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NewsGalliford Try seeks 10% cut from housing suppliers
After Taylor Wimpey’s 5% demand, Galliford asks suppliers for help in ‘increasingly difficult market’
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CommentIllegal workers: You have been warned
The new clampdown on illegal workers puts firms right in the firing line. But it ought not to be an issue for well run human resources departments, says Angus Darroch-Warren
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Tougher standards for green offices
Environmental standards in office buildings are to be made tougher with the overhaul of two sets of guidance.
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Cost of zero-carbon housing too high for Isle of Wight
Council to build 800-home flagship development to lower eco standard to preserve land value
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Code concerns raised at Ecobuild
Experts flag worries over unintended consequences, lack of measurement and achievable targets in the Code for Sustainable Home
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NewsNetwork Rail backs down over station design template
Rail client to look for architect to produce modular prototype after Cabe attacks in-house version
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Mitie to name 50 ‘elite’ subbies
Fit-out contractor Mitie Interiors is to overhaul its supply chain, following similar moves by main contractors including Costain, Wates, Bovis and Laing O’Rourke.
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Crossrail will require 8,000 new workers by 2012
Training body predicts infrastructure squeeze that may push up costs and cause project delays
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Bovis Lend Lease fined for safety breaches in New York
Contractor accused of 19 safety failures after fire at Deutsche Bank site at Ground Zero
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NewsBest view in the house
Thanks to David Wilds for this photo of a Shanghai window cleaner, clearly reconsidering his choice of career.
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FeaturesThe stage is set …
… and come 1 April, if you're on the shortlist for the Building Awards 2008, you could be stepping up at the Grosvenor House hotel with applause ringing in your ears
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FeaturesLife behind bars
Few things are more certain to cause public and political panic than the idea that our prisons are full. Trouble is, they are. So the Ministry of Justice is set on building another 20,000 places by 2014, which is great news for contractors that can work at lightning speed. Here, ...
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CommentBusiness and pleasure
In one respect, construction is like the dairy industry, in that when the the man delivering the product meets the woman receiving it, all kinds of things can happen. Gus Alexander has some good examples …
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FeaturesWhite cab man
Brendan Kerr is not your typical demolition contractor. Instead, on the way to becoming one of the UK’s top entrepreneurs, he has turned the ‘deconstruction’ business into a respectable profession – and one that’s central to the City’s most glamorous developments.
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FeaturesThe best online content
Building.co.uk’s mix of breaking news, probing views, expert analysis and dedicated web channels has made it the most popular construction website in the country. Here’s why …
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NewsLet the bad times roll
Amid all the talk of credit crunch, downturns and recession, this could actually be a great opportunity to look at urban regeneration a little differently.
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FeaturesThe inside job
It was like the Great Escape in reverse. How do you get inside a prison to double prisoner capacity without giving your captive audience any funny ideas about all that scaffolding? Using a panelised system was one solution – though not half as much fun as smashing a hole in ...
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International costs: 2008
As inflation cools in western Europe and the US, it’s roaring away in eastern Europe. Gardiner & Theobald surveys the world and tells us what it sees