All Building articles in 20 April 2012 – Page 3
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Comment
Green light
To get consumers excited about the Green Deal we need to have the right incentives in place
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CommentHansom: In it to win it
This week, Crossrail has some fighting talk for Bam Nuttall, West Ham’s owners get excited about their Olympic stadium bid and Foster’s team battles more opposition in its quest for a South-east airport
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NewsHeat Pump Solution
St Mungo’s, a charity providing housing, health and employment services to homeless people in London and the South, has chosen Mitsubishi Electric’s Ecodan CAHV monobloc air source heat pump boilers for its newly built flats in Spring Gardens, Lewisham
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FeaturesSteel Insight: Multi-storey Offices
The third article in this series looks at the cost planning of multi-storey offices
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CommentSchool places: Making a virtue out of necessity
A skint government needs to find new ways of meeting demand for school places. So it should ease up on regulation and allow the industry’s creativity to come to the rescue, says Peter Buchan
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NewsWater repellent satin
Dulux Trade Weathershield Ultimate Opaque was specified to revive the worn exterior woodwork on a rundown Swedish-style property, owned by Bryan Burgess, senior contracts manager for Jarvis Contracting
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FeaturesSpecial report: M&E in retail
With seven of last year’s top 10 BREEAM-rated retail stores to its name and its first energy centre about to open, the John Lewis Partnership is setting the pace when it comes to carbon-free shopping
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Comment
On the wrong track
Comparing the features of present day buildings with those of 45 years ago isn’t fair
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NewsKen Livingstone backs RIBA manifesto for London
Labour candidate for mayor joins Greens and Lib Dems in pledging support for RIBA’s call for good design
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NewsGreen light for Derwent and Crossrail's West End theatre
Council grants planning permission for first new theatre in West End for over 30 years
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NewsDavis Langdon takes top spot in QS barometer
Gleeds pushed into second place in year ending 31 March
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CommentWhy all the outrage over the 'conservatory tax'?
Misunderstanding, emotion over taxes and a lack of knowledge about the Green Deal have contributed to a bad public image for consequential improvements
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NewsTwo firms vie for National Grid estate role
Capita Symonds and DTZ last two standing in race for contract to manage around £400m of National Grid estate
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NewsFoster wins £82m home improvements deal
Biggest win to date for East Anglia-based maintenance firm
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NewsGovernment claims £1.5bn infrastructure savings
Treasury says procurement improvements could lead to £3bn savings by 2015
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NewsCarillion and Lovell win places on £300m framework
Contractors bag five-year heating maintenance framework
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