers £79 an hour on tube upgrade
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NewsCrane collapses prompt school site fears
Safety fears for children at Pimlico school in wake of recent spate of UK crane accidents
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JCB group hit by £450k fines after site deaths
Two companies in the group found to have breached safety laws after separate site accidents
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Nuclear plant designs gain initial approval
Regulators give go-ahead for four power station designs to proceed to next assessment stage
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Debts of £36m drive Meadgate Western into administration
Early asset sale safeguards development sites as administrator says housing slowdown gave final push to struggling developer
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Appeal court upholds £260k fine for site death
FJ Chalcroft (Construction) ruled at fault after unsecured rail let worker fall to his death
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NewsChelsfield hires OMA as architect for Commonwealth Institute
Rem Koolhaas's practice chosen for radical restoration of grade II building in Kensington
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NewsNew York crane collapse prompts safety review
Site inspection and procedural review to follow crane collapse that killed six
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NewsBalfour Beatty buys Dean & Dyball for £45m
Group bags another contractor as it looks to strengthen civil engineering presence in southern England
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Features'You can’t have sex if you’re bored' – the sex in architecture debate
Will Alsop, Jonathan Meades, David Ubaka and Ben Addy debate the merits of eroticism in architecture - is there too much, too little and what exactly does sex have to do with buildings?
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EP invites developers to build housing scheme in Staffordshire
Developers invited to bid for 300 homes plus community facilities near Newcastle-under-Lyme
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NewsMinisters start work on East Manchester regeneration
First meeting of ministerial group plans how to replace all jobs “lost” in supercasino U-turn
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Proposals to overhaul review of Building Regs
Recommendations aim to make it easier for the construction industry to plan for changes to the Building Regulations
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NewsLearning and Skills Council axed
Local authorities get bulk of funding to take charge of youth training while new, smaller agency focuses on adults