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NewsBRE Innovation Park
The BRE's Innovation Park has proved that the industry is capable of building low energy, affordable homes. In the first of a series of films, Thomas Lane finds out how the BRE intends to develop its concept
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NewsConstruction orders fall 13% in third quarter
Government reports show decrease in private housing orders among the worst hit
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John F Hunt Demolition Ltd vs ASME Engineering Ltd
This was a preliminary issues hearing relating to a main contract dated 30 June 2002, whereby Kier (Whitehall Place) Ltd (“Whitehall”) engaged Kier Build Ltd (“Build”) to design and construct commercial office premises at Whitehall Place, London. The contract incorporated the JCT Standard Form of Building Contract with Contractor’s Design ...
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NewsErinaceous appoints new interim chief executive
Troubled consultant takes on Tim Redburn in a bid to save company
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NewsSkanska proft up 40%
Third quarter results in the UK reveal increase in profit to £8.8m and 50% jump in turnover to £340m
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NewsDeaths of self-employed builders double in five years
New figures reveal that the annual number of fatalities involving self-employed construction workers has risen to 27
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NewsGovernment climbdown on energy certificates
Web exclusive: Six –month delay emerges in rollout of performance certificates for public and commercial buildings
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NewsBrown to impose apprenticeship targets on councils
Prime minister says he will impose legal duty on councils to boost apprenticeship numbers
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NewsGiant tidal power station plans revealed
E.on UK and Lunar Energy submit plans for a major tidal plant off Pembrokeshire coast
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Builder wins appeal over tax delay
Judges overturn High Court ruling saying mistake by local tax office went 'beyond an administrative mistake'
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NewsArchitect of the Year Awards 2007
This year's Architect of the Year Awards recognise all those who are helping to improve design standards. Our coverage includes full details of all the winners, images of their work, comments from the judges and a video report of the awards ceremony on November 1.
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NewsYoung Architect of the Year Awards 2007
Carmody Groarke has beaten a strong shortlist to win Young Architect of the Year, now in its tenth year.
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NewsAn accident that actually happened
SJ Taylor writes: “I saw this this week when passing a office building site in Stirling, Scotland – I understand that fortunately nobody was hurt.”
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Education Building Architect of the Year
The judges felt that the range of projects submitted by van Heyningen & Haward demonstrated its “huge enthusiasm for this sector”. Attention to detail and quality runs throughout all the projects, from an RIBA national award- winning education centre for the RSPB to a new Welsh language primary school and ...
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Health Building Architect of the Year
The judges were hugely impressed with Penoyre & Prasad’s submission for a sector which they described as very difficult to work in due to the constraints. Despite this, the practice has managed to produce interesting architecture, but above all, it “‘demonstrated how crucial excellent design is if we are to ...
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Interior Designer of the Year
Project Orange says it is as interested in the inside of a building as much as the outside, and this enthusiasm, as well as the skill with which it delivers interior projects, comes across loud and clear in its submission. The projects submitted ranged from a hotel in Cavan, Ireland, ...
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Leisure/Sport Building Architect of the Year
Arup Associates has a long history in designing successful sports venues both in the UK and overseas. Its most recent work is in the Caribbean, including the redevelopment of the Kensington Oval in Barbados for the cricket World Cup last summer, and a new national stadium for the St Vincent ...
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Masterplanning Architect of the Year
The firm has been involved in a number of masterplans, the most significant of which are King’s Cross Central, a 25ha quarter in central London, and the Olympic Park in the Lower Lea Valley with Edaw. Other major projects are at Cricklewood, Hemel Hempstead, East Grinstead, Winchester and Oxford Westgate. ...
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Office Building Architect of the Year
In a sector which is too often bereft of new ideas and imagination, Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands shone through with buildings that have character, great light, and space. The judges were particularly impressed with the Asticus building on a very restricted site next to listed buildings in a conservation area in ...
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Private Housing Architect of the Year
Much of BDP’s work involves high-density urban housing in mixed-use regeneration areas. It is involved in Waterfront City, a new quarter in Melbourne, while Witham Wharf in Lincoln, the refurbishment of a 1970s office building into 120 high-quality apartments, is just completing. The judges were particularly impressed with the Abito ...