All Building articles in 2008 Issue 13
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Foreign Office Architects to design new Euston Station
Allies and Morrison will also be retained to masterplan 15-acre Euston site
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The Weekly Green Gauge 11 April 2008
A US-themed Green Gauge this week, with the country belching CO2 and Ted Turner belching hyperbole
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Architects question Building Regulation changes
Government reforms to building regs are not "holistic" claim RIBA and Charterd Institute of Architectural Technologists
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Redlands Primary School conversion
Construction Excellence surveys the school which has taken sustainable steps including water harvesting wind turbines
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BRE working with Chinese government
The Watford-based research firm will open a Beijing office at the end of the year
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Manchester's new Islington Millennium Community
Construction Excellence looks at the sustainable approach clients EP and Urban Splash has taken in East Manchester
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One man's battle in Hastings
A gust of wind along the sea front could so easily topple this worker from his precarious position
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Sustainable approach at Whitecross school
Construction Excellence assesses the challenges the contractor faced to introduce sustainable features at the Herefordshire school
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Ken Shuttleworth hails the Manchester Civil Justice Centre
Make founder says fresh approach of Australian architect Denton Corker Marshall has given Manchester a brilliant new building
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Regeneration super agency to save tax payers £1bn
Homes and Communities agency will increase efficiencies by combing work of Housing Corporation and English Partnerships
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Industry welcomes 0.25% interest rate cut
Industry leaders broadly welcome efforts to revive economy by reducing interest rate from 5.25%
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Government launches £4m bio-energy fund
Climate change minister invites bidders from commerical and community sectors
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Bank of Scotland takes 40% stake in Tulloch Homes
Deal worth £27.5m comes after Inverness-based housebuilder postponed plans to float
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Skanska wins Minerva £150m city scheme
Skanska has won a £150m contract to build Minerva’s St Botolphs development in the City of London.The office and retail scheme, located on a 1.25 acre site in Aldgate, was designed by architect Grimshaw. The 14-storey building is the second of two schemes in the City that Skanska is building ...
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Wates plans first acquisitions in 110 years
Family-owned contractor aims to hit £2bn turnover by 2012
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Environmentally rated buildings perform better, US studies find
LEED and ENERGY STAR buildings are at least 25% more energy efficienct and rent more quickly and at higher rates
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Skanska brings ModernaHus to the UK
Contractor brings green Swedish housing concept with certified BRE to the UK market
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HSE says about 69 construction workers died in 2007/08
Safety body releases figures that show a 10% improvement on last year
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Government to overhaul school building programme
Proposals to tie in £45bn Building Schools for the Future with regeneration projects
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Images: Zaha Hadid wins Guggenheim-Hermitage Museum
Pritzker prize-winner beats Libeskind and Fuksas to design museum in Lithuania