Connaught environment and compliance arms to be kept out of administration
Social housing business will hive off two profitable arms for sale
In absentia: Jean Shaw vs James Scott Builders
This case is all about missing persons, missing contracts, missing drawings and missing deadlines. So no surprise when eventually it all turned around a missing email
Procurement refurbishment
When budgets are tight, refurb can seem the ideal solution. But how do clients and contractors allocate risk and manage outcomes? Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon looks at the options
Comment & analysis
How construction firms can avoid administration
Recent cases at building service firms highlight a reoccurring issue for the construction industry - the breakdown of financial controls
BDP unveils £51m Glasgow college
Anniesland College is officially opened by Scotland’s first minister
Contracts
Ocon wins £5m student scheme in Liverpool
Contractor to build 100-unit student accommodation by August 2011
Balfour Beatty wins £80m Stevenage schools deal
Hertfordshire County Council names contractor as preferred bidder on schools PPP
Barratt wins bid to build 250 Plymouth homes
Publicly owned land for the North Prospect development was provided by the HCA Delivery Partner Panel
ISG wins £3.5m schools remodelling job in Dudley
Improvements at Hawbush Primary School will see new single-storey classrooms and the refurbishment of existing facilities
It's just a step to the left ...
Our thanks, and the usual £25 voucher, go to Mukesh Modhvadia, a commercial manager at the King’s Cross Redevelopment Programme, for these aerobic pictures of a window cleaner living dangerously.
Building TV
Rachel Shaw: 'This is not the end of exciting education buildings'
Cuts to BSF have meant a sea change for architects working in the education sector and the focus is on making existing buildings work better
Brickonomics
Latest stats pour cold water on construction growth prospects and house building
Downturn in public sector new orders was expected: the the fall-off in private sector work is scarier
Global news
Balfour Beatty wins place on £65m Florida airport job
Firm will work with local contractor to replace terminal gate
Capita thwarted in move to buy Cyril Sweett
Consultant hunts for alternatives as Sweett’s £5.4m Chinese deal wrecks takeover talks
Great sprawl of China
PRP Architects has completed a masterplan for the centre of Chongqing city in western China
Tony Bingham
New Construction Act: Got a pen and paper handy?
A party can wriggle out of adjudication today by claiming there is no contract in writing. But once the new Construction Act comes into force, that excuse will no longer run
Visit the Passivhaus group on the Building Network
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Passivhaus refurb
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Don't forget that Housing Now launches tomorrow at 9am
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The Road to Zero Carbon - A major one day conference on low & zero carbon buildings
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Calling all Passiv-hausers
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I am a Student
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Passivhaus: What's in a name?
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One step change at a time
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Would the Passivhaus Standard be appropriate to adopt as the primary construction method in the UK?
Cost model
Cost model: Part L
The upcoming changes to Part L will crank up the low-carbon agenda. The authors consider the costs and their influence on design
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