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Top Specialists 2012
Are things getting better for specialists or are there just fewer firms around to compete? Our tables reveal who’s won what this year
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No private sector roll-out of DECs, says minister
Exclusive: Government has abandoned any intention of rolling out display energy certificates to private sector buildings
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Government unveils energy efficiency incentives
Government proposals published alongside the Energy Bill could stimulate market for energy efficiency retrofits in buildings
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WYG optimistic despite £700k loss
Consultant posts £745,000 pre-tax loss in six months to the end of September, but hails operating profit as ‘milestone in turnaround’
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Energy market reforms fail to impress major investors
Energy firms call for greater clarity and certainty in order to drive investment in energy projects
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Comment
The energy reforms are progress – but now we need action
Without a decision on long-term decarbonisation, the cost of capital will rise and building more plants will be more expensive
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Center Parcs white water adventure ride opens
Holder Mathias-designed £4m ride at Center Parcs Elvden Forest takes riders on a water adventure
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Clutch of directors go in fresh Davis Langdon cull
Exclusive: Consultant makes new round of redundancies, with a host of directors leaving
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Stanton Williams: There’s nothing wrong with buildings that just do their jobs
Fresh from their victory, the Stirling prize winners talk us through 27 years of non-shouty architecture
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Comment
Blacklisting revelations: Spying and ruined lives
Blacklist chief officer serves up bombshells in front of room full of workers
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‘I took the flak for McAlpine’, says blacklist chief officer
Ian Kerr’s allegation to MPs that contractor paid to cover up blacklist involvement strongly denied
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Lend Lease buoyant after change in bidding strategy
Contractor reports 50% rise in profit, but a drop in revenue and fewer staff working in construction
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Building on Flickr: The Condominio 'P' scheme in Cagliari, Italy
The Condominio ‘P’ scheme in Cagliari, Italy, designed by C+C04 Studio. Photograph by Simone Utzeri
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Government construction tsar seeks expert adviser
The Cabinet Office is seeking a new deputy director of construction, who will report into the government’s new chief construction adviser Peter Hansford
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Comment
Collapsing construction workloads push plant hire prices down to nine-year low
Worsening construction activity and a darkening outlook appear to have pressured many hire firms into once again accepting lower prices
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Green Investment Bank opens for business
Bank’s first investments go to energy from waste and retrofit projects
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HCA confirms it will drive through government land disposals
Homes and Communities Agency director says quango will take lead role in disposing of surplus government land for development
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Wonders & blunders with Paul Stallan
Paul Stallan is enlivened by Glasgow’s necropolis, whose 50,000 inhabitants enjoy a fine view of the city. But the same town’s Royal Infirmary leaves him cold
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'We need to build homes on a third more land'
Planning minister Nick Boles calls for more open land to be developed than is currently the case and slams modern housing as “pig ugly”