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Comment
Green gauge
Exactly how the Green Investment Bank will be funded and managed continues to be up for debate but there is only so much longer this can go on before the “greenest government ever” gets a reputation for being all talk and no action
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Sound advice
I read with interest your recent article on free schools (10 September, page 42) and agree wholeheartedly, in principle, that existing buildings should be considered for conversion into so-called free schools
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NewsRok clears finance director of wrongdoing
Contractor lifts suspension of Ashley Martin and says financial problems were caused by falling workloads and poor controls
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CommentFalling mortgage approvals indicate gloomier times
House price indices are less helpful for forecasters when housing transactions are low
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NewsBirmingham reveals 20-year vision
Birmingham council had unveiled plans for how the city will be developed over the next two decades, creating 50,000 jobs in the process.
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NewsLiverpool sets to work on schools rescue plan
Taskforce plans to ask government for half of original BSF funding and raise the rest through other means
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NewsMinimal house price rise in September
0.1% rise this month, but quarter-on-quarter growth rate turns negative
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NewsContractors face tough day of bargaining with government
Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude is holding discussion with major suppliers to try and bring prices down
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NewsSaint Gobain fined £16,000 after worker loses fingers
HSE found that waster extractor safety guards could be removed by workers
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NewsAnimated copper facade by Atelier KAAMA in Prague
Architect specifies three different shades of copper cladding that will weather at different rates
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FeaturesMarathon effort: piling on the complex Glasgow sports arena site
How the team tackled difficult conditions on the site of the 2014 Commonwealth Games centrepiece
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CommentGreat Danes
Learning from Copenhagen: Denmark presents an alluring example of holistic sustainability, dynamic design and civic debate that could hold lessons for us here.
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NewsSkanska to cut M&E jobs
Contractor blames market downturn as 15 M&E staff are told they could lose their jobs
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NewsV&A at Dundee: six architects reveal their vision
Victoria and Albert Museum launches competition for a design centre on Dundee’s waterfront
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NewsGovernment delays EPC software by six months
Updated software was due to be released alongside the new Part L of the Building Regulations next month
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NewsInterserve appoints new finance director
Tim Haywood moves from St Modwen Properties where he was also FD
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FeaturesAPC extras: T062 - Procurement and Tendering
This is a core competency for a range of different pathways and is used by many candidates for their critical analysis
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Michelmersh turnover rises 18% after acquisition
Brickmaker says it is continuing to restructure following purchase of Freshfield Lane Brickworks