More news – Page 1805
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Whitehall cuts construction costs by up to 7%
Data shows government making progress towards efficiency targets for the first time
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Comment
If we lose specialist subcontractors, the industry will be deskilled
A barren landscape of deskilled workers awaits us at the end of this downturn if we continue to neglect or leapfrog the specialist subcontractor, says Richard Piggott
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Consultants will get less work on government major projects
Consultants have been in a “very green paddock for a long while”, says government’s major projects supremo
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Inbox: Mixed messages
This week one reader thinks the government has a strong FITs policy but weak PR, while another says Sir John Armitt is just plain wrong about the ODA’s ‘no marketing’ rule for firms working on the Olympics
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What could go wrong?
It’s not hard to spot the danger in this safety blunder photo taken in Panama
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Where should the government spend to drive growth?
With the Budget just six weeks away, the chancellor must ensure that what money he has to invest will lead to growth - and not in 20 years’ time either
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Cities plan to invest billions in Green Deal retrofit work
Local authorities team up to issue large-scale retrofit schemes initially worth £1.7bn
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Features
Spotlight on: Jubilee Gardens
The Olympics and the Diamond Jubilee have given the capital a real lift this year and all sorts of projects that were languishing in the design drawer are now busily being prepared, spurred on by civic pride and that unyielding deadline. Here’s one such project, Jubilee Gardens
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Battle for jobs on new £1.9bn HCA framework
Housebuilders and contractors will compete for places on the renewed HCA framework
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'Shocking' lack of research on Green Deal claims
Government criticised after admitting there was ‘very little’ evidence for claim that Part L changes will boost Green Deal
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Take off: New Abu Dhabi airport is approved
Kohn Pederson Fox Associates has designed the airport, with a contractor expected to be appointed imminently
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£150m Shepherds Bush market scheme gets nod
Orion Land & Leisure and Development Securities scheme granted outline planning permission
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Barker sets out long-term reform to FIT scheme
Government says new lower FIT rate will be pegged to the falling cost of solar PV
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CH2M Hill wins £5bn Qatar World Cup
UK firms Mace, Arup and T&T thought to be among those to lose out
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Tate St Ives architect chosen
Jamie Fobert Architects has won the competition to design a new extension of the Tate gallery’s outpost in St Ives, Cornwall
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Housebuyers 'will pay more for green homes'
NHBC says housebuyers will pay a premium for energy efficiency
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Man at centre of RICS probe lands job at rival
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators employs Wajid Khan, who RICS accuses of ‘inappropriate behaviour’
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BREEAM row divides Whitehall
Gove’s proposal to ditch green standards for school prompts high-level talks across Whitehall
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Design Council slams Liverpool Waters plan
Design review criticises lack of principles and coherence in masterplan
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AEW hits back at Museum of Liverpool in High Court
Architect’s defence against £3.5m claim for defects says museum overreacted