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CommentStreets fit for people and not just for cars
The spate of cycling deaths on London’s roads underlines the need for long-term infrastructure planning
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NewsFeilden Clegg's Ulster campus receives funding boost
European Investment Bank agrees to £150m loan towards £250m Belfast higher education project
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NewsIntroduction of flood alleviation measures delayed
Nearly four years after a law was passed to increase the use of sustainable urban drainage systems vital infrastructure for their roll-out is still not ready
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CommentAlphasteel Limited vs Summit Development General Trading: Claims brought against settlement agreement
The case, before Lord Justice Tomlinson, Lady Justice Gloster and Lord Justice Underhill, explores whether the liquidators of Alphasteel contradicted the terms of a settlement agreement
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CommentAdjudication costs: Winner takes all
New European regulations raise the possibility of adjudication winners being allowed to claim back legal costs from the losing side. But would this contravene the Construction Act?
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NewsArchitect Kathryn Findlay dies
Designer of the Olympic Park’s Orbit sculpture was suffering from a brain tumour
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NewsLabour outlines plan to boost small housebuilders
Labour says if elected to government it would require councils to include a higher proportion of small sites in their land pipeline to help SME firms
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NewsUK firms win key role on massive Moscow cultural park
UK consultants and architects part of winning consortium to masterplan massive tourism and cultural development outside Moscow
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NewsBalfour Beatty wins £196m children’s hospital job
Firm to build and maintain Vancouver facility in partnership with local contractors
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CommentWhy do we put up with these dumb homes?
If our homes were a car they would be about as advanced as a 1950s Cadillac
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NewsBrussels backs 40% emissions reduction target
Members of the European parliament approve plans that should stimulate investment in green projects
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NewsFour firms battle for £250m Wrexham ‘super prison’
Exclusive: Four contractors are in the running to build the UK’s biggest prison
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NewsConstruction primed for five years of growth
CPA’s latest forecast anticipates growth of 3.4% this year and 5.2% next year, with private housing, infrastructure and commercial work the main drivers
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FeaturesBuilding's Agenda 15 campaign
The UK goes to the polls on 7 May 2015, but political parties will be forming their policies from now. So it is the time for the construction industry to tell the politicians what it needs to be able to thrive
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CommentAgenda 15: Time to build our future
Building’s new initiative, aimed at influencing the main political parties’ policies for the sector, kicks off with one of the biggest industry consultations ever undertaken.
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NewsLovell bags £51m barracks job
Ministry of Defence infrastructure arm awards contract for Stafford barracks
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NewsHeatherwick's bridge branded a 'vanity project'
Member of the House of Lords lash out at Arup engineered scheme calling it a “waste of money”
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NewsMivan falls into administration
Northern Irish-based contractor will continue to trade as administrator Deloitte assesses “all options”
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CommentWhat does 2014 hold for sustainability?
My four predictions for the sustainability agenda this year