All Building articles in 25 April 2014
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Comment
Spain comes out of the rain
Spain’s economy is off the emergency ward - and that goes for its property and construction sectors too
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English Heritage blasts ‘exceptionally damaging’ rail project
Heritage organisation claims £133m Orsdall Chord scheme will cause “substantial harm” to historical sites
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UK and Japan strike deal for 2020 Olympics work
The UK and Japan sign a trade co-operation deal paving the way for UK firms to win work on Olympics and 2019 Rugby World Cup
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Government enhances Green Deal incentive scheme
Households able to claim up to £7,600 in cash from revamped incentive package
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Government commits £2bn for school building work
Department for Education commits £2bn to Priority School Building Programme over course of next parliament
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Rio Olympics preparations 'badly off track'
IOC vice-president says Brazil preparations are worst he’s experienced
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Cambridge £120m biomedical campus gets green light
The Forum will be largely fabricated offsite by Laing O’Rourke and then assembled on site
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HSE looking into ‘spying’ on Crossrail
Health and Safety Executive pledges to “take action where appropriate” over concerns about Crossrail project
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Comment
We need a Garden City vision fit for the 21st century
Planners should look to the ideas behind Apple and Glastonbury rather than attempting to re-invent Letchworth
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Morgan Sindall poaches Laing O'Rourke director
Exclusive: Contractor appoints former Laing O’Rourke director to head up its infrastructure business
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Architects sought for Guggenheim Helsinki
Malcolm Reading to run international hunt for architect
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Studio Egret West wins £200m Maidenhead scheme
Second-placed Allies Morrison also appointed to masterplan a major development in the centre of Maidenhead
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DevSecs amasses pipeline of 40 projects
Client plans development push as it reports 24-fold jump in profit
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Styles & Wood reports loss and plans AIM listing
Fit-out contractor blames investments in new sectors and market contraction in first half for loss
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Comment
The rise of start-ups and the self-employed
Cloud computing has given small design teams a real chance to compete with the big players and could fundamentally change the dynamics of the building industry
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Energy bosses warn of further Green Deal job losses
Energy leaders highlight boiler replacement industry as sector that might see cuts due to uncertainty about the government’s flagship energy efficiency scheme
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Crossrail appoints former Olympic director
Crossrail poaches project director from Network Rail as new programme director
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Grosvenor doubles development pipeline
Developer plans development push, but pulls back from London high-end residential market
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Legal challenge to £7bn nuclear competition
Losing bidder in competition for £7bn Magnox contract mounts legal challenge to the way contract race was run