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NewsCITB hatches post-privatisation survival plan
CITB-ConstructionSkills is drafting survival plans after a leaked government list revealed that the industry training body might be privatised, writes David Matthews.
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HCA about to reveal new boss
The government is poised to announce a new chief executive for housing quango the Homes and Communities Agency as early as today.
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Morgan Sindall secures 42 of Connaught social housing jobs
Morgan Sindall has said 42 of Connaught’s estimated 100 social housing deals have been transferred to the company since it bought it for £28m this month.
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NewsRoyal green: 2010 Sustainability Awards
Shortlist for the awards include Arup’s Harlequin 1 and the Miller Zero development by Frazer Brown Mackenna
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FeaturesAfter Kieron: Campaigning for better site safety
Monday 9 August 2004 is a date Jennifer Deeney will never forget. It was when her husband Kieron died in an accident on a construction site - 13 weeks after they were married. Since then she’s been campaigning for better site safety - and a calendar of naked women ...
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FeaturesThe master strategy: Can a QS be a management consultants
Davis Langdon wants to compete with McKinsey. But can it really find a place at the top table of global management consultancies? And will the rest of the quantity surveying industry follow it
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CommentWhat the pooping man told us
Engineers’ wizardry is beyond question, but they still suffer from a cultural cringe when it comes to the question of creativity. Luckily, Chris Wise met someone who explained the whole thing
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Government spending cuts ‘had an impact’ on Archial collapse
The cancellation of government building programmes had a direct impact on the collapse of top-10 UK architect Archial, the rescued firm’s chief executive said this week.Chris Littlemore said the firm had a number of schools, academies and custodial projects cut or frozen in the past six months which “certainly had ...
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NewsPassivhaus goes to school
Hadlow college in Kent is the first educational building in Britain to meet the stringent demands of the German low-energy standard
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NewsDesigns on Dundee: Six proposals for the V&A
Six designs have been shortlisted for the proposed £47m V&A Dundee museum
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NewsRender for timber frames
Reinforced render finish systems from Weber have been used on a number of new-build and refurbished schools for Aberdeen council
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Movers and makers - 01 October 2010
Latest news from the world of construction product manufacture
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NewsFibre cement
Natura Pro fibre cement cladding from Marley Eternit has been used on the £23m Sir Thomas Wharton Community College in Doncaster
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Communities department ‘struggles’ with homes incentive plan
The communities department is in chaos over how to implement the coalition government’s proposed housebuilding incentive scheme, according to the previous Labour housing minister.John Healey told a fringe meeting at the Labour party conference that his former department had no idea how to implement the New Homes Bonus scheme, a ...
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NewsSlate flooring
Kirkstone, specialists in Cumbrian slate and imported architectural stone, has supplied natural silver-green slate flooring on an extension and renovation project on the Samuel Lindow Building at the University of Central Lancashire’s Cumbrian campus
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CommentEd, the thoughtful radical
Ed Miliband was not my first choice as leader of the Labour party
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Shower controls
Rada has launched the V10 sequential shower control, which is suitable for light commercial or semi-residential applications such as university accommodation
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Ground to air heat exchanger
Rehau’s Awadukt Thermo ground-air heat exchanger has been specified for the Carclaze Community primary school in St Austell, Cornwall
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Radiant heating panels
HCP, the specialist heating division of SAS International, has launched a radiant heating service raft
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Cladding panels
Steni cladding panels have been used to give a new lease of life to St Mary’s Catholic Primary School in Falmouth, Cornwall