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CommentBig business welcomes Labour's small sites push
The CBI’s Nicola Walker on why business supports Labour plans to allocate public land to small builders - up to a point
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NewsRevealed: The tastes and habits of Britain's average builder
Study of tradespeople across the country finds average builder earns £26,000, supports Manchester United and is called Paul
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CommentHidden challenges
Overheating is just one of the previously unreported design issues we face - the government must invest in sustainability to avert a national crisis
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FeaturesOn the waterfront: Royal Docks green design competition
Ecobuild and the Landscape Institute launched a competition for ideas on how to turn the Royal Docks into a green infrastructure space for east London. Ahead of the winner being announced at this year’s Ecobuild event, Thomas Lane reports on some of the top proposals
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CommentBrighter times with more demand
Housebuilders are in clover at the moment, but there will be pressure to boost output
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Features50 sustainability stars
In the expanding universe of sustainability, many stars shine out in the firmament. Building celebrates the sector’s top 50 brightest talents
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FeaturesCRASH: The worst is far from over
Despite signs of economic recovery, the scale of homelessness in the UK is undiminished. In fact, a combination of changes to the benefits system and funding cuts to charities means the outlook for the most excluded in society looks even more uncertain
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FeaturesCRASH: The Pilsden Community
The Pilsdon Community is a working farm in Dorset, which provides a refuge for people in crisis and intermittent respite for homeless people. But when they engaged a contractor to renovate a dilapidated barn and stables to create extra space they got their fingers burned. Here’s how working with CRASH ...
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FeaturesCRASH: Let's take things up a gear
The construction industry continued to support CRASH even through the worst years of the downturn. But now that the economy is picking up, the charity is more ambitious than ever
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FeaturesLondon's concrete quarter
The transformation of King’s Cross includes some of the UK’s most sustainable office buildings - and concrete is key to all of them
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NewsHow do we sell construction as a career?
This week a CITB report said the industry must engage with schools to counter ‘outdated and ill-informed careers advice’ about construction, three months after revealing the size of the skills gap in the sector
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NewsLondon councils tender £4bn framework
Four-year framework for up to 300 firms goes out to tender
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NewsStaff leave Speedy after £5m accounting blackhole
Plant hire firm will incur a £2.7m hit on profit this year after issues in its international division
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NewsRussia and UAE exits pull Waterman into the red
Engineer takes £1.7m hit from winding down two divisions, but firm’s underlying performance improves
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FeaturesSketch of the week: It wouldn't happen in Rome
In the first of a new series Ike Ijeh takes a satirical look at London’s incoherent approach to tall buildings
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FeaturesCRASH: Team Effort
Meet two charities CRASH supports: one for people in inner London recovering from addiction, the other supporting a community living in a former convent in Brighton
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CommentCRASH: A unique charity
In CRASH, the industry has a ready-made vehicle to enable it to help
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NewsKier knocks £45m off May Gurney assets
Firm reassesses value of loss-making waste collection contracts
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NewsCapita’s property business doubles profit
Former Capita Symonds division enjoys strong first year as Capita Property and Infrastructure
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NewsInterserve strikes £250m deal to buy Rentokil's FM arm
News of deal comes as firm posts 68% fall in full-year profit, with group revenue up 8% to £2.6bn