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NewsBudget 2008 - The Smaller Print
We run through the detail of Alistair Darling's speech last week and find plenty of activity being progressed in Whitehall to encourage and legislate low carbon buildings.
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NewsBuda blunder
'Edge protection' on this roofing project in Budapest consists of 200mm long metal spikes designed to break up any snow
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FeaturesTen reasons to go to the Think Conference
There’s a bevy of events and noise around sustainability at the moment. Here’s ten reasons why the Think Conference offers something different
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NewsCIBSE BRE and Hoare Lea gear up for EPC deadline
Institution claims it will have 100 assessors ready for 6 April deadline and 300 in place by July. BRE and Hoare Lea also prepare ready for next month's deadline
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NewsMCM masterplans green development in Moscow
The scheme will avoid 'eco-bling' but include high-grade insulation and a 'heat sink' lake
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Last-minute clearance for HIPs energy software
SAP programme sorted ahead of 6 April deadline for energy assessment for new housing
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NewsThe Crossrail champion
Cliff Mumm is now in charge of the Crossrail construction programme, let's hope he can repeat his success on the Jubilee Line
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NewsBrown may overturn asbestos compensation ban
Government cedes to pressure to review Law Lords' ruling on pleural placques
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NewsWolseley profit plummets
Profit falls 72% to £79m as building supplier predicts worse to come this year
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NewsBudget reaction: Paradigm shift required
Last week's surprise announcement of 2019 as the deadline for building zero carbon non-domestic buildings will require radical rethinking for design teams, reckons Sean Lockie
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NewsBoris Johnson pledges to protect London views from tall buildings
Mayoral candidate says he'll reinstate 'viewing corridor' protection for St Paul's
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Sustainable building could be key to American carbon strategy
Green technology could cut buildings' energy needs by 70%, saving carbon equal to a year of US transport emissions
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Sony tells singing bricklayer to give up the day job
Romanian bricklayer who slept rough on site wins record deal in Spanish talent contest
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NewsDuggan Morris wins £11m Liverpool Bay competition
Architect's design chosen for Merseyside observatory and visitor centre near landmark Gormley sculture
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Saint-Gobain finalises £1.6bn purchase of mortar firm Maxit
Doubling of French materials giant's mortar business is part of northern European expansion plan
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Asbestos likely cause of teacher's death
A coroner in North Wales says asbestos in Flintshire's schools was the likely cause of the death of art teacher Renee Blodwen Eden
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NewsUniversities: filling the sustainability knowledge gap
Think08 will reflect the wide range of innovative work being carried out in leading UK Universities in sustainable construction and development. We profile the sustainable steps being taken in campuses
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NewsControversy stirred up over McAslan ‘glass box’
Office block close to St Paul's attracts criticism despite winning approval from English Heritage