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CommentGreen Tape: Sustainability regulation
To keep up with environmental regulations, contractors must build sustainability into their contracts
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FeaturesBig ambitions: Defra's Alnwick HQ
When designers began working on Defra’s offices in Alnwick, they thought a BREEAM ‘excellent’ rating an exciting enough challenge. But then BRE went and introduced ‘outstanding’…
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NewsStarchitects in big fight over small Andorran art museum
As work dries up, Foster, Hadid, Gehry and Nouvel are shortlisted for project in European microstate
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FeaturesClay roof tiles
Redland has recreated the traditional fired blue of Staffordshire clay plain roof tiles with the Blue Brindle addition to its Rosemary Classic range
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NewsTottenham town hall refurbishment kicks off
Scheme will include renovation of the listed building and 109 new homes
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NewsCarbon Trust calls for switch to large-scale wood fuel
But experts warn over carbon-heavy transport implications
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NewsMott MacDonald hired on £100m UAE oil depot
Gulf Petrochem signs up consultant for development of oil storage terminal
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Features2009: the sustainable year ahead
Michael Willoughby flicks through his diary to the key events that make 2009 such a critical 12 months for sustainability
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NewsResidents sue over collapse at prize-winning Bristol flats
Hearing set for next month after balconies cave in at luxury Feilden Clegg Bradley scheme
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News2012 Olympics creates 30,000 construction jobs
Workforce on Olympic site will triple this year, with further apprenticeships pledged
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Government moots SAP levy
The government is considering introducing a levy on domestic Energy Performance Certificates to pay for the expansion of the system used to assess the energy efficiency of houses
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FeaturesSustainability costs: Refurbishment
The advent of EPCs means commercial landlords can no longer ignore the inefficiency of existing stock. Richard Quartermaine of Cyril Sweett breaks down the costs of revamping these energy guzzlers
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NewsAukett Fitzroy Robinson to design Solihull business park
Forty-one acre site will include new offices and landscaping
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NewsDevelopers fear becoming green energy suppliers
Survey reveals that a third of firms expect to become responsible for renewable energy generation
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NewsWork starts on Metz's £40m South Leicestershire College
Bowmer & Kirkland begins construction of new campus building featuring Arup-engineered steel sculpture
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Comment
Most local builders are now shedding jobs as workload collapses
The latest survey of local builders by their trade body FMB paints a grim picture with workload, inquiries and employment plunging.This throws into question how focused the Government is on saving jobs in the construction industry.If saving jobs is top of the agenda it should think a lot more about ...
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Comment
Did monthly new orders really hit an all time record low in November 2008?
I have been seeing a lot of "worst ever" and "worst since at least" stories about the November new orders figures.I am conscious that so many statistics are being thrown around at the moment that it is confusing. And there is enough distress out there as it is.So I thought ...
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NewsThe very depths of holl…
David Boyes from Davis Langdon took this photo of safety precautions in Huddersfield. We’re intrigued – just how deep is this “holl”?
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Detox issue: January 2009
One thing that is definitely going to survive the credit crunch is the drive to cut the UKs carbon emissions 80% by 2050. So welcome to a world of whirling propellers, humming reactors, tourniquet-tight regulation and energy certificates scattered like confetti over the built environment. Our ...