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NewsBurst of energy
Architect Marks Barfield and low carbon engineer XCO2 have unveiled this image of a new form of urban energy generation.
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Construction’s addicts find solace at Priory clinic
One in 20 patients being treated for alcoholism or drug use in The Priory, the world-famous private clinic in south-west London, is from the construction industry.
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NewsGovernment backs Building campaign
The government this week endorsed Building’s Reform the Regs campaign as it launched its long-awaited energy review.
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FeaturesYou don’t have to be MAD to work here …
… but it seems to be helping May Gurney, which has cut site accidents almost two-thirds since launching its Making A Difference initiative.
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FeaturesCan a female reporter survive a day as a labourer?
Ray O’Rourke’s comment about sites being no place for women sparked widespread outrage, but could he have had a point? Emily Wright put on her steel-capped boots and spent a day ripping up floorboards to find out
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CommentWonders & blunders
Gary Hughes applauds a musical animal in one of Europe’s trendiest cities, but hasn’t a good word to say about two grey and soulless London thoroughfares
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NewsA moving performance
This is the winning design by architects AOC and engineers Momentum and Mark Prizeman for the first ever London International Festival of Theatre (Lift) in 2008.
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FeaturesSpecialist cost update: Services
The services sector accounts for more than a quarter of construction by value. In our latest specialist update, the expert team at Gardiner & Theobald take a look at the latest trends and costs in the mechanical, electrical and plumbing, lifts and escalators and ICT markets
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NewsI wonder what the method statement said...
And the traffic warden should be approaching with a ticket round about now.
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NewsCuban scaffold shortage
If I use the tip of my left shoulder to brace myself against this wall I should be fine.
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NewsHalcrow to expand nuclear division
Halcrow among contractors preparing for £12bn of nuclear investment following publication of energy review
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NewsBovis and Lend Lease: The full story!
Building’s editor explains why any news surrounding Bovis Lend Lease brings out the Heat reader in everyone in the construction industry
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NewsWhy use scaffolding when you can use a ladder?
The technically incorrect way to nail a timber slat to an outside wall
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200 new homes destroyed on St George site
Completed homes were among 200 units wiped out by huge blaze on development in Colindale
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Abbey profit drops 18%
Irish contractor reports pre-tax profit of £32.6m for the year to 30 April 2006.
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NewsDead workman's family compensated £104,000
Robertson Construction ordered to pay compensation to family of roofer killed on Scottish school site