All Government Construction Summit articles – Page 9
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NewsGovernment launches chief construction adviser search
Business department publicly begins hunt for replacement for Paul Morrell
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NewsBritish housing slammed as "cramped and poorly planned"
RIBA and Ipsos MORI report into public attitudes highlights dissatisfaction with space
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NewsAecom and NBS join forces to launch new BIM service
New firm NBS Schumann Smith will add cost and carbon data to BIM models offered to architects
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NewsLabbad takes new role at Lend Lease
Europe chief executive Dan Labbad appointed Group chief operating officer and will relocate to Australia
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CommentA chance for the industry to re-engage
With the economy falling back into recession engaging with government at the upcoming Government Construction Summit is more important than ever, writes John Frankiewicz
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FeaturesResuscitating construction: Alternative medicine
Last week Building looked at the government’s failure to resuscitate construction. This week, Joey Gardiner looks at where treatment is most urgently needed for construction to make a swift recovery
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NewsExclusive: PFI project count plunges 85% after policy review
Government refuses to set timeline for new-style PFI despite just two deals reaching close this year
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NewsGovernment looking at projects beyond current cycle
Government adviser says pipeline may be extended beyond three years and suggests smaller projects might have a part to play
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CommentThe UK economy: Kill or cure
Recent figures show the UK economy is back in recession - and it’s the construction sector that put it there. In the first of a two-part look at the handling of the economic situation Joey Gardiner examines why the government’s course of treatment is failing to deliver a recovery
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NewsRichard Rogers welcomes new planning policy
Architect and Labour peer uses Alan Cherry memorial lecture to laud changes to the NPPF
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CommentDavid Tonkin on the Government Construction Summit
Atkins UK chief executive talks of ‘exciting’ shift in ministers’ approach
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CommentPaul Morrell on the Government Construction Summit
Chief construction adviser says ministers ‘want sight of where the sector is heading’
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NewsMinisters seek to boost tunnelling skills
Move comes as government publishes revised public building work pipeline
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NewsSearch begins for new chief construction adviser
Sources say current building tsar Paul Morrell ‘has ruled out’ serving a third two-year term
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NewsGreg Barker heckled over Green Deal
Climate change minister booed and interrupted after making a speech at CPA annual lunch
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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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NewsPM’s u-turn undermines Green Deal roll-out
Firms consider scaling back Green Deal plans after Cameron blocks so-called ‘conservatory tax’
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NewsPM scraps 'conservatory tax'
Critics slam government for having ‘no backbone on green issues’ as consequential improvements plan dropped
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NewsSME housing workloads at 'record low'
Two-thirds of firms report first-quarter plunge in workloads