More news – Page 1802
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NewsLand Securities teams with pension fund for Victoria scheme
Mixed-use scheme on Victoria circle site worth £1bn
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NewsPickles' planning decisions in doubt after Cala
Communities secretary’s defeat in court spat with Cala Homes leaves other major planning decisions in doubt
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NewsFirms cast doubt on Osborne’s pensions plan
Major contractors say it is ‘highly unlikely’ that institutional investors will invest in ‘large numbers’ in infrastructure
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NewsWilkinson Eyre completes Soho office
The £9.5m building replaces a sixties building in the Soho Conservation Area
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NewsContractors to launch online sustainability tool
Service to help subcontractors improve sustainability credentials
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NewsUK construction firms ‘have the edge’ in Qatar
Director of £3.5bn Doha scheme says British will continue to snap up work over next five years
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NewsCarillion loses 800 staff as solar subsidies cut further
Government’s own estimates predict a third of solar jobs will go
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NewsScheme to kick start housing three times oversubscribed
Housing minister welcomes ‘clamour’ for £420m Get Britain Building fund aimed at unlocking stalled sites
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FeaturesRCA Architecture Show 2012
Students explore sound in the city, a factory that turns rags to riches and a proposal to turn the Design Museum into a public pool as part of the architecture students’ interim show
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NewsBattersea Power Station site worth extra £470m if demolished
Historic power station site may only be viable for development if cleared
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FeaturesThe University of Bradford: The stuff of BREEAM
For a university to have one building with an unprecedented 95% BREEAM score is impressive, but to have two suggests it really knows what it is doing. Building examined Bradford’s Sustainability and Enterprise Centre to find out its secret
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FeaturesCost model: Standardised schools
As the James Review made clear, the future of schoolbuilding lies with low-cost standard solutions, much as it did in the fifties. Darren Talbot and Stuart Francis of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company, offer an overview of this burgeoning market and consider the costs
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NewsNHBC chief executive steps down
The chief executive of the National House Building Council has stepped down after almost 15 years in the role
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NewsMorrell: government 'under informed by reality' on carbon plan
Government’s construction adviser hits out at carbon reduction plan for lacking concrete actions
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News40% of commercial buildings fall short of green standard
Study of over 1,000 buildings finds energy requirement from 2018 will decrease many buildings’ value
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NewsCapita's Saudi shopping centre: Open all hours
Capita Symonds shopping centre in Saudi Arabia Capita Symonds has unveiled plans for a new shopping centre in Al- Ahsa, Saudi Arabia. The 1.3 million ft2 scheme will provide two anchor stores at either end of a three-level “24hr lifestyle street”. The project is due for ...
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CommentCould Cala row prompt further planning guidance?
Ian Ginbey argues that Eric Pickles’ latest defeat may have repercussions across the planning system
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NewsAtkins' £13m special educational needs school opens in Barnsley
School built by Laing O’Rourke is among latest Barnsley BSF projects to complete
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NewsGreen light for huge Abu Dhabi island scheme
Masterplan by architect Broadway Malyan for 680ha Yas Island waterfront community approved by planners
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NewsTony Burton takes policy job at Design Council
Former Urban Task Force member gets role on key design body