All Building articles in 11 April 2014
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Comment
Housing: A maths lesson for Labour
Andew Stunell MP responds to Nick Raynsford’s critique of his coulmn on coalition housing policy
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Features
Sketch of the week: Milton Keynes gallery
Smith and Wallwork provides this week’s doodle – a concept sketch for Milton Keynes gallery
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News
Skanska signs £95m One Mitre Square contract
Skanska has confirmed it has been picked to building Helical Bar’s One Mitre Square office scheme in the City of London,
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News
Taylor Wimpey reports strong start to year
Housebuilder says “positive momentum” in UK housing market continues
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News
Competition 'putting pressure on university estates'
New chairman of AUDE Andrew Burgess says universities “have no choice” but to fund developments to stay competitive
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Comment
Can Germany return to the path of green energy?
The country’s response to Fukushima has seen a huge expansion in carbon-heavy energy generation
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Comment
Heaven forbid ECO should be revived
Changes to the consultation on cuts to the Energy Company Obligation betray the precarious future for the government’s energy efficiency scheme
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News
Persimmon secured sales revenue up 35%
Housebuilder says extended Help to Buy scheme will support greater levels of building
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News
Concern over Willmott Dixon's 'early-payment' scheme
Contractor’s new scheme requires subcontractors to agree to 65-day payment terms
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Comment
Cultural coalescence in Christchurch
In a corner of this remarkable rebuilding project, communities are coming together to design a new park
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Comment
BIM and the whole life costing conundrum
New guidelines from the RICS enabling a holistic view of project costs are a giant leap forward for the industry
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News
Government's ECO cuts '£250m deeper than first thought'
Analysis by the Association for the Conservation of Energy finds that bonus credits will wipe more off scheme’s value than government predicted
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News
Timber Trade Federation boss resigns
Chief executive John White resigns saying its time for a “fresh pair of hands” in leadership role
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News
UK recovery helps Sweett to beat expectations
Consultant posts trading update for the year to 31 March 2014
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News
Balfour Beatty poaches senior Network Rail director
Uma Shanker joins contractor as chief operating officer of Balfour Beatty’s M E arm
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News
Information watchdog halts search for blacklist victims
Information Commissioner’s Office will not be writing to around 2,000 workers whose names were on infamous blacklist after failing to obtain up-to-date details
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News
Countryside says expansion plan is on track
Housebuilder returns to profit and posts 6% rise in revenue
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Comment
Stephen Fry needs the new QS handbook
Once again the quantity surveyor is the butt of a joke, but these are glory days for the profession
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News
Network Rail Consulting targets growth down under
Network Rail Consulting is making a push to expand its opperations in New Zealand and Australia