All Building articles in 02 August 2013 – Page 4
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Aecom poaches top names from rivals to boost team
Exclusive: Consultant strengthens commercial and industrial sector team with four heavyweight figures from rivals WSP, Skanska, Arcadis and Arup
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Construction appointments: 2 August 2013
Foster + Partners, Mott MacDonald and Wilson James are among the firms announcing appointments and promotions
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Features
The venues of the 1960 Rome Olympics
Building’s report on the venues that saw Muhammad Ali win a gold medal aged 18
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Comment
Part L delay expected
Because of the delay, it will be 2015 before any new Part L buildings get signed off
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Features
Are SMEs getting a fair deal?
Are SMEs getting a fair share of public sector construction work?
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Comment
Deal or no Green Deal
The energy bills don’t go down until the losts - which won’t be that low - have been repaid
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Features
Interview: Ed Davey, energy secretary
The energy secretary on the Green Deal, nuclear, and George Osborne’s climate change scepticism
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Comment
The certainty principle
Ministers need to provide clarity rather than broad assurances over regulations and enegy targets
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Comment
A foot in each camp
William Burkitt of Stiles Harold Williams Partnership sent this picture of a man who has obviously decided that one ladder is not enough
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Comment
Back of the class
Whereas primary schools and universities are delivering well-designed buildings, secondary schools have fallen behind and are now in need of urgent guidance
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News
UKCG chairman tells firms to ‘seize initiative’ on blacklisting
James Wates urges members to act over the fallout from industry blacklisting
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Features
Government Soft Landings: Strings attached
Government Soft Landings will apply to all central government projects by 2016 - here’s what you need to know
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The Atrium: Shepherd's luxury London job
Shepherd Construction completes work on PDD Architects-designed £27m prime residential development near Regent’s Park
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The Tracker: June 2013
Last month construction activity reached its highest level since October 2007, with civil engineering experiencing the largest increase. Experian Economics reports
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Heathrow seeks four firms for £1.5bn of airport work
Exclusive: Airport to tender shortly for four packages worth hundreds of millions each after procurement shake-up
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Temple House Hotel: Green rooms
Architect Make wins job to build hotel as part of a large-scale mixed-use project developed by Sino-Ocean Land and Swire Properties in Chengdu, China
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Zero-carbon 2016 target ‘under threat’
Industry figures warn that watered-down energy efficiency targets in changes to Part L and delay in implementation could jeopardise goal for 2016
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Comment
Wonders & blunders with Roger FitzGerald
Roger FitzGerald contrasts the elegance and contribution to the public realm of Rothschild Bank headquarters, with Number 1 Poultry
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Comment
Sweet home Chicago
Jack Pringle takes a trip to the Windy City and finds that the next generation of workers want something very different from the buildings where they do business