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Feilden & Mawson wins planning for west London revamp
Natural light and green spaces key to design
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Bellway to up building rate after strong half-year
Housebuilder says it will build a fifth more homes this year
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Building 17: Refurbishing Cromford Mill
The historic but neglected Victorian factory buildings at Cromford Mill in Derbyshire were overdue a refurb. But decontaminating the timber from chemicals used in industrial dyeing proved a test of modern ingenuity
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What to specify: Refurbishment
Renewing existing buildings from top to bottom is easier with innovative products to suit a range of projects, from cost-effective acoustic ceiling tiles to slip-resistant flooring
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BIM and the dark arts of insurance
Insurers are begining to adapt to BIM and to see its opportunities
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Skanska bags £50m Great Ormond Street job
Exclusive: Skanska has won the £50m job to build a new cardiac wing at the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London
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Gleeds bags Crossrail depot job for Bombardier
Consultant will project and cost manage train depot at Old Oak Common
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Shigeru Ban wins 2014 Pritzker Prize
Jury praises originality and ingenuity of 56-year old Japanese architect’s work
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Expanding Gatwick ‘will enable more flights than Heathrow'
Gatwick airport sets out new research and reveals T T’s role on scheme to build second runway
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Bowmer & Kirkland wins £28m schools batch
Bowmer Kirkland has won a £28m batch of priority schools in Derby
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Siemens backs £310m wind turbine plants in the North
Engineering giant Siemens has confirmed it will build a major new wind turbine plant in Hull and a blade factory in East Yorkshire
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It's a people problem
Built environment professionals can only do so much to cut carbon emissions, the rest is down to the behaviour of the people who occupy our buildings
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Battersea design boss bemoans 'identikit cities'
Head of design at Battersea Power Station redevelopment says UK towns are on ‘collision course with mediocrity’
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Billington back in the black after restructure
Steel specialist Billington Holdings edged back into profit last year, on the back of extensive restructuring
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Balfour Beatty wins £100m Singapore tube station
A Balfour Beatty joint venture has won a £100m contract to build a new station for Singapore’s underground rail network
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Clients are missing out on half the benefits of BIM
Many clients think they are getting the best out of BIM, but most are not even scratching the surface
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Laing O'Rourke's European boss steps down
Roger Robinson steps down from his role as head of Laing O’Rourke’s European business
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We must look East to fund UK infrastructure
China and South Korea are likely to stump up much of the £300bn we need to fund National Infrastructure Plan projects
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Need to achieve local and competitive supply?
Small businesses are important but it is important also to attract businesses with larger balance sheets and working capital to contribute to the economy
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Making steady progress
As Barbour ABI launches its latest monthly Economic Construction Market Review, Michael Dall presents highlights, including sector and regional statistics with a focus on the residential sector