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NewsUCATT launches campaign to reverse asbestos ruling
Union to issue 100,000 postcards calling on Jack Straw to reverse decision to end compensation for pleural plaque victims
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NewsConstruction firms too blasé about risk, says report
Building firms are putting themselves in danger by not taking risk seriously says CMI survey
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NewsThe Big Green Challenge
NESTA is giving away a £1 million prize fund to the group that manages to reduce its CO2 emissions within its community by 60%
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NewsWYG appoints associate director for rail service
New recuit will manage a new signalling business to help expand WYG Rail
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NewsArchitects look abroad as staffing crisis deepens
Survey shows growing number of unfilled posts and expected staff turnovers of 100% by 2013
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UK heads European eco-league
Code for Sustainable Homes elevates Uk above European partners, though implementation throughout Europe is slow, report finds
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NewsLord Turner to head climate committee
Environment secretary Hilary Benn appoing former CBI boss Adair Turner to be the first Chair of the new Committee on Climate Change
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NewsChinese admits six site deaths on Olympic venues
Organisers say two of the fatalities occurred during construction of Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing
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NewsCrack found in Beijing aquatic centre diving platform
Olympic aquatic centre faces safety problems on its opening day
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NewsFive artists shortlisted for 'Angel of the South'
Turner Prize winner on list to create 50m statue in Kent to rival Antony Gormley's 'Angel of the North'
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NewsGovernment proposes school on Olympic site
A review is being commissioned to establish whether the stadium site’s legacy could include a secondary school
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NewsOlympic waterway scheme goes to stage two
Work gets under way to remove materials from site and build a lock and water control structure
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Connaught wins £370m in social housing contracts
Property management firm starts year with strong order intake from social housing sector
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NewsJudge imposes vibration limits on Pinnacle site
Developer of London's Pinnacle tower forced to keep demolition work within set limits
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NewsHolmes wins Scottish seaside design competition
Scottish architects Holmes Partnership has won a competition to design a series of homes on the seafront in Saltcoats, North Ayrshire. The competition was run by the Incorporation of Architects (RIAS) in Scotland and sponsored by regeneration company Irvine Bay and site owner McLaughlin Construction. It attracted 48 submissions from ...
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NewsCouncil House 2, Melbourne: Australia’s greenest office building
Council House 2, an administrative building for the City of Melbourne, is the first in the country to achieve the highest possible rating of six stars in Australia’s Green Star environmental accreditation. It is now influencing a new era of office design
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NewsKey EPC document released
Government publishes practical guide to the implementation of Energy Performance Certificates in 2008
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NewsThe missing ingredient
School building programmes were already ambitious but now there's another challenge - to offer cookery facilities in all schools by 2011
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Energy performance certificates in Scotland
We run through key parts of the rollout of EPCs north of the border which is different to the implentation in England and Wales