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Costs: Bathroom standards
When baths need to be replaced, understanding detailed specification options is the key to making the best value life-cycle decisions, says Peter Mayer of Building Performance Group
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FeaturesOlder and wiser homes
This stylish block of flats looks like an exclusive seaside development but is in fact a social housing scheme located in the London borough of Southwark.
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NewsLovell says Jarvis can survive
Alan Lovell says that Jarvis can secure its future by concentrating on rail and road infrastructure.
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National parks under threat
Development pressures on national parks and a Scottish drive to encourage more women to become builders feature in this weekend’s newspapers.
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Cleveland Bridge wins final Wembley adjudication
Steel contractor is awarded £2,274,000 in final adjudication against Multiplex bringing the total award to £4.75m.
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Crest Nicholson sales increase by 30%
Decision to increase number of affordable homes pushs up total number of homes sold for year ending October 31.
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British firms sidelined in Europe
British firms are missing out on public procurement contracts in Europe because of favouritism for homes companies.
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NewsLondon team submits bid for 2012 Olympics
The bid proposals of the five candidates for the 2012 Olympics have been sent to the International Olympic Committee.
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shedkm wins design competition at New Islington
Architect shedkm and developer Taylor Woodrow will design and build scheme on 6,750m2 plot in East Manchester Millennium Community.
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NewsUK architect wins Shanghai design competition
Paul Davis & Partners Architect wins competition to design rban mixed-use scheme with two 31-storey towers.
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Vinci dropped by Jarvis as Hochtief enters the frame
Hochtief looks set to buy Jarvis’s PFI bidding operations after Vinci and Jarvis are dumped from Norfolk schools PFI.
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Don’t forget to check
The defendant building contractor secured a contract to carry out works of improvement to a sewage treatment works owned and operated by the claimant water company that treated wastewater. The claimant’s engagement of the defendant was under the terms of a design and build contract which incorporated a specification that ...
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NewsPrison Service accelerates 3bn refurbishment plan
Authorities to name contractors for framework deal four months early as concern mounts over state of system.
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Childrens hospital is running more than six months late
£60m Evelina hospital in London, designed by Hopkins Architects, delayed by ‘complexities of the building’.
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HTA Architects trailblazes Prescotts Northern Way
Housing specialist and property firm appointed to pioneer regeneration plans for Tees and Don valleys.
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FeaturesA magical night
More than 700 guests attended the second Specialist Contractor Awards at London’s Park Lane Hilton, presented by magician Paul Zenon. Here’s some of the highlights …
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FeaturesAsk Edward
The government is eager to increase drug testing in ‘safety critical' workplaces such as building sites. But what does this mean for employees' rights and responsibilities?