03 February 2012
Building
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£150m Shepherds Bush market scheme gets nod
9 Feb 12
Orion Land & Leisure and Development Securities scheme granted outline planning permission
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Atkins locks in Alcatraz job
3 Feb 12
Engineer will oversee structural reinforcement to the famous prison
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Bam Nuttall bags £76m Olympic park rebuild job
2 Feb 12
Appointment comes as legacy company prepares to procure £95m stadium rebuild
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Barker sets out long-term reform to FIT scheme
9 Feb 12
Government says new lower FIT rate will be pegged to the falling cost of solar PV
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Bellway sees sales rise 5%
7 Feb 12
Housebuilder says market “remains resilient” in trading update
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Berkeley and DSDHA housing scheme approved
3 Feb 12
Luxury £60m residential scheme in Westminster is architect’s biggest ever project
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BIM adoption rocketing, survey finds
6 Feb 12
NBS industry survey shows almost a third of professionals now using BIM
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'Birds Nest' creators to design Serpentine pavilion
7 Feb 12
Architect Herzog + de Meuron and Chinese artist Ai Weiwei to design this year’s Serpentine Gallery pavilion
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Building buys a pint … for Jestico + Whiles
03 February 2012
It’s a Guinness-filled night and conversation turns Sherlock Holmes, stag dos and the lesser-known victims of the High Speed 2 rail line
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Call to raise green standards of Olympic legacy housing
2 Feb 12
New Mayoral Development Corporation told current plans will fail to be beacon for sustainability
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CH2M Hill wins £5bn Qatar World Cup
9 Feb 12
UK firms Mace, Arup and T&T thought to be among those to lose out
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Challenging the methodology of an adjudicator
7 Feb 12
The judge took a dim view of this adjudicator adopting a different methodology to calculate a claim to that used by the parties involved, and his decision was not enforced
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Closing the energy performance gap
1 Feb 12
The government’s proposal to accredit housebuilders as part of its Part L consultation should raise standards
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Construction appointments: 3 February
03 February 2012
Balfour Beatty Engineering Services and Seddon have made new appointments
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Construction firms falling short on apprentices
7 Feb 12
Nearly three quarters of construction firms do not employ an apprentice and do not plan to do so in the next 18 months, survey finds
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Construction output falls 0.5% at the end of 2011
10 Feb 12
Housing worst hit by continued turmoil in the industry
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Council pension fund invests £25m in housing
03 February 2012
Manchester council hopes to put in place a pipeline of institutional investment
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CPA website falls victim to Chinese hack
10 Feb 12
‘We’re not exactly the Pentagon’ says Construction Products Association boss
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Design Council slams Liverpool Waters plan
8 Feb 12
Design review criticises lack of principles and coherence in masterplan
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Designs for floating pavilion at Olympics unveiled
7 Feb 12
Pavilion will be situated on elevated site above the Waterworks River
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Dozen firms appointed to £500m housing framework
7 Feb 12
Contractors have been appointed to a £500m housing framework in the north of England
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ECA dinner picketed by angry sparks
16 Feb 12
Protests come despite controversial BESNA agreement being led by ECA’s rival trade body the HVCA
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Eco-towns: Back to the garden city
03 February 2012
Strategically planned large-scale development is back on the government agenda, but this time it’s less eco-town, more leafy suburb. Building reports
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Energy secretary Chris Huhne resigns
3 Feb 12
Liberal Democrat business minister Ed Davey to replace Huhne
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Escalating delays hit £2bn school building programme
03 February 2012
Launch of contracts likely to be put back after scheme is swamped with high volume of bids for funding
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First Impressions: Renzo Piano's Shard
3 Feb 12
Our student panel from the RCA and NTU give their verdicts on London’s tallest building
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Glasgow council approves Games village pension fund plan
3 Feb 12
Council to act as guarantor under plan by a private-sector consortium to make up £35m funding gap
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Green Growth
03 February 2012
The government wants to fuel business growth and force a green revolution – can it have it both ways?
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Green light for £60m Glasgow business development
6 Feb 12
Bowmer & Kirkland to build 170,000ft2 office block
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Hansom: Bothered & bewildered
03 February 2012
It’s been a confusing week with a Twitter campaign being hijacked by teenagers, a secretive networking club publishing the names of its own members and listening to Kirstie Allsopp’s deep thoughts
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Higgins waives £340k bonus
6 Feb 12
AGM postponed as Network Rail chief executive pledges money to level crossing safety fund
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Inbox: Where's that CV?
03 February 2012
Green Deal skills
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Innocent contractor dragged into Museum of Liverpool court battle
13 Feb 12
High Court defence wrongly points finger at Dorchester-based firm which has never worked “north of Southampton”
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ISG wins £100m Santander job
6 Feb 12
Contractor to build state-of-the art data centre in Leicester
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Laing O'Rourke's head of UK south moved to HR
03 February 2012
The change means two top jobs in Laing O’Rourke UK combined into one
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Land Securities teams with pension fund for Victoria scheme
16 Feb 12
Mixed-use scheme on Victoria circle site worth £1bn
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Lawyers warn of illegal retention clauses
03 February 2012
Subcontractors are still receiving contracts with illegal payment retention provisions
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Lead times: Oct-Dec 2011
03 February 2012
There was very little change in the final quarter, suggesting that the rise in enquiries earlier in the year failed to translate into increased workload. Brian Moone of Mace reports
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Leading construction law firms sign merger deal
7 Feb 12
Pinsent Masons and McGrigors confirm merger
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Legal issues with electronic documents
03 February 2012
Lawyers are increasingly dealing with electronic documents. But for this data to have any authority, it needs to be carefully stored and managed
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Libya 'too unstable' for work
03 February 2012
Construction firms told timetable for work is uncertain
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Liverpool council opts for mayor
8 Feb 12
Move paves way for £130m ‘city deal’ that will create first Mayoral Development Corporation outside London
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LOCOG's James Bulley: The fall guy
03 February 2012
As LOCOG’s head of venues and infrastructure, James Bulley has just six months to install 200,000 temporary seats, put up 76 miles of fencing, finish the hockey stadium, weed the rowing lake … and take the rap if anything goes wrong. So why is he so calm? Building finds out. Portrait David Woolfall
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Mace favourite to win Design Museum job
03 February 2012
Contractor is already advising on £80m scheme
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Major work on King's Cross station completed
03 February 2012
John McAslan + Partners’ lattice-work roof incorporates 1,000 tonnes of steel
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Majority of government's biggest projects 'over time and budget'
7 Feb 12
Major projects supremo admits that less than half of the government’s biggest projects are being delivered ‘effectively’
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Margaret Ford to leave legacy company
8 Feb 12
Chair of Olympic regeneration body to step down after the Games
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McLaren on course for 75% increase in turnover
2 Feb 12
Contractor reveals secured projects of over £380m and attributes growth to new business strategy
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My digital life … Reg Honeybul
03 February 2012
This managing director is on the verge of becoming an iPhone convert and makes most of his purchases online
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New finance model to attract £250m into affordable homes
03 February 2012
Private company will raise money from investors for affordable homes
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No marketing rule ‘just needs imagination’, says ODA chairman
2 Feb 12
Sir John Armitt says contractors can work around Olympic no marketing protocols
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OPLC to offer stadium naming rights
7 Feb 12
Legacy company looks for sponsors for main olympic venues
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Osborne's infrastructure push 'will fail' surveyors predict
8 Feb 12
RICS survey casts doubt on plan to boost institutional investment in infrastructure
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Part L changes will fail to boost Green Deal
2 Feb 12
Industry says loopholes in regulations will enable homeowners to avoid energy improvements
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Planning reform 'won't help economy'
13 Feb 12
Report finds there could be little or no economic boost for two years or more as a result of the government’s planning reforms
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Pre-pack deals: What's in the package?
30 Jan 12
YRM hit the headlines when it opted for a controversial pre-pack deal, so who is supposed to benefit from these transactions and how can you protect yourself as a creditor?
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RCA Architecture Show 2012
15 Feb 12
Students explore sound in the city, a factory that turns rags to riches and a proposal to turn the Design Museum into a public pool as part of the architecture students’ interim show
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Scott Brownrigg to design Cardiff's International Sports Village
2 Feb 12
Architect has won job along with team led by developer Helium Miracle 113
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Shepherd Construction chief executive walks out
6 Feb 12
Richard Vining third boss of £250m turnover business to depart since 2008
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Skanska order book falls by over a third
8 Feb 12
Contractor sees profit and income rise as orders fall
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Sparks fly: The row over electricians' wage agreements
4 Jan 12
The decision of seven major M&E contractors to break away from the 40-year-old JIB wage agreement was prompted by an ‘urgent need to modernise’ but has already led to angry clashes between workers and police. Building reports on a row that threatens to become the sector’s biggest industrial relations dispute in 15 years
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Spotlight: Major infrastructure
03 February 2012
Vast civil engineering projects such as Crossrail are likely to keep concrete producers busy over the next couple of years, and lengthen lead times for diaphragm wall construction, says Brian Moone
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Spurs let off the hook on affordable homes
6 Feb 12
Council report wipes planning obligations from Tottenham Hotspur for stadium development
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St Modwen looks again at Elephant & Castle
7 Feb 12
Developer reports increased profits for 2011
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Stack 'em high
1 Feb 12
This photo looks impressive, but there’s also a worrying lack of hard hats …
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Sustainable supermarket: M&S's new Cheshire Oaks store
03 February 2012
At this enormous store in Chester, M&S is putting its Plan A sustainability programme to the test. And from the zero-waste policy to the innovative use of natural materials, all the evidence suggests that this is one plan A that is actually working … Building reports
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Sweett Group wins Shard fit-out job
8 Feb 12
Consultant will oversee administration, planning and quality monitoring of luxury hotel fit-out at top of tower
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Tate St Ives architect chosen
9 Feb 12
Jamie Fobert Architects has won the competition to design a new extension of the Tate gallery’s outpost in St Ives, Cornwall
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The ICE Conditions of Contract: An old friend
03 February 2012
The ICE Conditions of Contract has been spruced up and given a new name. It may be no more fathomable than its precessor but at least it won’t bite you where it hurts
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The Thames estuary airport could propel us out of recession
03 February 2012
Britain must stop dithering about a Thames estuary airport - it could be the infrastructure project that gives us the neccessary fire power to defeat the economic downturn
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UK’s first light-weight solar panels open up markets
03 February 2012
Carillion becomes first in UK to install lighter form of solar panels that could be used for a wide range of roofs
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Vinci bags £100m Kings Cross office job
10 Feb 12
Contractor to do pre-construction design work on four-storey office block
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We can deliver cost-effective schools while keeping BREEAM
31 Jan 12
The subtext to the debate over scrapping the BREEAM standard for school buildings is that it costs too much, but, says Sean Lockie, that ignores our ability to deliver schools efficiently
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Why bigger is better when it comes to housing
3 Feb 12
Ian Tant asks if it is right for the government to promote its ambitions for large scale developments?
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Will infrastructure projects happen without 'hybrid bills'?
03 February 2012
The government’s National Infrastructure Plan promises 500 projects worth £250bn - but could they grind to a halt without the driving force of ‘hybrid bills’?
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Willetts backs construction internship campaign
03 February 2012
Universities minister supports industry initiative the Pledge
