All Building articles in 07 August 2015 – Page 4
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New sponsor for Stirling Prize but still no cash for winner
Property firm Almacantar replaces Brockton
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Aldi to build 130 new stores in £600m expansion
Discount supermarket chain plans to hire 8,000 new staff in expansion plans
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California High Speed rail boosts WSP
Half-year revenue rises to C$2.9bn on back of contract wins for subsidiary Parson Brinckerhoff
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Seven-month wait for new retrofit policy
BRE boss Peter Bonfield, who is leading a review of energy efficiency policy, says replacement schemes will ‘put the consumer first’
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Comment
Now the dust has settled
In less than 11 weeks, the new government has scrapped zero carbon standards and the Green Deal
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Comment
And here’s another one
Contractors sending out more than one payment notice in the hope that the employer will fail to respond to one of them with a payless notice, should take heed: the courts will have none of it
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Government could face legal action over Green Deal funding axe
Anonymous source says funding cut could lead to potential judicial review challenge
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Features
Image of the week: Cross the Mersey
Construction begins on three giant pylons that will support the Mersey Gateway Bridge
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Comment
Online poll: Apprenticeships levy
What should happen to the CITB levy in the face of government plans to introduce an apprenticeship levy for all major employers? Vote here
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Features
Heathrow: Growing Pains
As Heathrow’s controversial third runway tries to chart a route through the political turbulence ahead, does it have anything to learn from its expanded international rivals?
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Comment
Northern powerhouse: Using our brains
Universities in the North can play a lead role in building the northern powerhouse
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Features
Apprenticeships levy: Taxing Times
The government’s pledge to deliver 3 million apprenticeships through a levy on large employers has left many in the industry confused as to how the policy will work
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Comment
Slip slidin’ away
The government’s decisions to ‘renew’ the CLC and scrap the chief construction adviser role have dismayed the industry
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News
Tributes paid to Christoper Seddon
Former boss of family-owned contractor Seddon dies aged 73 following a battle with illness
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City approves demolition of 'the Stump'
Demolition of the core of former Pinnacle tower to make way for Lipton Roger’s 22 Bishopsgate
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Problem Faslane jobs push Morgan Sindall to £27m half-year loss
Losses on MoD contracts at Faslane Naval Base see contractor fall £27m into the red during first half of 2015
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Features
Cost model: Higher education refurb
When UCL’s Bartlett School of Architecture outgrew its building a decision was needed on whether to demolish and rebuild, or radically refurbish it. The latter course was chosen
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Countryside hires former Quintain FD
Housebuilder announces appointement of former Quintain finance director Rebecca Worthington
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Obama puts renewables incentives in climate change plan
US President to tackle climate change with plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions from power plans by 32%