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Edinburgh fires prompt concerns for timber safety
Firefighters push for tighter regulation for timber-frame buildings during construction
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NewsStradform enjoys financial rewards of life under Vinci
But Cardiff contractor lives with raised expectations after takeover by £24bn French giant
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Let’s be reasonable
Insurance companies are notorious for finding ways not to pay out on their policies, but that may be about to change
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NewsEdinburgh fires prompt concerns for timber safety
Firefighters push for tighter regulation for timber-frame buildings during construction
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NewsHousing stats: New-build sales and completions in April 2008
The private sector plummets in April, but social housing completions climb by more than 50%
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NewsBRE to establish base at University of East Anglia
BRE is recruiting environmental scientists to work on project which will start in Autumn
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NewsArchitect prepares 'Cullinan Bird' for Hyde Park flight
Edward Cullinan Architects is building a gigantic polystyrene flying machine with the help of Ramboll Whitbybird and Element Energy
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NewsOffice schemes could offer solution to overheated tubes
Plan to use surplus power from nearby buildings is latest move in the struggle to cool the underground
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CommentRecession busting
With the last recession a distant memory for many, perhaps it’s time to remind ourselves of the steps we should be taking in case things get a bit tougher in the coming months
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Doubt over Rogers’ London adviser role
The future of Lord Rogers as the mayor of London’s design adviser was thrown further into doubt this week as Richard Barnes, Boris Johnson’s deputy mayor, failed to confirm whether the Labour peer would remain in the role.
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NewsPersimmon to double social housing to ride out crunch
Housebuilder aims to boost affordable output to 5,000 in medium term despite lower margin
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NewsTaywood wins Gehry park pavilion
Taylor Woodrow is to tackle the construction of Frank Gehry’s design for the Serpentine Pavilion in London’s Hyde Park
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NewsCutty Sark restoration goes on despite £4m shortfall
A year after fire ripped through the ship’s hull, client insists £25m refurbishment will be completed
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OFT under fire for ‘wrongful’ accusations
The Office of Fair Trading’s investigation into bid rigging has been labelled “incompetent” after it emerged that it wrongly accused some companies of collusive tendering on projects they had not been involved in.
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Turner & Townsend to project-manage the Shard
Consultant drafted in to strengthen team as Mace tries to work out how much tower will cost
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BCIS predicts bright future for civil engineering
After several years of decline in construction output in the civil engineering market the demand is set to grow in all infrastructure sectors over the coming years, according to the BCIS Civil Engineering Market Report.
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Official figures show construction solid as GDP slows in first quarter
The construction industry was one of the stronger elements of the UK economy in the first quarter of 2008, according to official figures that show the annual growth of GDP (gross domestic product) slowing to 2.5%.According to the ONS figures construction grew 0.5% in the first quarter and stood 2.9% ...
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APC Trainer on... sustainability (M009)
This week we tackle sustainability (M009), an APC mandatory competency
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