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NewsLabour backs key green building campaign aims
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls backs key aims of Building’s Green for Growth campaign in letter to Eric Pickles
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NewsLaing O'Rourke wins £30m Oxford uni job
Prestigious Blavatnik School of Government building is designed by Swiss star Herzog de Meuron
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NewsCrossrail announces new operations boss
Howard Smith to be responsible for maintenance on £15bn London railway
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NewsBoris reveals £78m housing fund winners
Barratt Homes receives largest single allocation under London scheme
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NewsCladding specialist Baris in administration
More than 100 jobs go as firm that worked on the facade of Birmingham’s Selfridges building folds
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NewsUK BIM standard a world first, says Hansford
Chief construction advisor hails says new guidelines will help firms adopt BIM successfully
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NewsDelayed Heathrow Terminal 2 project could be worth £5bn
Airport’s new development director sets out five-year plan and value of T2 second phase
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NewsDavis Langdon loses two commercial stars
Exclusive: Tall buildings expert Steve Watts and head of offices Iain Parker both exiting the firm
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News
Construction appointments: 15 February 2013
FCC, Rider Levett Bucknall and IM Properties are amongst the companies making new appointments
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CommentIs there a place for Passivhaus in the UK?
NHBC director and Zero Carbon Hub chief executive Neil Jefferson questions whether the UK is as suitable for Passivhaus homes as its continental neighbours
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NewsGolden Lane Housing launches UK's largest charity bond
Charity seeks investment to boost number of specialist homes for people with a learning disability
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CommentReducing an adjudicator's award
If an adjudicator tells you to pay up, can you issue a withholding notice and demand a big cheque instead? Tony Bingham examines a recent judgment
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CommentProcurement: Old ways are the best
Two surveys on construction procurement show that although the traditional and design and build routes are still favoured, there’s plenty of scope for refinement
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FeaturesThe other Mr M of AHMM
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris’ Google HQ win topped off a profitable year for the practice. Vern Pitt talks to MD Peter Morris about the secret to bagging the big clients
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CommentHansom: Cultural tourism
This week, Germany decides Britannia is cool, the place of Osama bin Laden’s violent death toys with the idea of a theme park and a client goes ballistic in Bulgaria
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FeaturesTop five contractors: Core changes
How are the top five contracting firms in the UK changing to function in the harsh economic climate?
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CommentMy digital life … Edward Jones
The PMB Holdings CEO on classic cars, his lack of interest in Twitter, and annoying his kids by listening to Pink Floyd
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CommentRetrofit is way forward
A leaner office is not necessarily less sophisticated - it just needs to be smarter
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CommentSpotlight on underbidding
It should be the bankers, auditors and shareholders speaking out against underbidding
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CommentRenewables not the answer
Unless we are prepared to consume less electricity, we may have to look elsewhere than renewable energy sources