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NewsGreen Deal continues sluggish progress
Number of completed Green Deals rises to just 883, but ECO work begins to pick up following end of year slump
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NewsBarbour ABI's March market review is out now
Barbour ABI’s Economic Construction Market Review for March is now available to download
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NewsMoD seeking firms for £1.5bn worth of work
Ministry of Defence launches new £350m FM contract, and seeks firms for two regional capital works frameworks worth £1.1bn
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NewsMitie writes down up to £15m on construction jobs
FM business continues painful scaling down of construction and M E work
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NewsCrest plans more homes on Help to Buy extension
Housebuilder says help to Buy extension provides it with “business certainty”
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FeaturesAgenda 15: Green priorities
In the latest in our series on Building’s Agenda 15 campaign ahead of the next election, and fresh from the Ecobuild sustainability event, we report on what the industry wants the government to do about green regulation
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NewsBuilding TV: Episode 2
In this episode Thomas Lane, Sarah Richardson and Elizabeth Hopkirk discuss Ecobuild 2014, Building’s Agenda 15 campaign and Barbour ABI’s Construction Industry Review
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CommentIs commissioning the key to successful building performance?
Fine-tuning a building’s performance is not easy and more work needs to be done to help facilities managers and building owners
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CommentPeter Rees' City legacy
The City’s head of planning has undoubtedly done some good for London, but he has failed to come up with a strategic vision for London’s skyline
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NewsConstruction to start on £800m Kingdom Tower
Construction on 1km tall Saudi Arabian tower scheduled to begin next month, with EC Harris and Mace as project managers
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FeaturesInterview: Peter Rees
Peter Rees’ 29 years as head of planning in the Square Mile have been nothing if not controversial. In his first interview since announcing his departure, he talks about transforming the City, his legacy and why his critics are wrong about him
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NewsLaing O’Rourke wins £100m Olympic media centre job
Contractor picked to transform media centre into a technology hub
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CommentOsborne should beware lure of stamp duty cash
Osborne’s swayed by mushrooming stamp duty receipts to deliver “housebuilding budget” despite needs of the rest of the industry
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NewsConstruction workforce rose to 2.2 million in 2013
Construction’s workforce grew three consecutive quarters at the end of last year
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NewsTreasury slashes £7bn from green levies
Budget latest: Move designed to boost energy intensive industries
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NewsOsborne pledges 200,000 new homes
Budget latest: Help for smaller firms and self-builders outlined in addition to Help to Buy expansion
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NewsOsborne confirms clampdown on bogus self-employment
Budget latest: Government crackdown on bogus self-employment to take effect from this April
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NewsMersey Gateway bridge gets £270m guarantee
Budget latest: Chancellor also announces £140m boost to flood repairs spending and £200m for potholes
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NewsBudget 2014: live
Live coverage of George Osborne’s Budget speech, with all the key announcements impacting on construction