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Passivhaus shows up sustainable code failings
The world’s leading energy-efficient house design fails to measure up to minimum Code for Sustainable Homes standards, a sustainability consultant has alleged.
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...as it sues clinic for 4m
Developer Bovis Lend Lease is suing the London Clinic after the hospital failed to return £4m in delay charges to the contracto
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Vinci snaps up Pettifer bosses
Chris Pape, Pettifer Construction’s former managing director, has joined Vinci to run two of its regional contracting operations
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NewsSlide show: Suffolk sliding house by dRMM
Architect dRMM has created this unique Sliding House in Suffolk
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NewsTesco demands 20% fee cuts from architects
Tesco has asked the architects of its stores and property developments to reduce their fees by as much as 20%.
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Manchester council may share framework
Manchester council is in talks about extending its £140m building framework to other local authorities around the region.
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NewsWaterworld
Architects at Bovis Lend Lease have released designs for a sustainable floating house they hope to market as a solution to global warming.
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NewsCentral station
Newcastle’s £22m, four-storey mixed-use Hub over the Haymarket metro station is nearing completion.
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Atkins faces £900k Welsh waste claim
A developer has issued a writ claiming £900,000 from Atkins in a dispute over the disposal of contaminated waste at a former dock in Swansea.
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Latest construction appointments - 23 January 2009
Kay Elliott Architects has appoints new director
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Boss leaves Dubai developer over downturn strategy
The British chief executive of Dubai developer ASGC Real Estate has left the company after it shelved all new developments for at least a year.
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NewsDodgy Clutch goes forward
Ryder Architecture has designed this community theatre for the people of Tyhume Valley in South Africa’s Eastern Cape.
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Building intelligence Q3 2008: Orders down 18%
New orders for the third quarter of last year fell 18% – just a flavour of the gloom to come, you might think. But actually, it’s not all bad news. Experian’s Business Strategies division sees mixed prospects
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News‘Incredible integrity and extreme principles’
Ken Shuttleworth remembers a friend, colleague and single-minded architect
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FeaturesMargaret Beckett: is 240,000 homes a year possible?
Housing minister Margaret Beckett answers this and eight other questions about the state of the sector
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NewsJarvis share plunge after Network Rail slashes rail programme
Contractor’s share price down to 6p as network rail reduces track renewal programme
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NewsDoubts over future of Oakdene after lenders call in debt
Housebuilder's shares are suspended after refinancing talks collapse