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NewsRIBA: Architects should charge extra for green design
Call from the RIBA’s director of practice to follow US model to create greater ‘transparency’
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NewsNational Museum of Scotland revamp scoops best building award
Glasgow-based Gareth Hoskins Architects wins £25,000 prize, the biggest in British architecture
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Comment
Inbox: Eco living
This week, we hear from one firm about its green legacy, while other readers comment on the flawed planning process and the politics of sustainability
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NewsPublic sector work to go online
Francis Maude announced shake up of public sector procurement ahead of Autumn Statement
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FeaturesThe Building Good Employer Guide: Pathfinders
If companies are to navigate through the downturn and out the other side, they need to make some crucial strategic and staffing decisions. Building asks some of the most forward-thinking firms where they’re heading and how
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FeaturesThe Building Good Employer Guide: What’s the winning combination?
Employers have a dilemma: the pressure is on to reduce staff costs but also to retain the best talent to bolster business. Our guide reveals new trends in benefits offered by the firms that are ahead of the game
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NewsNFDC suspends demolition contractor after site death
Trade body suspends Essex-based Micor’s membership
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NewsBDP to design £14m Essex business school
Architect unveils visualisations of timber frame complex
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NewsGovernment announces £200m Green Deal boost
Danny Alexander tells today’s NHBC annual lunch that money will help incentivise flagship scheme
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NewsGive Highways Agency greater independence, review recommends
Greater commercial focus and changes to governance structure are the key to delivering savings, report says
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NewsFITs cut could cost government £230m
Energy consultancy’s analysis shows huge tax loss to the Treasury if jobs are lost because of cuts to government subsidies for solar power
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CommentThe real problem raised by the Homes and Communities Agency affordable homes figures
Bad news or not, the HCA needs a greater level of transparency about its figures
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CommentLooks like a good deal for housebuilders, but only time will tell
One the surface the return of 95% mortgages on new build homes is good for housebuilders
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NewsNo extra design checks for £400m housing fund
Housebuilders won’t have to meet additional design standards to benefit from £400m government fund
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NewsKier Sheffield to make 50 redundant
Contractor has sent letters to all 985 of the division’s employees
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NewsSkyscraper plan puts Liverpool’s world heritage status on the line
Unesco will demand “radical” changes to Chapman Taylor-designed scheme
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for Cyril Sweett’s technical and financial due diligence team
Just in time for Movember a fake moustache makes an appearance at Building buys a pint
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NewsState-of-the-art treehouse for vulnerable young people opens
Blue Forest’s £178,000 woodland retreat was opened by the Duke of Gloucester