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  • King: Off-site renewables could be counted
    News

    Cooper u-turn on review of zero-carbon regulations

    2007-11-23T00:00:00Z

    Minister ‘gives blessing’ to taskforce that will reconsider the status of off-site renewables

  • News

    Land Secs tells suppliers it’s ‘business as usual’

    2007-11-23T00:00:00Z

    Developer writes to reassure 166 suppliers after splitting into three companies

  • News

    Capita lands £300m T5 job

    2007-11-23T00:00:00Z

    Capita Architecture has been appointed to design a £300m satellite building at Heathrow Terminal 5.

  • The moulded glass canopies covering Zaha Hadid’s four cable car stations have a lustrous, curvaceous form that resembles ice caves
    Features

    Innsbruck cable car stations: Zaha Hadid lifts the spirits

    2007-11-23T00:00:00Z

    Zaha Hadid evokes duvets, wings and ice with her designs for Innsbruck’s cable car stations

  • News

    Dubai contractors agree to pay rises of up to 20%

    2007-11-23T00:00:00Z

    Deal will stave off worker unrest but cost construction companies up to £13m

  • Comment

    My favourites …

    2007-11-23T00:00:00Z

    Jason Hensman

  • Features

    Carbs are off

    2007-11-23T00:00:00Z

    As well as helping workers’ health, Taylor Woodrow has uncovered evidence that reducing carbohydrates may improve their safety. Building tucks in its napkin and investigates … and overleaf we launch our Nouvelle Canteen competition to find Britain’s best site food

  • Hansom
    Comment

    Hansom The age of chivalry

    2007-11-23T00:00:00Z

    A world in which property developers still offer their coats to damsels in distress, a knight of the realm remembers how to behave appropriately, and an architectural practice whisks its staff off to Paris

  • Foster + Partners’ U2 Tower in Dublin
    Features

    Market focus Ireland

    2007-11-23T00:00:00Z

    The first decline in construction output in Ireland for 14 years is sending ripples through the supply chain. But Roger Alexander of Mazars, Ireland says that, for those who respond wisely to the changing market, the rewards are considerable

  • Penoyre & Prasad’s Green Wrythe Lane primary care centre in Carshalton, Surrey, was completed under the NHS’ LIFT framework
    Features

    Procurement: Frameworks

    2007-11-23T00:00:00Z

    Frameworks are increasingly prevalent in UK construction, but what should clients consider when building long-term relationships? And what should suppliers consider before signing up? Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon reports

  • Features

    Interview: John Callcutt

    2007-11-23T00:00:00Z

    John Callcutt’s review of the housebuilding industry has been eagerly awaited, not least because everyone is wondering what else there is to say about it. Well, it turns out there’s plenty – just don’t expect any quick-fix solutions.

  • Extensive use of prefabrication was employed on the project, including the use of service modules
    Features

    Repeat prescription: St Helens & Knowsley hospitals PFI

    2007-11-23T00:00:00Z

    For the £338m St Helens & Knowsley hospitals PFI, Taylor Woodrow upped the dose of replicated factory-made elements to new levels.

  • Features

    Can Michael Whitworth get kids interested in construction?

    2007-11-23T00:00:00Z

    Olivia Boyd meets the headmaster of the Wren academy, the UK’s first school to specialise in the built environment.

  • Features

    Poker Kings 2007

    2007-11-23T00:00:00Z

    Fed up with the humdrum world of work? Looking for excitement and the possibility of winning some hard cash? Well, Building’s new poker tournament is rushing to your rescue. Come and take a chance – and it’s all in aid of charity, so you’ll go home with a warm glow ...

  • News

    Eco galacticos

    2007-11-23T00:00:00Z

    More than 700 people gathered at the Hilton hotel on London’s Park Lane on Monday night to honour the industry’s green gods and goddesses at the third annual Building Sustainability awards

  • Comment

    Building buys a pint … for Barker MCT

    2007-11-23T00:00:00Z

    “Let’s meet at Nineteen Below in the Crowne Plaza hotel – we did the fit-outs for the place,” Melanie told me.

  • News

    RICS plans Asian cost service

    2007-11-23T00:00:00Z

    The RICS is to begin a cost information service for the Asian market in response to the growing number of UK companies expanding in the far East.

  • News

    Workload of small builders rises 20% during summer

    2007-11-23T00:00:00Z

    The workload of small construction firms rose 20% from July to September despite recent housing slowdowns, according to a survey from the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).

  • News

    Sharewatch Barratt sets the alarm bells ringing before Christmas

    2007-11-23T00:00:00Z

    Housebuilders appear to be looking forward to spring in much the same manner as turkeys view Christmas.

  • News

    Construction insurer to roll out improved benefits

    2007-11-23T00:00:00Z

    Construction pensions and insurance provider B&CE is to overhaul its insurance offering and launch a health package for workers.