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Seven-month wait for new retrofit policy
BRE boss Peter Bonfield, who is leading a review of energy efficiency policy, says replacement schemes will ‘put the consumer first’
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Image of the week: Cross the Mersey
Construction begins on three giant pylons that will support the Mersey Gateway Bridge
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Online poll: Apprenticeships levy
What should happen to the CITB levy in the face of government plans to introduce an apprenticeship levy for all major employers? Vote here
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Battersea Power Station developer relocates affordable homes
Developer submits proposals relocating affordable homes to outskirts of main development over concerns of delays from infrastructure projects
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1,200 Sellafield workers go on strike
Construction workers on Cumbria power plant strike over contractors’ alleged refusal to have full-time shop steward
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Thales wins £760m Tube deal
French firm to fit new signals on four London Underground lines as part of £5.4bn TfL programme
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Profit up five-fold at student halls developer Unite
Student accomodation developer and manager Unite Group has posted bumper results for the first half of the year
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Heathrow: Growing Pains
As Heathrow’s controversial third runway tries to chart a route through the political turbulence ahead, does it have anything to learn from its expanded international rivals?
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Northern powerhouse: Using our brains
Universities in the North can play a lead role in building the northern powerhouse
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Bid to list Robin Hood Gardens fails
Campaign to list Robin Hood Gardens appear doomed after heitage minister decides to renew Certificate of Immunity for estate
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Balfour Beatty worker killed on M3 named
Ben Collins, 28, from Colchester, died while working on the M3 motorway last Monday
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Steel trade association warns against tighter import regs
International Steel Trade Association writes to European Commission to back Chinese rebar imports
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Bouygues UK bags £42m Barking regeneration scheme
Bouygues UK wins first construction contract from Gascoigne Estate regneration masterplan
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'Oven fire' causes Shard evacuation
A fire at the Shard has forced parts of Europe’s tallest building to be evacuated
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Apprenticeships levy: Taxing Times
The government’s pledge to deliver 3 million apprenticeships through a levy on large employers has left many in the industry confused as to how the policy will work
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T Clarke reaps rewards from booming London
T Clarke says it has high hopes for the future as it finishes off legacy projects
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Slip slidin’ away
The government’s decisions to ‘renew’ the CLC and scrap the chief construction adviser role have dismayed the industry
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Galliford Try wins £66m HSBC retail bank HQ
Galliford Try has won the £66m contract to build HSBC’s new Birmingham office
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Tributes paid to Christoper Seddon
Former boss of family-owned contractor Seddon dies aged 73 following a battle with illness