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FeaturesSerpentine Pavilion: A snake in the grass
Sou Fujimoto’s Serpentine Pavilion is a geometric structure, but also organic and cloud-like. It’s an impressive deception. So how did the team pull it off?
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NewsElliott Thomas construction rebrands
Elliott Thomas Group is rebranding its construction arm as Prime
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NewsGovernment to boost subsidies for renewable heat
Ground source heat pump tariff will double as energy department seeks to meet own targets
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NewsConstruction returns to growth in May
Residential building growth helps output rise for first time in six months, according to Markit/CIPS
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CommentWhy we need DECs
The current focus on Energy Performance Certificates is a distraction from the vital monitoring that’s needed to reveal how buildings perform when people are actually using them
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NewsUS firm eyes Balfour Beatty Workplace
New York-based CD R eyes merger of Balfour Beatty and Rentokil’s FM divisions
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NewsWYG back in the black
Consultant posts profit of £700k after stronger than expected performance
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NewsSeverfield-Rowen loss hits £29m
Steel giant reports loss after “most challenging period” in firm’s history
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NewsUnion launches blacklist High Court action
Contractors including Carillion, Sir Robert McAlpine and Kier targeted in legal action lodged by the GMB on behalf of construction workers
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FeaturesInterview: Glenn Howells
Glenn Howells tells Building why we need to abandon our fifties sense of order and totally rethink how we use the built environment
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CommentRepudiatory breach of contract: Once more unto the breach
A repudiatory breach by the other side allows you to terminate a contract. But you will need to be sure it is such a breach if you don’t want the courts to put you right
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NewsFormer Taylor Woodrow chairman dies
Sir Frank Gibb, a former chairman and chief executive of Taylor Woodrow, has died, aged 85
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NewsLord Sugar backs green energy target
Alan Sugar says he is “disappointed” the government has not “seized the opportunity” to stimulate green investment in the UK
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NewsLabour calls for £10bn housing boost
Shadow chancellor says short-term rise in borrowing to fund £10bn investment in housebuilding would boost economic growth
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CommentLimitation of adjudication: Aspect Contracts (Asbestos) Ltd vs Higgins Construction Plc
Did the adjudication process give Aspect a new cause of action against Higgins to recover the money which it had paid out on the temporarily binding decision of the adjudicator?
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NewsBAM starts work on Brum sport centre
Contractor begins £26m National Indoor Arena redevelopment job this month
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NewsGovernment cuts £1.7bn in costs from major projects
Figures show £1.7bn saved from major projects as part of an efficiency drive that realised £10bn in savings across Whitehall last year
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NewsCostain wins place on £200m TfL framework
Contract among four to be appointed to carry out structural work cross the capital
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NewsGreen Deal pioneer enters administration
Cornish firm had signed an agreement with government to be one of the first to roll out the Green Deal