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NewsRunway protestors break into Heathrow
Activists from Greenpeace attach a banner to a BA airplane after breaking through airport security
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NewsBank offers 'solar mortgages' for homes with PVs
Ulster Bank and Solarcentury are offering three-year discounted mortages for homeowners who fit PV panels
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EP appoints Zog and HBOS to redevelop atomic centre
Zog Brownfield Ventures will expand Atomic Energy Technology Centre in Dorset by 37,000sq m
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Sir Maurice Laing dies aged 90
Former chairman of construction firm Laing, and first president of CBI, died last week
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NewsNew homes must be fit for elderly
Government says it will legislate to ensure housebuilders meet Lifetime Homes standards
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NewsWaterloo upgrade works start
Tube Lines upgrade to include installing new signal cables, public help points, CCTV cameras and flood prevent measures
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NewsPaper round: Stamp duty soars
Plus village to be bulldozed for Heathrow runway and Macquaris mulls £1.5bn bid for Land Sec Trillium
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NewsRecord number of planning refusals for wind farm
Developers complain MoD is blocking projects and also raise concerns about the new planning bill
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News200 wind farms stuck in planning, expert says
10% by 2010 renewables target only reachable if two-thirds cleared
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NewsKen Livingstone reveals plans to save historic music venues
Mayor proposes new planning rules to save small music venues in London
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NewsTrust appeals for youth scheme support
Budding Brunels project aims to interest school leavers in construction
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NewsCorus awards world’s first confidex sustain guarantee for carbon neutral building
A factory now being used by Princess Yachts in Plymouth is the first completed building in the world to be certified CarbonNeutral under Corus’ new Confidex Sustain™ guarantee.
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NewsEmployers use apprentice schemes to boost productivity
Survey shows most firms see apprenticeships as more cost-effective than hiring skilled staff
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NewsHills Electrical sold for £1 to rival M&E contractor
Floundering firm scooped up by Southern Electric Contracting after ‘disastrous’ BSF contracts
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FeaturesCalculating housing lifecycle costs
Q: How do you work out the total cost of a house over a 100-year lifetime without spending hours poring over every single element? Stephen Kennett finds out the answer
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Sourcing materials overseas: Foreign entanglements
Did you know you can cut the cost of materials 30% by getting them overseas? And did you also know the risks you’re running by doing so?
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CommentE is for express terms, F is for fitness for purpose
The A to Z of construction law: Our instant course in legal concepts continues with some advice on how express terms can muddy the waters, and a guide to fitness for purpose obligations
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NewsHilary Benn on "the green struggle"
Hilary Benn, the old-fashioned, decent, eminently trustworthy minister for climate change, seems genuinely engaged in the green struggle. But Thomas Lane wonders if that will really be enough to meet the government’s carbon reduction targets.
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FeaturesInterview with Jon Emery of Hammerson
Hammerson doesn’t like cosy relationships and obliging suppliers. It wants designers and builders who will kick back, come up with alternative suggestions and generally keep its creative juices flowing.