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CommentGet BIM right for facilities management
A reader provides some thoughts about applying BIM to make sure that buildings operate as they should
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NewsGreen light for Willmott Dixon's £30m Aberfeldy estate project
Willmott Dixon’s development division has reached financial close on phase one of the £250m transformation of the Aberfeldy estate in Tower Hamlets
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NewsLeadbitter bags £23m Swansea research centre
Exclusive: Contractor has been appointed preferred bidder for the £23m job to build Swansea University’s new Innovation Hub
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FeaturesSustainable Project of the Year
Eight buildings are competing for the title of Sustainable Project of the Year in the 2013 Building Awards. Here’s this year’s shortlist
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CommentMy digital life … Femi Oresanya
The HOK architect on his favourite Twitter feeds, reading in bed and balancing iPhone with Android
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CommentHansom: A time for action
Will Ed Davey show bold leadership by getting himself retrofitted? Can Sir Stuart Lipton succeed in un-demolishing the Euston Arch? And do we need to act now to stop the newts from taking over?
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CommentBuilding an army of 'adaptive copers'
Most people evade the emotional reality of climate change, says psychologist Oliver James. It’s time that we all faced the facts
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CommentNuclear: Delayed reaction
With fresh problems besetting EDF’s Hinkley Point project and rival Horizon’s scheme being reworked from scratch, should construction firms fear that the long-awaited nuclear bonanza may never happen at all?
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CommentTwo ideas that might shake the world
Inventions such as the steam engine have always driven economic revival, says Leo Johnson. Could a similar revolution save us this time?
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NewsBrussels to take UK to court over Green Deal tax break
European Commission says low VAT rate aimed at supporting Green Deal breaks EU law
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NewsAmey takes top spot on back of £600m rail contract
Lovell and Leadbitter are big movers as overall construction activity dips 3%
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NewsHousing starts fall below 100k in 2012
Number of housing starts fell below 100,000 last year, less than two fifths the amount needed to meet demand
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NewsPolice watchdog announces blacklist investigation
Exclusive: IPCC agrees to oversee investigation into claim that information on blacklisted workers came from the police
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NewsHCA chooses infrastructure finance expert as new boss
Andy Rose, former head of Treasury’s infrastructure unit, appointed HCA chief executive
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NewsCrown Estate readies £450m scheme for market
The Crown Estate is set to go to market this summer for a main contractor for its £450m St James’s Market scheme
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NewsFerrovial buys Enterprise for £385m
Spanish giant Ferrovial says Enterprise will be integrated into its UK business Amey
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FeaturesAnother jewel in the Crown: Alastair Smart
The Crown Estate is that rare thing: a public body steeped in history that is at the same time a highly efficient profit-making machine. Alastair Smart is its head of development
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FeaturesCost model: Performing arts buildings
Venues for the performing arts are complex, high risk and very much in the public eye. Simon Downing of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company sets out the design and construction considerations and the impact these all have on the total project cost
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NewsEC Harris and Mace win lead role on 1km Saudi tower
Exclusive: Joint venture will project manage construction of world’s tallest $1.2bn Kingdom Tower
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NewsPlans unveiled for China maritime cultural project
Office for Architecturual Culture has worked up design for Tanmen International Oceanic Fishing Culture Centre and Musuems project in Hainan, China