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CommentWill mainstream developments go off-grid?
Up to now problems with onsite energy generation and storage have been barriers to going off grid, but several factors could be about to change the status quo
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NewsPlans in for £300m Meadowhall extension
The new 330,000 sq ft leisure offering will follow on from the £60m refurbishment of the main shopping centre in Sheffield
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News‘Buy as you go’ plan to help renters become homeowners
Chancellor Philip Hammond to launch new type of housing tenure
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NewsTwo thirds of contractors hit by materials inflation
Latest CPA trade survey points to rising costs after the Brexit vote
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NewsWillmott Dixon rebrands local authority repairs business
The business is to ditch the yellow and black colours of the Willmott Dixon brand for blue and grey
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NewsHistoric England still opposed to Sellar's Paddington Cube
Heritage group flags concerns over damage to ‘historic character’ of the area
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NewsWaterloo's Eurostar terminal ready for retail transformation
Developers want site to rival St Pancras and Birmingham New Street
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NewsThree quarters of firms fear key infrastructure won't be delivered
CBI and Aecom survey finds widespread concerns over rail, road and aviation pipelines
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NewsL&G gets go-ahead for 440 homes in north London
Scheme designed by Assael could use off-site construction
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Richmond upon Thames College
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Philip Watson
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News‘Handbrake off’ as 8build heads for £100m turnover
London-focused contractor says it has already booked in £74m of turnover for this financial year
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NewsFlood defences will cost just a ‘few pence a week’
Utilities not consumers will pick up bill for defence works, says former flood strategy MP Oliver Letwin
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FeaturesImage of the week: No vacancies
A blaze destroys what is thought to be Britain’s oldest hotel
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FeaturesThis week in 1971
45 years ago Building was organising a conference about going into Europe
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CommentHansom: That’s show business
A little glamour this week (not before time), as a construction grandee is touched by Tinseltown, Zaha Hadid designs for the Brits, and we get not one but two film festivals - plus, there’s a real tearjerker about a bench
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CommentBrexit’s gaping holes
Construction faces the prospect of losing large chunks of its workforce because of Brexit
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CommentThe book group
Thinking about getting in some early Christmas shopping? Here are some thoughts on two new publications on construction law, available now
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FeaturesVoorlinden museum: A light touch
The Voorlinden museum in Holland wanted naturally lit gallery spaces full of light. But how to do that while protecting the superlative art collection on display? Arup came up with a highly imaginative solution. Ike Ijeh reports
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CommentStanding up to slavery
Large organisations are now required to publish a statement on what they are doing to ensure modern slavery is not taking place in their business or supply chains