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NewsLabour reaffirms zero carbon homes pledge
Shadow housing minister hits out at government’s failure to implement zero carbon homes agenda
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NewsGovernment unveils fresh planning shake-up
New set of planning reforms unveiled as part of extensive government consultation
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NewsPrivate housing continues to drive growth
NHBC figures show number of new homes rose 9% in second quarter - but number of public homes falls 11%
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NewsArcadis takeover of Hyder ‘will boost EC Harris’
Combined firm will offer ‘full set of services’ in UK and Middle East, Arcadis CEO says
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CommentSharing out the risks
BIM is supposed to help eliminate design risk but the different parties on a project must make sure that their responsibilities and liabilities are clearly defined
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FeaturesAgenda 15: What you said
Building has been asking the construction industry what policies the next UK government needs to adopt - here we review your responses
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NewsConstruction appointments: 1 August 2014
Mite, Parsons Brinckerhoff and CBRE are among the firms and organisations announcing promotions and appointments
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NewsHurley Palmer Flatt reports pre-tax loss of over £500,000
Engineer’s accounts also show that it broke banking covenants in 18 months up to September 2013
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CommentThe Green Deal: Are we back at square one?
The sector must capitalise on customer interest now that the £120m government incentive has closed
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FeaturesSketch of the week: The Harley Gallery
This week’s Building sketch is by Hugh Broughton of Hugh Broughton Architects.
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NewsImage of the week: Powering down
Locals gathered in Oxfordshire to watch the destruction of Didcot power stations cooling towers
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NewsKeltbray sees revenue jump 15%
Demolition and rail work boost turnover at specialist contractor, but pre-tax profit slips 3%
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NewsHousing stats: New-build sales and completions in June
Sales, registrations and completions are up across the board, with both private and public sectors growing
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CommentWe must re-empower small and medium-sized housebuilders
Tthe current dominance of volume house builders has caused concerns for location and housing quality
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FeaturesThis week in 1974
Newly elected RIBA vice-president Sydney Champan wrote a column challenging the abandonment of plans for the Thames Estuary airport in Building, 2 August 1974
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CommentBalfour: Another twist, but not the end
Balfour Beatty’s decision to walk away from merger talks with Carillion is far from the conclusion of this story
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CommentDifferent ways to shorten the skills gap
A reader responds to Simon Rawlinson’s column with her own ideas about how to tackle the skills shortage
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NewsBoris outlines £1.3 trillion London infrastructure plan
Industry applauds “long-term visibility” of workload and potential for investment
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NewsCelebrated urbanist and planner Peter Hall dies
Peter Hall, the celebrated planner, urbanist and geographer, has died
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NewsMorgan Sindall takes £120m Pf2 schools batch
Exclusive: Morgan Sindall beats rivals to take batch of private finance schools in the North-west