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FeaturesAdapting to climate change
Some climate change is now inevitable. But are we doing enough to adapt building designs to our uncertain future?
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FeaturesLaunch zone
Some of the new products on display at Ecobuild, from ceramic flooring, via sanitary and ventilation solutions, to the latest roofing systems
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NewsGovernment withdraws finance for three energy projects
Contractors Skanska and Vinci dealt blow as energy from waste projects projects fall into limbo
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NewsSkanska and Sir Robert McAlpine drop out of £660m NHS race
List of bidders narrows to eight for £660m framework for the NHS in Scotland
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NewsWillmott Dixon tipped for £60m Brum campus
Contractor emerges as preferred bidder for phase two of Birmingham City University’s city centre campus scheme
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CommentEmployment law: The modern apprentice
There is new legislation designed to boost support among potential employers for apprenticeships. We look at how this affects apprentices’ employment status
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CommentDelays: A likely story
Deciding whether a party causing a delay was responsible for the fall in the market value of a property boiled down to whether that loss was ‘not unlikely’
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Construction appointments: 22 February 2013
Laing O’Rourke, Deloitte Real Estate, and John McAslan + Partners are amongst the companies making new appointments
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NewsMorgan Sindall expects £15m per year savings from restructure
Chief executive lays out plans for future of firm as company’s annual results show disappointing performance from affordable housing arm
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NewsAecom bolsters senior team with two new bosses
Davis Langdon parent company appoints Gordon Wilkinson to head global consultancy and Alf Oschatz to lead sports group in Europe
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CommentStrategy needed for apprenticeships
The director of the National Association of Shopfitters calls on government to develop a coherent apprenticeships policy
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CommentSevern Barrage has the power
The Severn Barrage is tipped to supply a substantial chunk of the UK’s energy needs
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CommentGet BIM right for facilities management
A reader provides some thoughts about applying BIM to make sure that buildings operate as they should
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NewsGreen light for Willmott Dixon's £30m Aberfeldy estate project
Willmott Dixon’s development division has reached financial close on phase one of the £250m transformation of the Aberfeldy estate in Tower Hamlets
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NewsLeadbitter bags £23m Swansea research centre
Exclusive: Contractor has been appointed preferred bidder for the £23m job to build Swansea University’s new Innovation Hub
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FeaturesSustainable Project of the Year
Eight buildings are competing for the title of Sustainable Project of the Year in the 2013 Building Awards. Here’s this year’s shortlist
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CommentMy digital life … Femi Oresanya
The HOK architect on his favourite Twitter feeds, reading in bed and balancing iPhone with Android
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CommentHansom: A time for action
Will Ed Davey show bold leadership by getting himself retrofitted? Can Sir Stuart Lipton succeed in un-demolishing the Euston Arch? And do we need to act now to stop the newts from taking over?
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CommentBuilding an army of 'adaptive copers'
Most people evade the emotional reality of climate change, says psychologist Oliver James. It’s time that we all faced the facts
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CommentNuclear: Delayed reaction
With fresh problems besetting EDF’s Hinkley Point project and rival Horizon’s scheme being reworked from scratch, should construction firms fear that the long-awaited nuclear bonanza may never happen at all?