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NewsHousing boss calls for national housebuilding target
The government has been urged to set a national target for housebuilding
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NewsT&T scoops showpiece North-east science projects
Turner Townsend has won two major science contracts in the North-east worth a total of £88m
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NewsGalliford seals £100m housing PFI
Galliford Try has reached financial close on a £100m private finance initiative contract to supply 240 supported housing units for Kent council, enabling work to get under way on the project
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NewsScottish government backs strategic projects
The Scottish government has backed 14 large-scale strategic projects in its national planning blueprint
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NewsLatest Serpentine Pavilion unveiled
The 14 th Serpentine Pavilion unveiled in Kensington Gardens today
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CommentLatham's legacy
Since Sir Michael Latham published his milestone report 20 years ago, our industry is no longer characterised by delays, disputes and accidents. As part of Building’s special coverage of next month’s anniversary Peter Hansford looks at how Construction 2025 continues this journey of improvement
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NewsIndustry calls for massive retrofit programme
Industry bodies call for government to make retrofit a national infrastructure priority and invest up to £4bn per year in improving aging housing stock
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NewsAsia's infrastructure spending to far outstrip Europe
PWC report says Asia-Pacific countries will be spending six times as much on infrastructure as their western European counterparts by 2025
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NewsBuilders merchants call for tough action on late payment
Builders Merchants Federation urges the government to require late-paying firms to be named and shamed
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NewsConstruction output to jump 30% by 2018
Latest forecast from AMA Research predicts output will rise to £158bn by 2018, with 6% growth this year
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NewsBishopsgate Goodsyard takes step forward
Proposals including PLP-designed towers of 29 and 33 storeys ready to be submitted for planning permission
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NewsOsborne floats plan for third high-speed rail link
Chancellor says trans-Pennine high-speed link connecting Manchester and Leeds would drive economies of the North
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CommentLet's apply some rigour to the zero carbon homes policy
We could be well on the way to achieving zero carbon homes if demanding standards were used to underpin ‘allowable solutions’
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NewsSkanska completes Moorgate office scheme
Contractor Skanska has completed the highly sustainable Moorgate Exchange office building in the City of London
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NewsCouncils receive £168m in pothole cash
The government has announced the allocation of £168m in funding to help councils across the country repair potholes
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NewsGovernment calls for bids for new £2bn schools programme
Department for Education calls for bids from schools for improvements through next phase of Priority School Building Programme
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Jantar Mantar
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by architect Owen O’Carroll at urbanX
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FeaturesThis week in ... 1994
This week we take a look back at a Building feature investigating the science behind playing surfaces in the mid 90s, when grass specialists was a relatively new concept