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FeaturesVideo interview with Jane Henley of the World Green Building Council
Building interviews CEO of the World Green Building Council ahead of Ecobuild this week
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NewsGreen light for key phase of £1bn Cambridge extension
Wilkinson Eyre and Mole Architects’ plans for part of the huge £1bn North-west Cambridge city extension have been approved
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NewsEC Harris acquires 200-strong Asian project manager
Arcadis subsidiary buys firm working in Hong Kong, China, Macau, Singapore and India
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NewsLend Lease plans West London mixed-use scheme
Lend Lease plans has acquired the freehold of a 1.3 acre site on Chiswick High Road with plans to develop a residential and retail scheme on the site.
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NewsGalliford Try picks investments boss
Galliford Try has appointed a former Miller manager as the new boss of its investments business
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NewsDeal struck for £150m Shepherd's Bush revamp
Joint developers Development Securities and Orion Land Leisure agree £44m funding deal for first phase of regeneration at Shepherd’s Bush Market
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NewsStudy to make case for benefits of green offices
Ecobuild latest: World Green Building Council launches study to measure the health and productivity benefits of sustainable office buildings
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CommentBig business welcomes Labour's small sites push
The CBI’s Nicola Walker on why business supports Labour plans to allocate public land to small builders - up to a point
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NewsRevealed: The tastes and habits of Britain's average builder
Study of tradespeople across the country finds average builder earns £26,000, supports Manchester United and is called Paul
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CommentHidden challenges
Overheating is just one of the previously unreported design issues we face - the government must invest in sustainability to avert a national crisis
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FeaturesOn the waterfront: Royal Docks green design competition
Ecobuild and the Landscape Institute launched a competition for ideas on how to turn the Royal Docks into a green infrastructure space for east London. Ahead of the winner being announced at this year’s Ecobuild event, Thomas Lane reports on some of the top proposals
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CommentBrighter times with more demand
Housebuilders are in clover at the moment, but there will be pressure to boost output
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Features50 sustainability stars
In the expanding universe of sustainability, many stars shine out in the firmament. Building celebrates the sector’s top 50 brightest talents
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FeaturesCRASH: The worst is far from over
Despite signs of economic recovery, the scale of homelessness in the UK is undiminished. In fact, a combination of changes to the benefits system and funding cuts to charities means the outlook for the most excluded in society looks even more uncertain
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FeaturesCRASH: The Pilsden Community
The Pilsdon Community is a working farm in Dorset, which provides a refuge for people in crisis and intermittent respite for homeless people. But when they engaged a contractor to renovate a dilapidated barn and stables to create extra space they got their fingers burned. Here’s how working with CRASH ...
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FeaturesCRASH: Let's take things up a gear
The construction industry continued to support CRASH even through the worst years of the downturn. But now that the economy is picking up, the charity is more ambitious than ever
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FeaturesLondon's concrete quarter
The transformation of King’s Cross includes some of the UK’s most sustainable office buildings - and concrete is key to all of them
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NewsHow do we sell construction as a career?
This week a CITB report said the industry must engage with schools to counter ‘outdated and ill-informed careers advice’ about construction, three months after revealing the size of the skills gap in the sector
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NewsLondon councils tender £4bn framework
Four-year framework for up to 300 firms goes out to tender