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FeaturesBirmingham’s buzz
Not so long ago, the greatest thing about Birmingham was finding a road out of it. But in little more than a decade it has transformed itself into a thriving urban centre that businesses and people are flocking to be part of
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CommentOn site renewables - how do the technologies compare?
A quick guide to the main on-site renewable energy technologies and the challenges they present
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NewsTaylor Wimpey JV scoops 2,400-home MoD scheme
Defence Infrastructure Organisation chooses firms to redevelop Hamshire barracks
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FeaturesEcobuild 2015 video: Alastair Campbell
Former Labour party communications director on the government’s track record on green building policy
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FeaturesEcobuild 2015 video: James Wates
Chairman of Wates Group on the merger between the UK Contractors’ Group and the National Specialist Contractors Council
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CommentLetter: Architects are missing core skills
A reader responds to Building’s skills survey article
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FeaturesThis week in 2010
It’s worth noting that concern surrounding the lack of new entrants to the industry hasn’t sprung up out of nowhere
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FeaturesSketch of the week: ‘Quiet architecture’
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Rabih Hage, founder of Rabih Hage Architects
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CommentHansom: No brainers
Lots of bright ideas this week: a skyscraper made of wood, relocating parliament to Hull, prolonging Euston Station’s life and a lycra-testing cycle ride to Cannes. Plus, we learn that the Walkie Talkie can whistle too
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NewsGB Building chairman breaks silence
Martin Smout insists firm ‘remains hopeful’ of avoiding administration
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CommentInsurance: The known unknowns
Modern methods of construction bring distinct advantages to builders but present unknown risks to insurers – manufacturers will need to find ways to reassure them
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NewsHousebuilders 'putting up rubbish'
Ecobuild latest: Former Cabe director Wayne Hemingway criticises volume housebuilders
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NewsIndustry leaders call for national retrofitting push
Ecobuild latest: Skanska UK chief executive Mike Putnam among experts calling for greater engagement with public on retrofitting
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CommentIn from the cold
The drive to retrofit may be the biggest casualty of the government’s failure to fulfil its green promises
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NewsGB Group administration notice confirmed
Shareholder MJ Gleeson tells stock exchange GB Building’s parent company likely to go into administration
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FeaturesEcobuild 2015 video: Sir John Armitt
Author of the Armitt review on UK infrastructure plans, the energy sector and nuclear build programme
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FeaturesImage of the week: Ecobuild 2015
Visitors including Spud, the Dulux dog, crowd London’s ExCeL conference centre for Ecobuild this week
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NewsNorthern England 'needs its own Transport for London'
Think tank IPPR calls for transport body to boost north of England
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NewsLondon could lose global city status, warns Aecom
Manifesto predicts shortfall of one million homes by 2036 and demands urgent action on infrastructure