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NewsBill Dunster: 'On-site renewables can deliver zero carbon homes'
Green architect criticises the UK Green Buildings Council for questioning whether microgeneration is viable on all new homes
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NewsKier to regroup and launch £250m social housing drive
Chief executive John Dodds to rebalance housing division in response to ‘worst market for 30 years’
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FeaturesRenzo Piano: The man in the high chapel
You may be one of those who think Renzo Piano’s Shard in the City of London is just pie in the sky, but the architect himself has no doubts. Besides, he’s got friends in high places. By Dan Stewart
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FeaturesHays 2008 Consultants' salary and benefits guide
If your staff room looks like this it’s safe to say that employers are still having to do all they can to retain talented staff. David Parsley introduces this year’s consultants’ salary guide with a look at some of the quirkier perks on offer
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Firms pursue Cotswoldgate bosses
Subcontractors owed money by collapsed housebuilder Cotswoldgate are to hold a “war council” to discuss whether there is any potential for legal action against Aurelian Property Finance, the company that backed the now defunct firm, writes Michael Glackin.
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HSE boosts its ranks with 40 new inspectors
Construction division to get 10 recruits after DWP agrees spending settlement until 2011
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Willmott Dixon beats Laing O’Rourke to £90m BSF deal
Willmott wins Middlesbrough schools contract, leaving rival without a win under academies framework
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Falling pound adds fuel to inflation fire in construction
The latest inflation report from the Bank of England and the comments from the Governor Mervyn King have effectively put paid to hopes that interest rates are on the way down.Consumer Price Inflation leapt back to 3% in April and the Governor has prepared himself to write a series of ...
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Gherkins and the City
Have you noticed that there is a new measure in town - the Gherkin.Here are two recent examples.In the story about CEBR's estimate of 6,200 job losses in the City one gherkin equates to just over 3,000 City jobs.In the story about the estimate by Drivers Jonas that there will ...
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Is private house building heading for its worst ever recorded downturn?
The latest Government house building figures appear to add weight to growing fears that unless there is a dramatic turnaround in fortunes the number of private homes built this year could fall by a quarter or more.A fall of this scale would beat the 1974 drop of 24% in homes ...
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NewsThis is the end
Taken on a street outside the construction site for the new Bristol Cardiac Centre, Bristol.
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CommentWeb watch Back to schools
The three guest speakers at our online seminar on Building Schools for the Future attracted a lot of interest and questions. Chloë McCulloch gives a round-up and looks at the results of our viewer polls
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Costain orders up 19%
Costain increased its forward order book by 19% to £1.9bn in the first three months of 2008.
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PRP profit leaps 80%
PRP Architects has posted an 80% jump in pre-tax profit from £246,000 to £443,000 for the year ended 30 September 2007.
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Housebuilding plummets
Housebuilding activity in March fell to its lowest level in 16 years, according to a survey of 800 UK construction firms carried out by Experian Business Strategies.
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for Abatec
“Building magazine has ruined my sex life,” says Tim mid-way through the evening. On the surface it’s not a ringing endorsement for the publication, but he quickly explains: “I read it in bed because I need to know what’s going on, but the missus gets fed up.” Cue jokes ...
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CommentKeep it vague
Mastering detail isn’t everyone’s strong point, of course, so it’s easy to think you’ve built more homes than you have, forget just when it was your boss left or fail to remember way back in March when T5 opened …
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NewsView from the rooftop
Building’s 99% campaign highlighted the need to drastically improve the energy efficiency of existing stock. Here, Greg Slater of PRP Architects considers what needs to be done to upgrade the nation’s housing
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NewsFive steps to …
… successful refurbishment. Peter Caplehorn of Scott Brownrigg offers some advice on bringing old buildings up to modern standards