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NewsA comforting vision of L: KPMG in Canary Wharf
KPMG’s new building in Canary Wharf shows that comfortable, glass-clad offices and the CO2 emissions targets expected in the 2010 revision of Part L are not mutually exclusive.
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NewsWaste and how to tame it
Site waste has never been the most glamorous end of the sustainability agenda. But, with a stringent regulation and a sharp rise in landfill tax being introduced this month, you ignore it at your peril. Dr David Moon of WRAP and Adam Mactavish of Cyril Sweett offer advice on how ...
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NewsThe UK's first code level five homes
The new flats in Mid Street in the sleepy village of South Nutfield might not look like anything to scare the horses, but in fact they are quietly revolutionary. Alex Smith takes a trip to the country to see the UK’s first code-level-five sustainable homes
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FeaturesReducing heat loads: Testing the water at the University of Cambridge
Sustainability and innovation - When the architectural department at the University of Cambridge demanded a sustainable, lightweight building for its students, the designers had to overcome the problem of overheating
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NewsBuilding launches campaign to restore faith in contracting
Rebuilding Trust aims to reassure clients of construction’s ethics in wake of OFT revelations
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More McAlpine managers exit
More senior Alfred McAlpine staff have left the company in the wake of its takeover by Carillion in February, writes Joey Gardiner.
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NewsRICS rebel Jeremy Hackett dies suddenly at 66
Jeremy Hackett, the rebel member of the RICS’ governing committee, has died suddenly.
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MPs call for urgent HSE action on crane safety
Safer Skyline campaign gains support as select committee proposes national cranes register
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NewsArup to offer green design service
Arup is launching the strategy for ‘full sustainability’ at this year’s Think event
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News£100m Bullock sale may start private equity stampede
Investors eye social housing contractors after Lloyds Development Capital buys Midlands firm
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Credit crunch squeezes housebuilders’ salaries
Survey reveals 4% pay rise, but this disguises sharp dip in recent months
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CommentUnder pressure
Crazed drunken rants, crushing defeats and public humiliation were rife in a week the construction industry will remember less than fondly. And then there’s that OFT thing…
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Due diligence: Lambson Fine Chemicals Ltd vs Merlion Capital Housing Ltd
In May 2004, Lambson Fine Chemicals Ltd sold a 40-acre industrial property to Merlion Capital Housing Ltd for £12.25m. The property had been used for the manufacture of chemicals since the 1860s. By the late 1940s it was owned by Laporte and used for the manufacture of suphuric acid, sodium ...
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CommentFirst impressions: Projects by Alsop and Cube Design
University of East London student comments on some recent projects shown on the Building website
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Conservatives call for public sector blacklist for 'disreputable' firms
Tory MP wants urgent debate on “cowboy and dodgy builders”
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NewsBovis has Britain's best site canteen
Kent 'Korker' sausages help Bovis clinch Building's best canteen award at its St Giles site
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NewsThree more firms accused of 'cash for bids'
Bowmer & Kirkland, Durkan Pudelek and Thomas Fish are on list of nine firms accused by OFT of being involved in compensation payments
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Public sector to root out bid rigging after OFT bombshell
Highways Agency begins wide-ranging review NHS issues alert to all finance directors Construction Confederation warns councils not to remove named firms from frameworks Wildgoose Construction is still trading and is not in administration as incorrectly stated in Building magazine
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Connaught escapes credit crunch and plots expansion
Social housing contractor reveals 60% profit jump and looks at defence and education markets
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NewsNew private sector body to lead drive towards zero-carbon
The government is to set up a private sector body to drive the move to zero-carbon housing by 2016.