All Building articles in 18 November 2011
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CommentJob applications speed dating style
Applying for a job online can be a complex and terrifying experience
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NewsNFDC suspends demolition contractor after site death
Trade body suspends Essex-based Micor’s membership
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NewsBDP to design £14m Essex business school
Architect unveils visualisations of timber frame complex
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NewsGovernment announces £200m Green Deal boost
Danny Alexander tells today’s NHBC annual lunch that money will help incentivise flagship scheme
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NewsGive Highways Agency greater independence, review recommends
Greater commercial focus and changes to governance structure are the key to delivering savings, report says
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NewsNo extra design checks for £400m housing fund
Housebuilders won’t have to meet additional design standards to benefit from £400m government fund
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NewsKier Sheffield to make 50 redundant
Contractor has sent letters to all 985 of the division’s employees
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NewsSkyscraper plan puts Liverpool’s world heritage status on the line
Unesco will demand “radical” changes to Chapman Taylor-designed scheme
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NewsIncentives question mark over Green Deal
Businesses will have to wait until Chancellor’s autumn statement to discover how the £14bn green retrofit scheme will be incentivised
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NewsGratte Brothers HQ hit by 'violent and abusive' protest
Up to 50 angry electricians chain doors shut at contractor’s London office
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NewsWillmott Dixon to build £33m Redcar leisure and business centre
Architects S&P and +3 and engineer Buro Happold are also lined-up to work on the project, which is due to start in the New Year.
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News£650m Crossrail station contracts awarded
Organisation names joint ventures for huge Whitechapel and Farringdon station contracts
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NewsLifschutz Davidson Sandilands win UCL campus job
Architect Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands is already engaged in masterplanning a £500m redevelopment of University College London’s existing site
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NewsAffordable housing starts fall 97%
Labour hits out at figures showing impact of Coalition cuts to social housing
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NewsVinci bags £46m Tesco contract in West Bromwich
Work includes demolition of existing buildings and 43 retail and leisure units including a cinema
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NewsMajor private hospital wins planning battle
Planning inspector cites “the need to support economic growth” in Southampton
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NewsBoris: “Help me make Croydon great again”
London mayor calls for investors as City Hall injects £23m cash into the riot-hit area
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CommentWe need to look beyond the government's quick-fix housing strategy
Careful implementation of the government’s housing initiatives is vital - otherwise, there could be real problems in the long term
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NewsCPA calls for public service cuts to fund construction
Products manufacturers say next week’s autumn statement needs to stimulate the economy
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NewsBPF calls for government help for build-to-let
Property lobby body says more work needed beyond housing strategy