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CommentPut on a jumper or freeze?
There is a third way to get our energy bills down and that’s to take the shackles off ECO
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FeaturesForeign investment in housing
With London house prices rising 10% this month and alarm that more people than ever are being priced out of home ownership, pressure is growing to clamp down on foreign investors
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NewsClegg hits back at Cameron over green energy schemes
Deputy prime minster says he will ‘not accept’ moves by Tories to water down green energy schemes funded through charges on energy bills
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FeaturesCladding at Birmingham New Street
Birmingham New Street station is being transformed by a curving steel cladding system, but attaching such an instantly iconic facade to an existing frame has thrown up a variety of structural challenges
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CommentOUP Construction Adjudication and Payments Handbook: Hernia-inducing tome
OUP’s Construction Adjudication and Payments Handbook is a wonderful resource, with key cases and commentary to boot – but at 542 pages, why oh why is there no online version?
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NewsBalfour Beatty appoints ex-WSP sustainability director
Paul Toyne charged with heading up Balfour Beatty Construction UK’s sustainability progress
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NewsMiller wins £30m Scottish education campus job
Firm to deliver community campus in Aberdeenshire through hub North Scotland
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FeaturesLead times: July - September 2013
Most works packages continue to be unmoved, but increased activity means that some rises are expected in the months ahead. Brian Moone of Mace Business School summarises the data
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CommentBIM - a very good place to start?
Starting off the BIM process by establishing the client’s requirements - and thinking about the final outcome - is key
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CommentScottish construction is on the up
What impact would Scottish independence have on the country’s construction industry?
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NewsFive teams battle for role on £720m Westminster revamp
Aecom, Sweett Group and Turner Townsend among the firms in the running for key role on the prestigious refurbishment of the Palace of Westminster
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NewsTop UK architects set out views on China’s future cities
Former RIBA president Angela Brady commissions research papers from figures including Richard Rogers and Terry Farrell
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NewsFour firms face off for £500m Royal Mail site development
Exclusive: Big name contractors in running for £150m contract to build Great Portland Estates’ Rathbone Place development in central London
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NewsBDP's China science park to begin construction
BDP-designed science and technology park, part of a wider masterplan, is set to get underway
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CommentCIL: a tax on all your houses
Could the Community Infrastructure Levy be more of a brake on housebuilding than local opposition?
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CommentTime for joined up thinking
Why the industry needs an independent policy and technical platform with improving building performance as its primary objective
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NewsOver 30 firms appointed to £1bn housing framework
Galliford Try, Morgan Sindall and Wates Living Space among those to win a place
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NewsPrime minister promises to ‘roll back’ green taxes
Government’s building energy efficiency retrofit scheme in line for cuts
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FeaturesInterview: Andrew Ridley-Barker, Vinci
Vinci’s construction boss on why the firm is putting airports at the centre of its growth strategy