All Building articles in 16 March 2012 – Page 4
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NewsDelegates to build latest Shuttleworth design … in Lego
Ecobuild offers chance for hands-on experience with Make Architects founder’s Bamboo Village
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NewsCSCS boss promises to learn from ‘past mistakes’
Former MP Mick Clapham acknowleges leadership dispute ‘damaged’ organisation’s reputation
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NewsLend Lease picks telecoms boss for senior role
Karen Campbell moves from Telefonica to become executive general manager of EMEA project management and construction business
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NewsBook your place to see Building at Ecobuild
We’ll be showcasing our new headquarters as part of a packed programme of Ecobuild events
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CommentWonders & blunders with Matthew Cousins
Matthew Cousins follows the yellow brick road to the diverse Accordia housing development in Cambridge - but is stopped in his tracks by a soulless Libeskind building in Holloway
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FeaturesInfrastructure: Biomass energy
The biomass sector is gaining momentum and should prove easier for construction firms to break into than either off-shore wind or nuclear energy. Simon Rawlinson of EC Harris and John Busby of Arcadis examine this emerging market
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CommentTony Bingham: Dereliction and duty
Does a council have the right to step in if a building is falling down and the owner does nothing? It’s not quite that simple …
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FeaturesInterview: Barratt's chief executive Mark Clare
Barratt’s chief executive Mark Clare may not have seen the recession coming - he is, after all, the man who splashed out £2.2bn acquiring Wilson Bowden just months before it hit - but he certainly has a clear vision of where the company is heading now. He talks to Building ...
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NewsBalfour Beatty hints at fresh UK shake-up
Operations boss deems significant market upturn ‘highly unlikely’ for 2012
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NewsBESNA decision: Why Balfour Beatty backed down
Chief operating officer Andrew McNaughton insists modernisation agreement with Unite was turning point
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NewsA sight to sea: McAslan's Earls Court scheme approved
First phase of eight-block Seagrave Road development now set for 2013 start
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NewsMorrell: No government u-turn on green agenda
Paul Morrell says, despite appearances, government not abandoning commitment to sustainability
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CommentWhat will the world look like in 2050?
The built environment may not look radically different in the future but major change is needed to meet sustainability demands - and we need a plan now
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NewsLend Lease and Carillion face £10m oil spill claim
Four contractors in court battle after ‘major’ spill delays occupation of Bankside development
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FeaturesTop 50 rising stars of sustainability
We meet the construction industry’s green trailblazers
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NewsCabe calls for revisions to landmark Nine Elms plans
Watchdog criticises proposals for Vauxhall Square and New Covent Garden Market
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NewsCapita Symonds bags Olympic park legacy design job
£300m scheme will involve removal of all temporary venues and reconfiguration of 30 bridges
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NewsSME drive ‘will not apply to construction’
Balfour Beatty and Amey confirm case-by-case approach to subcontract publication despite new government drive
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FeaturesFirst Impressions: Atkins Georgia skyscraper
Our student panel from Nottingham Trent University are impressed with the design of Ad Astra Tower
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FeaturesKing's Cross Western Concourse: Space Travel
John McAslan’s 8,500m2 Western Concourse at King’s Cross is transport architecture on an epic scale, returning the station to the grandeur of the golden age of trave. Just a shame about the glazing …