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Electrical Safety Council calls for mandatory Home Condition Reports
The Electrical Safety Council marked its first year by appealing to the government for better safety regulations.
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Archive TitlesWhitehead Building Services creates 35 new jobs
Whitehead Building Services has announced it is creating 35 new jobs in Swansea after launching a new office there last August.
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Builders will have to cut landfill and fly tipping
Construction firms will be forced to keep a record of their building materials under a government drive to cut the amount of waste going into landfill sites or being dumped illegally.
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Industry on the up and up
Construction product sales have shown their best quarter in more than two years, according to the Ernst and Young and Construction Products Association activity barometer.
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Energy policy needs radical overhaul
The government’s energy policy is failing to recognise the importance of reducing our energy demand and this will have to be tackled in the imminent Energy White Paper if the government is to meet its own targets.
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Contractors baffled by CIS shake-up
Construction firms were too slow to take action over the introduction of CIS tax sheme reforms.
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Steve Lilly director of land remediation business at Carillion
Also: Powell Dobson appoints Jamie Tucker and Jennifer Heal as urban designers
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Costs to rise with the new Code for Sustainable Homes
Estimates put the cost of achieving Level 3 under the new Code For Sustainable Homes at up to 6.2% higher than the old standard of EcoHomes ‘Very Good’.
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NAPIT slams home improvement shows
NAPIT’s chief executive, John Andrews, has blasted home improvement programmes such as Channel 4’s Property Ladder for offering irresponsible advice to homeowners.
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Planning to be scrapped for domestic renewables
The government is proposing to remove planning barriers on renewable technologies such as domestic wind turbines and photovoltaics.
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Code for sustainable homes goes live
Technical guidance to help the building industry deliver key improvements to the energy efficiency of new homes has been published by Communities and Local Government.
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Sky high charges for green scheme
The government is to charge installers around £1800 to register with the new UK Microgeneration Certification Scheme (UKMCS).
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Archive TitlesBuilding Services Awards 2007 shortlist announced
The shortlist for the 2007 Building Services has been announced. This year we celebrate ten years of the Awards so the event promises to be bigger and better than ever.
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New CDM regs come into force
Revisions to the CDM regs aim to clarify responsibilities, improve planning and risk management and lessen paperwork. The new laws came into force on 6 April.
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Powell Dobson recruits Ian Pepperell for Cardiff
Also: Antler Homes North West appoints David Yates commercial director
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Shortlist announced for the Building Services Awards
Shortlisting for the 2007 Building Services Awards has now been completed, find out who's made the grade.
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Sustainable news round-up
The latest news on the cost impact of the Code for Sustainable Homes, government consultation on construction waste and Faber Maunsell's appearance on YouTube.
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Legionnaires’ disease deaths could have been prevented
A report into the outbreak of legionnaires’ disease, which killed seven people in Barrow-in-Furness in 2002, concludes it could have been avoided if the local council had followed simple safety guidleines.
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CIS shake-up baffles contractors
Contractors are unprepared for April’s CIS revisions, which could result in firms being fined and contractors and subcontractors losing the right to gross pay.
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The GHM Group makes Phil Rogers associate director
Also: Frances Whitley and Karen Salotti appointed interior designers at Tuffin Ferraby Taylor