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NewsCabe to call for single tough housing benchmark
Design quango wants standard, based on Building for Life, to be included in planning regulation
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NewsBank of Scotland abandons plan to sue over Silvertown
The bank which spent £60m and eight years working up plans for the £1.5bn development of Silvertown Quays in east London has withdrawn its threat to sue the London Development Agency over the termination of the scheme, Building understands.Two sources said Bank of Scotland, which had bankrolled developer SQL to ...
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FeaturesCracking Brazil
It’s hosting the 2014 World Cup, and the 2016 Olympics, and has emerged from the credit crunch with barely a scratch. So why aren’t more UK firms working there?
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NewsBaqus issues profit warning as public spending ‘disappears’
Listed QS Baqus has issued a profit warning as its public sector contracts dry up in the wake of the election
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Dubai property prices may fall 20%
Increase in supply blamed for rising vacancy rates in Middle East
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CommentUnfriendly fire
I write in relation to Chris Ryan’s comments in Wonders & Blunders (28 May, page 32) on Thomas Deacon Academy, of which I am a director
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Reasoning with the RICS
I note from last week’s issue (14 May, page 9) that you brought the QS Forum into what appears to be a growing row between the QS Professional Group within the RICS and the RICS itself. Your article asserts that the forum is set to hold “crunch talks” with RICS
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Save our stability
Preliminary statistics for the first quarter of 2010 show the number of Scottish construction firms becoming insolvent has doubled compared both with the last three months of 2009 and the same quarter last year
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Lack of meritocracy
I read with interest your article about work picking up in the South-east, particularly in the London region (building.co.uk, 20 May), but when I look at the range of jobs advertised, they appear to apply to surveyors or RICS-qualified people.I am wondering when I am going to get a job ...
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Crossrail solved
Surely a small tax on the major users of Crossrail - the banks - would adequately fill the foreseen funding gap (building.co.uk, 28 May)
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FeaturesWarning: Hazard sign
It’s always good to hear from our American readers, so thanks to Dave Hermanson, vice president of Capital Power in Illinois
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CommentBuilding Answers: 04 June 2010
The Building Forum’s online discussion site includes a page where members can ask advice from fellow professionals. This latest is about non-payment.
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FeaturesGehry in Las Vegas: Just Frank being Frank
Gehry has taken on Vegas, and left it with an unusual mixed-use scheme: a brain health centre and ’event space’
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CommentPaul Everall: Change of plan?
We have a new government with its own ideas about building control. So, what do we know so far about Con/Lib plans for regulation, asks Paul Everall, and what could they mean for the industry?
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CommentDavid Strong: Mind the performance gap
Experience has shown that the carbon savings that are promised in design can fail to materialise in the finished building. The task we face now is to identify where we’re failing, find practical tools to help, and take responsibility for the outcome
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CommentBuilding control costs: Money matters
The new building control charging system is intended to give councils a chance to compete in the marketplace. Steve Evans explains what the new system is all about and what it means for the industry
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CommentNew government, new regs?
As in previous years, the flow of green legislation seems unstoppable. There is, however, a new government, which begs the question: “What is it going to do with the zero-carbon agenda that was the brainchild of the Labour government?”
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FeaturesIn pictures: Low-profile living
This New Forest residence makes a minimal impact on the environment and the view. Of course, that doesn’t have to mean going without a swimming pool. Thomas Lane goes down to the woods to investigate
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FeaturesMainstream green: Brighton belle
One Brighton is the brainchild of the team behind super-green development BedZed. But although sustainability is at the heart of the scheme, it’s going to do it its own sweet way
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Part L: Top Tips
The revision to Part L comes with four approved documents and two guides to help you tick those energy efficiency boxes. But in case you don’t fancy reading the lot, Nick Cullen has a 12-point plan to lead you on the path to compliance