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NewsFirms slam vocational qualification downgrade
Training heads say downgrading of qualifications may undermine raft of new technical colleges
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NewsBalfour and Vinci target London office market
Contractors establishing a foothold in the area and enjoying significant contract wins
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NewsFears over 'stealth tax' on green performance software
Firms concerned about plans to charge software manufacturers up to £16,000 to validate green building software
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NewsSt John Ambulance calls on construction firms to train staff in first aid
Organisation working with HSE to improve site safety and highlights importance of firms having first aid training
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FeaturesCountry focus: Germany
Investors are still flocking to Europe’s largest economy, unemployment is at a new low, and orders are up 20%. What could possibly go wrong? John Atkins and Meinhard Rudolph from EC Harris report
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CommentExpert witnesses of opinion: Takes one to know one
A negligence case against a professional often, but not always, benefits from the opinion of an expert in the same field
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CommentNew provisions in the Construction Act: To be judged
Different interpretations of the wording of the new Construction Act are causing confusion, and until the new provisions reach the courts this is unlikely to change
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CommentKnowing when time limits for legal action start
There are time limits for commencing legal actions but the really tricky part is knowing at what point the clock starts
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Recycled modular building
Foremans Relocatable Building Systems has provided a reycled modular building for a health centre in the East Riding of Yorkshire
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Heating system filter
Eclipse Magnetics has recently launched the BoilerMagXT heating system filter
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Blue sockets
The Wandsworth Group has launched a range of blue sockets to comply with the NHS Medical Electrical Installation Guidance Notes
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Heat-control tiles
Armstrong Ceilings will launch its new range of CoolZone tiles at Ecobuild in London on 20-22 March
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Insulated cables
Prysmian’s insulated cables were used for the fire system of a hospital in Northern Ireland
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FeaturesThe London office market: Development boom?
With 25-year leases expiring all over the City, this was meant to be a boom time for commercial development in central London. So why are so many of the most prestigious schemes either on hold or sitting empty? Building reports
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FeaturesE.ON's Michael Woodhead: Power trip
E.ON UK’s sustainable energy division is quickly becoming a very influential player in the country’s power market. Ahead of its starring role at Ecobuild next month, managing director Michael Woodhead tells Building why that’s particularly good news for construction
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CommentFocus on our skills base, not credit agencies
The government is hell-bent on satisfying the credit rating agencies when it would be better investing long-term in our skills base, says David Blunkett
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Inbox: On a budget
This week, readers seize hold of the purse strings - berating the government for failing to cap public procurement costs and laying into the RICS for racking up huge losses
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CommentEco standards in schools are slipping
Michael Gove’s free schools were meant to rip through red tape. But it’s not just the curriculum that has been relaxed - increasingly, sustainability and space requirements are being dropped too. Now fears are growing that this latest austerity measure could spread to all new schools, as Allister Hayman reports