All Building articles in 2008 Issue 8 – Page 3
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NewsVenues revealed for 2012 pre-Olympic training
Overseas athletes can choose to train in any of 600 venues ranging from Great Yarmouth for beach volley ball and Aberdeen for badminton
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NewsCarillion wins 2012 media centre
Joint consortium consisting of Carillion, Allies & Morrison and Igloo has been chosen to develop the £400m centre
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NewsUK faces court action over Buildings Directive
Failure to implement law in Northern Ireland and Gilbratar leads to EU legal proceeding. Constitutional problem partly to blame for slip up, experts say
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NewsThree men and a ladder
The perfect spot for a day out and an impromptu bit of electrical maintenance
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NewsEdward Cullinan to masterplan Hong Kong university scheme
Architect appointed jointly with Aedas to oversee 30,000-student expansion
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NewsPaper round: Home sells for £80m but no housewarming for homeless
Pink Floyd star's plans for homeless accommodation in London are turned down as world's most expensive house is sold nearby
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NewsEC Harris says 25% of profit comes from outside UK
Consultant issues results and says pre-tax profit has grown 17% to £33.2m
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NewsThe best of Ecobuild
See interviews with visitors and exhibitors at Ecobuild, including Gleeds head of sustainability Jerry Percy
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Government to consult on building new universities
Report says local higher-education provision is key to economic regeneration
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UK in top league for sustainable inventions
Government hopes to nurture tomorrow's inventors with competition for schoolchildren featuring Wallace and Gromit
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NewsJunior Open House seeks design mentors for children
Education charity is recruiting design professionals to inspire a love of architecture among young people
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NewsEU protesters scale crane in Parliament Square
Campaigners for an referendum on the EU climbed a crane on a Kier site early this morning
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NewsMinister predicts death of brick and concrete in decades
Phil Woolas claims renewable materials are the way forward. Manufacturers hit out at the prediction as a "sweeping statement"
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NewsA bit of a stretch
The work may not sound as attractive as the 2012 Olympics but the boom in prison building will be almost as lucrative for construction
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NewsMayor announces green public buildings incentive
London Mayor launches procurement process to let every public sector organisation in the city cut energy use
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Capita Symonds turnover up 8.5%
Consultant’s parent group sees turnover and profit both up by 19%
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NewsNew green funds examined
Kenmore, Palmer Capital Partners and Aberdeen Property Investors set up sustainable property funds
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NewsThe landlord tenant debate
Co-operation between tenants and landlords can save thousands, says Dave Farebrother
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Code concerns raised at Ecobuild
Experts flag worries over unintended consequences, lack of measurement and achievable targets in the Code for Sustainable Home