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NewsNeat work: Foster + Partners' Wisconsin museum
Fortaleza Hall, a museum at the Wisconsin headquarters of cleaning product maker SC Johnson, is complete
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Darling offers pre-election ‘new deal’ to housebuilders
Chancellor commits to slashing regulatory costs of housebuilding, but remains quiet on spending cuts
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Infrastructure bank to boost off-shore wind
Plans to develop £100bn of off-shore wind schemes will be the major beneficiary from the widely trailed £2bn green infrastructure bank finally announced this week
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NewsThe Budget at a glance
£2bn cash injection into green transport and sustainable energy – focusing on off-shore wind power and nuclear First-time buyers exempt from stamp duty on properties worth under £250,000 £94bn in new business loans available to SMEs from RBS and Lloyds 15% of government contracts will go to SMEs Tax allowance ...
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Aecom opens talks on DL leadership
Davis Langdon and Aecom are in talks over who will head the business if a takeover deal is agreed
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Boris relents on ‘hobbit homes’
London mayor Boris Johnson is set to backtrack from a threat to ban all new homes from having windows in only one wall after uproar from housebuilders over the impact on build costs
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CommentHansom-Sur-Mer - Paying the price
The folks at Mipim 2010 had a jolly old time, despite being shore-bound, insulted by agents, hounded by tax collectors and deviously tricked into falling off platforms
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Banner posts profit despite battle over Colchester arts centre
Banner Holdings is back in the black despite a difficult year battling Colchester council over Rafael Viñoly’s £26m visual arts centre
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Wolseley turnover drops 15%
Building materials giant Wolseley has reported a 15% drop in turnover to £6.3bn for the six months to 31 January
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Croudace profit hits £16m as it plans for 22% rise in output
South-east housebuilder Croudace Homes has announced a pre-tax profit of £15.7m for 2009 and expects to raise production for 2010 by 22%
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CommentThe Romans and the Spartans: A mixed Mipim 2010
Building blogs Amid the usual orgy of champagne quaffing and scallop scoffing, Mipim 2010 was a serious affair
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CommentBridge on track
This week’s Building stated that “the completion of Blackfriars station … has been put back four months until spring 2012” (12 March, page 10)
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All aboard
Recent announcements by climate change secretary Ed Miliband are indeed good news (12 March, leader, page 3)
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Helping the aged
Strengthening the Building Regulations to improve the energy efficiency of our buildings and to help meet this country’s ambitious zero-carbon targets is admirable, and I’m wholeheartedly in support (“Part L changes announced,” 12 March, building.co.uk)
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A Morrell crusade
A green building strategy with a focus on new work and skills is the only way the UK construction industry will be able to compete and survive in a changing world with its emphasis on low carbon (“Mandelson and Morrell reveal green building strategy”, 17 March, building.co.uk
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The many aspects of risk
I refer to your recent articles on timber-framed construction which contain several inaccuracies as to the insurance industry’s stance regarding this topic
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What it costs: Flooring
Level access showers can improve quality of life for disabled users. Peter Mayer of BLP Insurance looks at the design options and lifecycle costs for retrofitting them into existing floors
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FeaturesThe hard stuff
The world of flooring is coming up with cheaper, cleaner alternatives to traditional stone tiles
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FeaturesTiled floors
The £3.7m renovation of the Marianne North Gallery at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew has included the recreation of a Victorian geometric tiled floor, complete with intricate border, by Craven Dunnill Jackfield