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Olympic stadium makes Stirling shortlist
Populous Architects’ 2012 Olympic stadium is on the shortlist for the Stirling Prize
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Slip resistant vinyl floor covering
Polyflor has added Modena PUR to its Polysafe range of safety vinyl floor covering
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Shovels at the ready
New government initiatives show plans to attract private investment to the industry have not worked out as hoped
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Noise insulating floors
Stramit’s ElecoFloor was chosen in the construction of the West Park Development, Manchester
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Recycled carpet
Forbo has launched a new addition to its entrance flooring range, called Coral Welcome.
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Osborne and Davey in standoff over support for renewable energy
Chancellor blocking new system of subsidies for low carbon energy as energy department mandarin quits
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Architects get twitchy over prospects in private housing as industry optimism wanes
The RIBA future trends survey index took a hit in June falling from 13 to 2
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Liverpool mayor announces board of city development corporation
Members to incude Peel Holdings director Robert Hough
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Building buys a pint... for Formation Architects
Housing, London and the Shard are discussed at The Island Queen, Islingon, London
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Sector unites to call for investment
UKCG’s campaign to boost construction spending comes amid dire economic news
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Ucatt official says election was unfair
Branch president lodges complaint to Certification Office after ruling that union breached law in 2011 vote
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Key backers pull out of Severn Estuary scheme
New consortium set to take over proposed tidal power scheme after Halcrow and John Gummer pull out of project
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BIM: The inside story one year on
Building caught up with the team on the Manchester library refurb project to see if BIM was everything they hoped it would be
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Steve Hindley: Mr Happy
The chair of contractor Midas and the CBI’s Construction Council has a smile on his face. What does he know that we don’t?
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Should we work all hours?
Ray O’Rourke has said a 35-hour week would make the industry more attractive to recruits. How realistic is a shorter working week is - and does anyone really want it?
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Pensions: Cleaning up our toxic legacy
Construction accounts for £34.4bn of the UK’s final salary pension deficit. How can the government restore confidence in workplace schemes?
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Hansom: A spot of mischief
This week, Labour’s shadow construction minister reveals his inner child, Tessa Jowell recalls Howard Shiplee’s feminist leanings, Building fails to cut it with a mallet and a saucy video for … paint
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Jam tomorrow but what about today?
This week’s announcement of £9.4bn of railway spending is great news. But we need to invest in housing to get out of the current slump