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NewsAn event of the highest order
Last week the great and the good from the construction industry came together at building’s annual terrace reception at the house of commons to discuss the government’s new construction strategy. but it wasn’t all about business …
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NewsRLF plans to expand in the Med and Africa
Consultant will grow its business from its Malta base in the Mediterranean and Africa
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CommentThe liquidated damages clause: Red card
A 200-year-old law says you can’t penalise builders for finishing late, but a prize-winning author says this rule has outlived its usefulness
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NewsMark Prisk to co-chair Green Construction Board
The board is being formed to ensure the government’s action plan is carried out
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NewsGovernment outlines plan for delivering low carbon industry
Construction leaders welcome plan despite omission of several recommendations
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NewsPrize giving: British Council for School Environments' annual award
Architect Architype was named school architect of the year at the British Council for School Environments’ annual award ceremony this week.
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FeaturesCost model: Global manufacturing
With manufacturing in many countries showing strong signs of recovery, the development of new manufacturing facilities is required to keep pace with contemporary process and technologies, say Mike Wilcock and Miles Jenkins of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company
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Inbox: Universally challenged
This week, our readers take issue with ’champagne-drinking’ architects, plans to cut the cost of skyscrapers and the industry’s approach to labour and skills
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CommentWe’re not a bunch of incompetents
UK managers have been in the firing line of late, but the Olympics will be a great opportunity to show off our skills - and building information modelling could help us do that
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CommentWonders and Blunders with Su Butcher
Su Butcher loves everything about Ipswich’s Willis Building, even down to the swimming pool, but gets exercised about the damp squib that is the 2012 aquatics centre
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NewsSuperglass profit warning after demand for insulation plummets
Insulation volumes relating to government’s Carbon Emission Reduction Targets dry up over summer
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NewsBAM halves waste to landfill two years early
Firm outlines achievements and targets in its latest sustainability report
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NewsArchitype scoops three schools awards
Architect triumphs at annual British Council for School Environments ceremony
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CommentEyewitness: Egyptians won their revolution, now they want more
Launching our online series of first hand accounts from trouble spots around the world, construction lawyer Kate Orviss gives her impressions of the mood after the fall of Mubarak
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NewsGovernment reveals sites for new nuclear power plants
Eight sites announced by energy secretary Chris Huhne
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NewsPeel puts £3.5bn Mersey tidal scheme on hold
High construction costs mean Mersey scheme won’t be viable without a change in policy on renewable incentives
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NewsNorthampton selected as potential enterprise zone
Over 14,000 jobs could be created if Northampton Waterside is approved by central government
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NewsCPA rues lack of VAT cut in government plan
CPA and FMB criticise government for not cutting tax on green construction products in low-carbon action plan.
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CommentLow-carbon plan a reality with Prisk on board
With Mark Prisk co-chairing new Green Construction Board there are high hopes for a cross-industry low-carbon action plan
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CommentAnother step on the long march to improving construction
Construction Excellence's new report on collaboration right focuses on the building's end purpose rather than the actual building itself