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NewsHLM and Leadbitter complete £20m school in Wales
The school comprises a number of three-storey stone and render-clad wings
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FeaturesNow boarding: The aviation sector
George Osborne’s autumn statement hinted at support for airport projects, including the £50bn Thames Estuary hub - but haven’t the best seats already been nabbed by a few framework contractors and consultants? Building finds out how to fight your way to the front of the queue
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FeaturesA lot to live up to: Building houses that meet predicted energy use
The gap between a house’s predicted energy use and actual performance has been comprehensively panned. Building meets three developers who reckon their projects will show that low carbon on paper can mean low carbon in practice
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FeaturesFarringdon station overhaul: Boring? If only!
London’s Farringdon station has been given an overhaul and is ready for more passengers, bigger trains and Crossrail. But it hasn’t been an easy ride - and digging a 140m tunnel by hand was the least of it. By Thomas Lane. Photography by Colin Streater
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CommentJCT consultation: Life cycle considerations
Should life cycle considerations be built into building contracts and project planning? The JCT is launching an industry consultation with this in mind, so start thinking
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NewsCarillion to pull out of fitting solar PV panels
Contractor will exit solar PV installation market and outsource future work to SMEs
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NewsRapper Ice Cube outs himself as an architecture buff
Former NWA star lauds the Eames while taking a trip round their LA house
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NewsTwo contractors set to guarantee energy performance
Skanska and Willmott Dixon in talks over inserting clauses in contracts to guarantee energy performance of buildings
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NewsAbu Dhabi saga could cost Austin-Smith:Lord ‘millions’
Late payment woes are stopping firm from finding new business, says partner
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NewsFifteen jobs lost at metalwork firm as administrators called in
Northern Ireland’s McGrath Group saved 117 jobs through internal re-redeployment
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CommentWhat skills will SMEs need to prepare for the Green Deal?
The first report has been published on the skills needed for Green Deal retrofits, and Mark Farrar explains what this means for SMEs
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CommentSix tests for the Green Deal
If you put the Green Deal through six tests for a policy’s success, it fails on all counts
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CommentBrownfield tax relief: The £1bn U-turn
Ben de Waal, of Aecom company Davis Langdon, looks at the implications for developers of this week’s decision to retain tax relief for brownfield regeneration
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NewsTitanic Belfast Visitor Centre to open next March
Harcourt Construction is building the 14,000m2 visitor centre in Belfast
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NewsCyril Sweett falls into the red
Consultant blames the Arab Spring and euro zone crisis for creating challenging market conditions
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NewsStewart Milne ordered to payout £1.7m over botched land deal
Housebuilder loses appeal to Supreme Court over market value of Aberdeen land
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NewsScotland plans £9bn high speed rail investment
Scottish government minister says Westminster must extend high speed rail link to the boarder
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NewsChartered Institute of Building appoints new president
Alan Crane will take over from James Wates, deputy chairman of the Wates Group
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NewsContractor fined after labourer fell from balcony
Preseli Construction & Maintenance admitted failing to ensure work was properly planned and supervised