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NewsBRE gains UKAS for the microgeneration scheme
Accreditation given for certification of installers, heat pumps, solar heating collectors, micro wind turbines and non-roof integrated photo voltaic products
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NewsNB Real Estate: Striving for environmental best
Best practice guide to implementing and maintaining an ISO14001 compliant environmental management system, by Clive Johnson, quality and environmental manager at NB Real Estate
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NewsCounting the cost of the bid-rigging scandal
How heavily hit can the firms accused by the OFT– or indeed the industry – expect to be?
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News'It’s too late for leniency now'
Following the OFT's explosive allegations of bid rigging deputy director of cartels Deborah Jones tells Dan Stewart what will happen next
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NewsSend in the clowns
Thanks to building surveyor John-Paul Last for our latest example of real life circus skills. John-Paul writes, tersely yet accurately, “No real need to list the errors on this one…”
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CommentA sackload of trouble
Can a party to an adjudication introduce evidence that wasn’t previously disclosed if it fundamentally alters the original claim? The answer used to be no, but a recent judgment may have reversed this
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FeaturesBuilding Awards: Why Obi won
He graduated just five years ago but already Obiora Onuora is a senior engineer leading teams on projects worth £110m. It’s no wonder he clinched this year’s Newcomer of the Year at the Building Awards. Katie Puckett asked him how he got there …
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Features
Getting won over
After a bad experience with collaboration software, Hammerson staff were disinclined to try again. But a mixture of stick, administered by the managers, and carrot, provided by the software itself, has finally convinced them. Stephen Kennett reports
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FeaturesJapanese construction: The hidden fortress
Behind the sleek skyline of Tokyo is a super-efficient construction industry that operates complex projects with military precision and flawless co-ordination. James Clegg found out how it works
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NewsCode for Sustainable Homes: Sometimes things aren't as green as they seem
Here’s a riddle: how do you build homes that emit more carbon dioxide than your rivals’ yet still achieve a higher Code for Sustainable Homes rating? Simple, says Chloe Stothart: go electric
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CommentHansom: Digital watch
Beware the dangers of the digital age: you design a holiday resort in Italy and, thanks to Google Earth, you don’t even get to go and ‘check its progress’. And don’t even talk to me about Facebook …
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FeaturesThe tracker: Trouble on the horizon
The industry is still going strong, but a drop in tender enquiries suggests that activity may slow in the future. Experian Business Strategies reports
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CommentWhat a relief
It may look like fiddling while Rome burns but the tax measures in last month’s Budget may actually get our industry to become a bit more eco-conscious
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Building buys a pint … for NG Bailey
It’s only February but the team at NG Bailey are already psyching themselves up for Little Britain. Gary’s so keen he’s signed up for a two-day skipper’s course.
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CommentSquashed flat
So farewell to Erinaceous, possibly the most bizarrely named company in the construction sector: the hedgehog has finally curled into a ball and rolled out of the door.
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CommentThink 08: The great energy exchange
To take the sustainability debate global, Building began an email conversation between green experts from around the world. Here three of them, from Australia, the US and the UK, discuss the role of legislation in designing and constructing green buildings. Ché Wall of Australia kicked off the emails …
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CommentLesley Lokko: 'I enjoy writing the sex scenes. It's great fun!'
Erotica isn’t perhaps the first thing you think of when Building drops on your desk, but then it’s not every week we get to interview best-selling bonkbuster author Lesley Lokko. Emily Wright spoke to her about her African upbringing, her training as an architect and, well, you know, the naughty ...
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NewsOslo opera house: Opera on ice
Oslo’s new opera house, opened by King Harald of Norway last Saturday, was designed by the country’s coolest avant garde architect, Snøhetta. But it’s still the hottest building in town …
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CommentWeb watch - On board
Building’s new sustainability, regeneration and general construction message boards will allow users to chat, argue or just let off some steam
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NewsSalvage operation begins as Erinaceous finally collapses
Managers at a host of consultancies plot buyouts from failed property services company