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NewsFinal investment decision on £1.5bn wind farm
Dudgeon offshore wind farm in East Anglia reaches milestone
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NewsTender prices on the rise
Material prices and wage inflation fuelling construction cost increases, according to RICS
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NewsArmitt proposes fast track to long-term infrastructure plan
A national infrastructure assessment could be complete by midway through next parliament
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NewsBlacklist compensation scheme launched: full details
Campaigners furious at offer of £4,000 - £20,000 fast-track for affected workers
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CommentClearing the traffic
The Highways Agency is being transformed from a quango to a go-co. But will it help projects to move faster – or just reduce its accountability?
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NewsOasis Academy Marksbury Road: Primary colours
Skanska appointed by Bristol council to design, build and fit-out £5.5m primary school
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NewsInterserve slams MoD’s ‘failed’ £4bn contract award process
Firm launches legal challenge claiming Carillion JV’s winning bid could be ‘abnormally low’ and ‘undeliverable’
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NewsOne Nine Elms team confirmed
KPF, Second London Wall and Montagu Evans among firms selected for massive regeneration scheme
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CommentThe quest for zero waste
Buildings of the future will be 100% recyclable, totally flexible and highly sophisticated - so who is going to design them?
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FeaturesSketch of the week: The Department
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Max Titchmarsh, director at SPARK Architects.
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NewsHousing stats: New-build sales and completions in May 2014
Private registrations and completions continue to be higher than a year ago, while the public sector declines
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NewsHere be dragons
The 16th Construction Industry Dragon Boat Challenge raised money for homelessness charity CRASH
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CommentThe Green Construction Board
Columnist Rudi Klein writes in about our Green Construction Board feature
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FeaturesThis week in ... 1994
With Tower Bridge celebrating its 120th birthday this week, we head back 20 years in the Building archives to when a Danish model-maker constructed the iconic landmark entirely out of Lego
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CommentHansom: Quite a performance
Roll up, roll up … And enter a magical world where cranes dance on building sites, construction professionals ride dragons across the waves, civil engineers are funny, and death metal bands are completely silent
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NewsConstruction appointments: 4 July 2014
Capita, John Rowan and Partners and Atkins are among the firms announcing appointments and promotions this week
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FeaturesHow vital is government as a construction client?
Public sector work has kept much of the construction industry off the critical list for the past six years but with the private sector now in increasingly robust health, how much is government really needed as a client?
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NewsFoster + Partners brings ownership back in-house
Architect buys 40% stake back from private equity firm with cash from ‘strong balance sheet’
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NewsBalfour Beatty to scale back M&E business by a quarter
Following latest £35m profit warning, firm to step back from wider M E market in London with revenue set to fall by around a quarter
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NewsRevealed: EFA picks winners for £5bn schools framework
Exclusive: Full list of contractors for the Education Funding Agency’s regional schools framework