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NewsConstruction appointments: 14 March 2014
Balfour Beatty, Galliford Try and Sweett Group are among the companies making promotions and new appointments
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NewsProject team picked for £600m Battersea second phase
Exclusive: Developer on hunt for contractor, as consultants land roles on redevelopment of iconic power station
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NewsGreen light for Mail Rail redevelopment
Architect Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios’ plans will transform subterranean railway network into tourist ride
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CommentPopulist policy-making at its worst
The impact of the government’s proposed changes to ECO is just becoming clear – and it’s not a pretty sight
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FeaturesThis week in ... 1979
Read this fascinating article from Building magazine’s archive on how urban design can be used to cut the numbers of children killed on our roads
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FeaturesBudget 2014: Over to you, George
Ahead of next week’s Budget, Building looks at the measures the construction industry can expect to emerge from Osborne’s red box
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NewsBalfour Beatty predicts ‘gentle’ recovery in 2014
Chief executive of Balfour Beatty Construction Services UK describes 2013 as a ‘disappointing’ year
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NewsCapita team wins £400m job to run the defence estate
Consultant to lead consortium that will manage over £10bn of Ministry of Defence construction contracts
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Flooring
This week, we tread over new ground, including heavy-duty entrance matting at the Birmingham New Street redevelopment, coloured concrete at the British Museum and a walnut finish at Corby Cube
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NewsECO cuts will cost 14,000 industry jobs
Government admits proposed changes to Energy Companies Obligation will slash energy efficiency spending by £900m and create 14,000 fewer jobs
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CommentNew Street architect speaks
Alejandro Zaera-Polo on the Birmingham station project’s atrium cladding
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CommentAsbestos training needed to avert tragedy
Chair of UK Asbestos Training Association reminds us of the dangers of asbestos
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CommentDemand for better health and safety
‘Following the deaths of two construction workers we demand urgent action by the HSE’
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CommentCan industry go green when government wavers?
The latest minor upgrade to Part L of the Building Regulations is symptomatic of a wider malaise
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CommentMipim blog: Where are the red trousers?
Architect Jack Pringle with his daily blog from down on the Croisette in Cannes
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Higgins set to outline HS2 cost savings
The new boss of HS2 has identified at least £1.5bn in cost savings in London alone from the £43bn project
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CommentMipim dispatch: The dawn of a new era?
This year’s Mipim conference may herald a new era for construction in London – with new problems to go with it, writes our man in Cannes
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NewsBouygues to build London’s first Passivhaus School
Contractor wins £5m revamp of Tower Hamlets school
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CommentA mixed school report
December’s progress report into school procurement went largely unnoticed – but if the UK is to provide the education places its population needs, both the government and the industry need to sit up and pay attention