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NewsFormer CNP bosses fight to take over assets
Malcolm Hollis battles with former directors of collapsed consultant
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Latest construction appointments - 22 May 2009
Costain and Willmott Dixon announce new appointments
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FeaturesPhotovoltaic roof tiles
Sandtoft has launched a roofing system that enables Solarcentury’s C21e photovoltaic (PV) roof tiles to be integrated with Sandtoft’s Cassius and Rivius clay roof tiles
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NewsShard's companion tower delayed until later this year
Status of 17-storey London Bridge Place will be reviewed, after site clearance is postponed
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CommentDesign and builders
So Cabe is going to vet public projects to make sure they don’t look completely awful. Well, that’s a good thing of course, but we should ask ourselves why it’s become necessary
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FeaturesRoof verge systems
Glidevale has introduced the Universal Dry Verge System which, it claims accommodates all interlocking metric sized tiles and can be used on both left and right sides of the roof
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NewsShortlist unveiled for £50m Glasgow School of Art building
Steven Holl, John McAslan and Hopkins amongst shortlisted teams
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NewsAlsop’s £250m Blackfriars hotel in for planning
28,000m² development would replace conference and event centre
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NewsSubcontractors to make millions from M25 road deal
Thirty five multi-million pound packages will be let as part of the £1.2bn build cost of widening and improving the M25
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NewsBiomass CHP five times cheaper than using boiler
Heating apartments using combined heat and power fuelled by biomass is much less costly than using individual boilers, says research
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NewsWillmott Dixon tops construction green list
Construction firms feature prominently in Sunday Times Green List with contractor ranking third overall
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NewsStalled colleges to get extra £200m of government cash
25 colleges to benefit from funding top-up – but must slash project costs by up to a quarter
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NewsHSE to prosecute Sellafield for nuclear contamination
Criminal proceedings follow investigation into 2007 incident when contractors were exposed to contamination
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NewsInterserve seals £270m Enniskillen hospital PFI
A constortium headed by Interserve will build the acute hospital and provide facilities management for 30 years
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NewsTurner & Townsend axes 90 jobs in UK
Consultant cuts jobs this week following months of resisting redundancies
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NewsResidents plan legal action over Rogers' Chelsea scheme
Group threatens Westminster council with judicial review on heels of Prince Charles’ intervention
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NewsCombined daylight and ventilation
Glidevale has launched a combined unit for delivering natural ventilation and daylight into commercial and domestic buildings
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NewsMechanical ventilation
Vortice has launched a mechanical extract ventilation unit to help designers meet Code for Sustainable Homes criteria
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NewsCrest turnover to fall by one-third in 2009
Stephen Stone, chief executive of Crest Nicholson, has said the recession will slash turnover by a third in 2009
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UK attacks EU plan to force on-site energy generation
Associations lobby against directive that would force buildings to create their own energy by 2019