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NewsAsphalt industry to offset carbon emissions
Members of the Mastic Asphalt Council will pay 1% levy on material costs to raise money for low energy projects
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NewsFlat-pack house goes on show outside Tate Modern
Maison Tropicale, a house designed by Jean Prouvé in the 1950s, will be open to visitors from next month
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NewsNetwork Rail offers in-house jobs to Elec-Track staff
Company looks to bolster overhead electrification team with invite to 50 key employees at Kent engineering firm in administration
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NewsDevelopers release plans for Clapham Junction make-over
Delancey and Land Securities unveil design for mixed-use redevelopment at railway station in south London
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Government approves certification body for energy assessors
New accreditation body for inspectors who check buildings meet energy performance certificates standards
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NewsPutney Bridge developer struck off as architect
The man being prosecuted for damaging Grade-II listed bridge was struck off by regulator in 2005 for professional misconduct
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Weekend Review
China dominated sustainable coverage this weekend. The country is reported to have become a big investor in Spain's solar energy industry. How is it that the country soon to be the world's largest carbon emitter is rapidly becoming some kind of screwed-up poster child for marvellous climate change awareness? Gordon ...
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NewsOld and new challenges remain
Momentum is building behind zero-carbon new buildings but the Cinderella of the built environment, the existing estate, has been barely touched. Over to you the Treasury and No10, says Paul King
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NewsThe sustainability quiz
Welcome to our first environmental quiz, offering a budding eco-boffin a £20 Amazon token. Test how up to date you are on the latest environmental developments, as well as your knowledge of current affairs
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Churchill Retirement Living fights homeowners over land in Woking
Retirement home specialist says it will lose £2.9m if deal to buy out homeowners falls through
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NewsThe Weekly Green Gauge
Plum Picks from around the green websites that matter and the Eco-blogosphere
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NewsHousebuilders scramble to tackle credit crunch crisis
Bellway and Barratt demand cuts in cost from suppliers; Persimmon closes three offices
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APC Trainer: Are you competent in risk management? (A090)
Our APC expert shows you how to ace your final asessment
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NewsHard times
The credit crunch generating risk and opportunities on a local level, argues Lillian Peterson Turner & Townsend cost manager
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Comment
Michael John Construction Ltd vs St Peter’s Rugby Football Club
In October 2003, St Peter’s Rugby Football Club, occupiers of a clubhouse and sports field in Cardiff, engaged Michael John Construction (MJC) under a JCT IFC 1998 contract. The club required that their site be cleared of the former clubhouse in order for it to be sold to developers. The ...
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CommentThe £40,000 fix
Here’s a chilling tale from the year gone by. It’s about what happened when a subcontractor on a fixed-price contract was asked not to do some of the work it tendered for – but had to be paid for it all the same
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CommentWhat it all comes down to
How do we decide what is a reasonable extension of time? This basic question gives rise to all sorts of astonishingly complex answers, at the end of which we’re left with … common sense
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FeaturesThe secret life of buildings
We hear an awful lot about architects’ splendid low-energy designs, but information about how they actually work when built is rarer than hens’ teeth. So we should all be grateful to Simons, which not only built itself a green office, but collected a year’s data on how it functioned. ...
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CommentIf you want to make money by exploiting migrants, say so
Just before Christmas, the Construction Confederation wrote an article in this slot arguing against the regulation of gangmasters. Here, Alan Ritchie puts the unions’ case
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NewsRebrand at Gleeson Building as it announces growth plan
MJ Gleeson’s former contracting arm becomes GB Building Solutions and posts £908,000 profit