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CommentWaste and water markets: Filling the gap
In our latest infrastructure market report we explore the hidden worlds of water and waste
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FeaturesMarket overview: waste and water sectors
With regulation driving investment and resource efficiency in the waste and water sectors, Matthew Hicks and Andrew Wheeler of Davis Langdon examine how the UK’s obligations are going to be met, and what the opportunities are for consultants and contractors
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NewsBreedon Aggregates wins Scottish Water contract
Multi-million pound contract will see Breedon supply construction materials for four years
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NewsKier fined £160,000 after fatal fall at Everton training ground
Kier North West plead guilty to failing to ensure safety of worker after Karl Davis fell through window frame
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FeaturesDark Victory: 2010 Part L update
The new version of Part L kicks in next week, and its tough energy rules are going to make lighting a building altogether more problematic than ever before
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FeaturesKeep Taking The Tablets
Construction folk can barely contain their excitement at how Apple’s iPad is changing the way they build - and being able to show your mum the project you’re working on is only the start
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NewsApples and pears … Thomas lane previews the ipad alternatives
Given the critical acclaim and instant success of the iPad, it’s hardly surprising there is a rash of emulators. Like the iPhone clones, most of these tablet computers run Google’s Android operating system, which has generally been well received. Like the iPad, users have thousands of apps to choose from. ...
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Latest construction appointments: 24 September 2010
A weekly updated section of the latest moves within the industry
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NewsLenehan leaves in Bovis shake-up
Tony Lenehan, the head of Bovis Lend Lease’s north of England business, is to leave the company as part of a restructuring of its executive team, writes Tom Bill.
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NewsPassivhaus to launch refurb standard
A version of the ultra low-energy Passivhaus standard is being developed for refurbishment projects, Building can reveal.
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NewsSchool’s out forever
Native Land and Grosvenor have submitted a planning application for a block of luxury apartments in Holland Park, west London.
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NewsQuestion time for Cameron
The Tory conference is going to be subjected to minute scrutiny in the hope that ministers will fill in some of the many blanks in policy. Sarah Richardson and Roxane McMeeken list the most important
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Feeling a little short changed? Plasterers and the CITB
Plasterers are sick of paying a training levy that really goes on jobs at the CITB. Who can blame them? We should be levying plasterboard makers at a fraction of the cost
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Digging up the past
Money’s too tight to mention, and unearthing potential claims in old projects is one source of extra cash - as is amending existing claims. Just don’t leave it too late
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NewsSmall row, titanic waves
Developers can’t always force buyers who lack funds to complete. And as a recent test case shows, the difficulty is knowing when it would be better to apply for damages
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FeaturesHanif Kara: They said ‘stay weird’, so he did
Hanif Kara has a reputation for inventiveness and eccentricity, but he has soberly steered his engineering firm through a merger with White Young Green and a recession. He tells Emily Wright about the need to make difficult decisions.
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FeaturesMadrid health centre: If Gucci did factories
… they might look a little like this Madrid clinic, by local practice Estudio Entresitio
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CommentHansom: Tough sells
The Conservative housing minister at the Lib Dem party conference, a strangely familiar ’iconic’ development in Dubai and a super-luxe London apartment with its own secret tunnel
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NewsAbramovich building secret £20m nightclub
Roman Abramovich is understood to be building a secret £20m music venue beneath Chelsea FC’s stadium