All Building articles in 26 April 2013 – Page 3
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Comment
Downward spiral continues with Osborne
The chancellor is to blame for blocking the industry’s recovery
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Comment
Doing business in Iraq: Tread carefully
A decade after the invasion of Iraq there are opportunities for UK firms in the country’s infrastructure sector. But they must be aware of the legal framework they will be working in
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Comment
Green rating systems: Bespoke solutions needed
An assessment of the problems with green building rating systems following last week’s feature article
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News
Plas Newydd: All hands to the pump
National Trust property in Wales is part of £35m green retrofit pilot scheme
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News
Eight-month delay to £600m government framework
Exclusive: Firms face uncertainty as retendering for one of the largest public sector frameworks for consultants delayed
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News
BRE wins role on £4bn Chinese marina project
Consultant will provide sustainable building advice while client seeks further UK expertise
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Features
King's X marks the spot
Argent’s managing partner David Partridge on King’s Cross Central and the next £1bn of construction contracts
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Comment
Hansom: Out on the tiles
Nocturnal celebrations of a bacchanalian nature are a feature of this week’s hectic schedule - leaving more sober heads to advise on flood defences, though a junior minister puts a spanner in the works
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Comment
Wonders & blunders with Mark Legg
Mark Legg is mesmerized by the fusion of old and new at King’s Cross but finds Croydon’s ‘formidable’ Lunar house an undignified example of modernist architecture
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Features
Blacklisting the blacklisters
Councils are exploring ways to stop companies involved in blacklisting from winning work with them
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Comment
The next 170 years
Despite gloomy market forecasts this industry is making quiet progress and continues to innovate, and that deserves recognition
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Features
The world's first eco-doll's house
This educational toy to encourage green awareness was not a favourite of George Osborne
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News
Mott MacDonald buys African consultant
UK firm makes purchase to tackle major projects in the region and move into water and property sectors
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Features
Market Forecast: The longest winter
Tender prices are flat, with nowhere left to fall, and output in January and February was very low. But is the housing sector showing signs of spring? By Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company
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News
Wates jumps into the lead with £272m in contract wins
Housing and schools work boosts contractor but sector as a whole affected by bad weather in March
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News
RLB bags £230m Caribbean resort job
Consultant to work on three phases of 70-acre scheme comprising spa resort and residential villas