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CommentHansom: Look over there!
Distractions abound in the industry this week, from executive toys in Rok’s offices, elusive bosses, misplacing a wind farm and a handy suggestion for the Irish government’s PR team
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NewsThe Shard: A record high
Renzo Piano’s skyscraper takes the Canary Wharf Tower’s title as London’s tallest building
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NewsHCA boss: social housing funds on ice till 2012
There will be almost no new funding for social housing for 18 months, the new chief executive of the Homes and Communities Agency has admitted in her first major interview.
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NewsMelbourne office by Wilkinson Eyre Architects: Uni glow
Wilkinson Eyre Architects and the Melbourne office of Sinclair Knight Merz have been appointed to design a building for the Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia. A six-storey block will “float” above a retained street-level Victorian facade. The development will form part of the university’s Hawthorn Campus.Send your project ...
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Bovis wins £150m Regent’s Place deal from British Land
Bovis Lend Lease has beaten off competition from Mace and Sir Robert McAlpine to win a £150m deal to build the second phase of British Land’s Regent’s Place scheme in London.
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EDF to name Hinkley Point team next month
EDF will select a preferred bidder for the £180m earthworks contract for its planned Hinkley Point nuclear power station before Christmas, write Joey Gardiner and David Matthews.
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Two more senior figures walk out on Davis Langdon
A further two senior staff members have left Davis Langdon in the latest round of high-profile departures since the QS was bought by US engineering giant Aecom.
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Rok's collapse threatens bid for £130m housing scheme
A £130m housing PFI scheme in Oldham could be derailed following the Rok collapse.
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NewsIrish crisis spreads to UK as McCabe suspends site work
Irish contractor stops work on UK sites as it awaits decision from banking rescue fund
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NewsMitie acquisitions boost half-year profit by 12%
Company posts strong results despite plans to close engineering services in Scotland and South-west
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Taylor Wimpey secures £100m as part of refinancing deal
Taylor Wimpey has secured £100m from the fund management arm of the Prudential, which moves it closer to the £350m it needs to raise to complete a refinancing deal announced last week
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Kier buys PV firm for £2.4m
Kier has snapped up green energy specialist contractor Beco in a deal worth £2.4m
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Gleeson snaps up more land as house sales soar 47%
Sales at Gleeson have risen by almost half since July and private completions have grown by more than a quarter since the same time last year, the housebuilder said in an interim statement to the City last Friday
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CommentLocal authorities and housebuilding
Local authorities are using their new powers to cancel planned housing schemes, but that doesn’t mean housebuilders should just sit back, says Chris Cobbold
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FeaturesKulveer Ranger: The London mayor’s transport adviser
Cuts to the tube upgrade, renegotiated contracts on Crossrail, delays to major transport projects … who’d be transport adviser to London’s mayor? Well, Kulveer Ranger is and he’s confident he is on the right track
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Multi-service chilled beams
Active multi-service chilled beams from Trox have been installed in a six-storey office development in Cardiff to help cut energy use. The 3 Assembly Square development sitsopposite the National Assembly for Wales’ Senedd building. The multi-service chilled beams incorporate a lighting management system, including PIR sensors, to optimise energy consumption ...
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Low-energy ventilation
A new store for Asda at Langley Mill in Derbyshire will be the first in the UK to use Breathing Buildings’ patented e-stack low energy ventilation system.The e-stack natural ventilation system is designed to ensure the fresh air rates required for building regulations, while minimising the heating energy required. This ...
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Low-energy lighting
Zumtobel has launched the Panos Infinity LED downlight range. The minimalist design features a luminaire efficiency of up to 77 lumens per watt. As a result the LED technology is claimed to outcompete traditional compact fluorescent lamps in terms of efficiency and lighting quality.The luminaire’s luminous flux in excess of ...
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NewsLED lighting
Trilux has launched the Neximo suspended luminaire, which incorporates LED technology to make it more energy efficient. Suitable for commercial applications, the unit has a tapering body section with a depth of 25mm. It uses 22 LEDs to emit light directly to the desktop, and its indirect wide distribution - ...