All Building articles in 4 March 2016 – Page 3
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Make rejigs £350m scheme to fit Facebook HQ
Planners set to approve changes despite concerns over loss of retail
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EDF FD quits over Hinkley
Thomas Piquemal has resigned from his position as finance director at EDF
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Design guide launched for build to rent
Urban Land Institute launches best practice guide for fast-growing sector
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UK faces 'lost decade' in energy sector
MPs slam government’s lack of long term vision in energy policy
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Comment
Capacity in the public sector is key
How can we ensure that a growing London is a liveable London?
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Features
The Tech Files 1: A question of security
The recent update to Part Q of the Building Regulations has key implications for specifying rooflights. So how do you make sure that rooflights comply with the new guidelines?
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£3bn Scottish framework launches
The £3bn Social Infrastructure Development framework has launched in Scotland
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Horizon Nuclear Power appoints new CEO
Duncan Hawthorne joins Hitachi’s UK nuclear subsidiary to spearhead new power station plans
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Manchester airport £1bn overhaul gets go-ahead
Manchester Airport has won planning consent for its £1bn transformation programme
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Consultant set to be named for temporary parliament job
Decision due later this month for work to turn Department of Health headquarters into MPs’ new home
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Bam wins £50m Oxford college revamp
Extension to Keble College will house 230 graduate students, a 120-seat lecture theatre and research space, including college’s Mobile Robotics Group
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Comment
Ready for a reboot?
Adjudication, introduced as a quick-fix solution, has become blighted by tactical game playing. Perhaps it’s time to shake things up again
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Money where the mouth is
The picture painted by the government of a fresh regeneration push as a fix to poverty ignores the complexity of the communities it is designed to help
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Features
Sketch of the week: Hertfordshire
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Timothy Tasker, a director at JD Architects
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Hansom: Known unknowns
We’re uncertain what’s happening at Google HQ, unsure if the Queen has been sticking her oar in, and doubt the wisdom of building next to a nightclub. But why anyone would buy a flat without windows is a total mystery
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Comment
Is the performance gap really such a mystery?
A lack of accountability is putting building performance in the UK well behind international operations
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Image of the week: Jungle fire
French riot police and demolition workers watch burning makeshift shelters in the Calais refugee camp
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Features
The R word is back
Five years after the coalition cut nearly all funding for regeneration, the government is talking warmly of knocking down estates and rebuilding as part of a ‘blitz’ on poverty. But with just £140m pledged to back the drive and a host of obstacles to overcome, how excited should the development ...
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CPD 5 2016: Specifying secure entrances
This CPD offers a guide to an essential aspect of building security: entrance gates, lanes and turnstiles. It is sponsored by Boon Edam