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CommentAsbestos training needed to avert tragedy
Chair of UK Asbestos Training Association reminds us of the dangers of asbestos
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CommentDemand for better health and safety
‘Following the deaths of two construction workers we demand urgent action by the HSE’
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CommentCan industry go green when government wavers?
The latest minor upgrade to Part L of the Building Regulations is symptomatic of a wider malaise
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CommentMipim blog: Where are the red trousers?
Architect Jack Pringle with his daily blog from down on the Croisette in Cannes
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Higgins set to outline HS2 cost savings
The new boss of HS2 has identified at least £1.5bn in cost savings in London alone from the £43bn project
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CommentMipim dispatch: The dawn of a new era?
This year’s Mipim conference may herald a new era for construction in London – with new problems to go with it, writes our man in Cannes
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NewsBouygues to build London’s first Passivhaus School
Contractor wins £5m revamp of Tower Hamlets school
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CommentA mixed school report
December’s progress report into school procurement went largely unnoticed – but if the UK is to provide the education places its population needs, both the government and the industry need to sit up and pay attention
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NewsLondon primed for nearly 250 new towers
Nearly 250 towers are being planned or built in London with nearly half of the schemes already approved
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NewsProblem jobs drag Miller construction into the red
But sharp jump in revenue and strong order book signals business is on track for improved performance
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FeaturesBuilding Magazine Small Project of the Year shortlist
This year’s Small Project of the Year finalists include a private residence, a youth centre, a creative arts hub and an architect’s own office
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NewsScape reveals new £1bn infrastructure framework
Exclusive: New framework will be awarded to single contractor and will focus on flood defence and other civils projects
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NewsScores of firms shortlisted for £750m public framework
Exclusive: Big names make the cut for £750m public sector consultants framework
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NewsPidgley warns housing becoming ‘political football’
Mipim latest: Chair of developer Berkeley Group implores politicians not to turn housing into 2015 election campaign issue
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NewsApartment building collapses in New York
At least six people have been killed and scores injured after an explosion caused a New York apartment building to collapse
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NewsSite supervisor dies on DLR project
Contractor Clancy Docwra confirms that a site supervisor has been killed on its Docklands Light Railway project in Stratford
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NewsTributes paid to killed Crossrail worker
Colleagues have paid tribute to a worker killed by falling concrete in a Crossrail tunnel
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FeaturesBuilding Magazine Project of the Year shortlist
There’s a packed field for the Building Awards’ prestigious Project of the Year prizes, with museums and libraries jostling with the Baby Shard and London’s first inhabited bridge for 250 years
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NewsSerpentine Pavilion architect revealed
Chilean architect Smiljan Radic will design this year’s pavilion at the Serpentine Gallery in London’s Kensington Gardens
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NewsCommercial activity hits ten-year high
Mipim latest: Commercial sector grows at fastest rate in ten years, breaking previous November record