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Global green standards: LEED-INDIA
India's green building rating system is a nationally and internationally accepted benchmark for sustainable construction
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Global green standards: LEED
The US green building standard encourages the global adoption of sustainable building practices
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Global green standards: BREEAM
The code for sustainable construction sets the standards in the UK
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NewsAerospace thermal nano technology for buildings
Thermablok nano technology drastically increase thermal insulation in the construction industry
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NewsReaders' feedback on concrete, timber or steel, and the number of anomalies in the Code
Two recent questions one on choosing the right material for maximum sustainability, the other asking how many anomalies there are in the Code for Sustainable Homes have sparked off some heated debate…
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NewsBovis Lend Lease UK confirms Nick Pollard in top role
Chief operating officer will take over from Murray Coleman as chief executive immediately
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CommentCSC Brawhead Leisure and Capital & Regional vs Laing O'Rourke: Is that your final answer?
When a ceiling collapsed at a Scottish cinema project, the client started an adjudication against Laing O’Rourke. Here’s what happened next …
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NewsFive ways to save the housebuilding industry
Over the past year, the government has launched numerous measures to halt the plunge in housing starts. But will any of them work? Joey Gardiner asks the experts
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Mayor backtracks on 50,000 affordable homes target
Boris Johnson says 50,000 homes will be ‘delivered’ – but not necessarily newly built
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NewsBanks ‘would offer new waiver’ to Barratt and Taylor Wimpey
As Taylor Wimpey rescue talks continue, lenders say they will reshape deals rather than allow a breach
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NewsAnimation: Jeddah Central District
Film shows Solidere's masterplan for the Jeddah waterfront development
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NewsRecession will hit the UK
As the economy shrinks for the first time in 16 years and shares plummet, recession is a certainty
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NewsJowell admits £500m Olympic shortfall
Olympics minister says credit crunch has left 2012 budget short of private funds
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CommentThe day I got a kick in the pants: The differences between adjudication and litigation
Here’s a case that should lift us up by the scruff of the neck and wring any idea out of us that adjudication is the same as litigation. It isn’t – and that’s precisely why it’s so good
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NewsCredit crunch leaves £250m Burnley scheme in lurch
Scheme that includes Tony Wilson ‘fashion tower’ on hold after developer runs into financial difficulty
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NewsShift to extra-care sector gives Wren new lease of life
SME profile Retirement homebuilder hopes rethink and £4m cash injection will help it out of the red
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NewsBam Construct bumped for rivals on two Welsh projects
Pochin and Willmott Dixon replace contractor on schemes worth £50m in Conwy and Newport
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Benfield Construction vs Trudson
The CaseThe defendant, Trudson (Hatton) (“Trudson”), engaged the claimant, Benfield Construction (“Benfield”) to carry out the design and construction of two houses and external works near Hatton in Warwickshire. The works became seriously delayed and the date for completion of 29 September 2006 past. Subsequently, on 17 August 2007, a ...
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NewsLondon mayor retracts opposition to three London towers
Boris Johnson u-turns over £1bn Waterloo development that includes 33-storey tower
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NewsBonus bonanza for Wolseley bosses
Profit plunge and 10,000 job losses fail to dent executives' pay