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NewsDavid Higgins announces investigation into Olympics site fire
ODA chief executive says initial indications are that the fire in a disused warehouse was an accident not arson
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NewsParliament's green energy plans revealed
A study by BDP says the Palace of Westminister could cut CO2 by using the tide as well as wind turbines and ground source cooling
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Newsleit-werk to illuminate Blackpool with new sculpture
Architect's New Horizon sculpture of mirrored steel will sit at heart of £3.5m redevelopment of St John's Precinct
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Introduction
Retail has never been a sector for the fainthearted. For construction firms, it means slashing your prices so your client can keep slashing theirs, working round the clock, and around milling customers with absolutely no impact on sales, or pulling off a flawless finish against an immovable deadline.
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NewsWell stocked for greens
Some of the UK’s largest retailers are introducing fabulous new ranges of sustainable building practices. Eleanor Harding finds out what four of the biggest stores are doing differently and what this means for their suppliers.
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Paper round: house price inflation slows
Plus planning delays for new homes and taxes hurting small firms that go green
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NewsThere’s life in the old girl yet …
Marks & Spencer’s Bournemouth branch is one of its ‘old ladies’ a typical forties-built high street shop that, in carbon terms, is a relic from a bygone age. They could have quietly closed it down and built a nice green ‘eco store’, complete with wind turbines and solar panels. But, ...
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NewsDawn of the shed
There’s something nasty lurking in the industrial wilderness, but it’s nothing that a bit of natural light and rainwater harvesting can’t sort out. Chris Wheal reports on the greening of the nation’s distribution centres
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FeaturesThe outdoors type
Jon Emery, the man behind Hammerson’s redevelopment of the Birmingham Bullring, is repeating the trick in Bristol and Leicester. He tells Lucy Handley why the era of the indoor out-of-town shopping centre is over and why he doesn’t enjoy spending time at Bluewater
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NewsBack to the future
The heyday of the high street may be about to return, as developers turn against out-of-town retail parks and head back to the centres of places like Oxford, Bristol, even Cricklewood. But will it be just like the old days? Well, not exactly …
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NewsA cast of thousands
The trend towards retail-led, mixed-use schemes in city centres can be an organisational nightmare. With as many as 40 parties involved in some schemes, they need strong leadership, close collaboration and a lot of very careful planning.
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NewsPhase One visits Glasgow
Glasgow had two reasons to celebrate last week: winning the Commonwealth Games and hosting Building's event for new professionals
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NewsHOK's Olympic stadium fly-through
HOK's designs for the 2012 stadium have met with a mixed reaction by Building's readers. Watch the official animation to decide whether it is worthy of the Games
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NewsThe venues for Glasgow 2014
Foster's design for the Commonwealth Games netball arena is among pictures
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NewsGlasgow wins bid to host 2014 Commonwealth Games
Scottish city beats Abuja in Nigeria for the right to host the Games
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NewsMyth #4: Workers are banned from putting up Christmas decorations in the office
There's no need to hire an outside specialist to get your baubles on, just take a sensible approach.
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NewsMcAlpine boss ‘to leave as soon as takeover finalised’
Ian Grice will stand down if £600m takeover deal is struck with Carillion
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NewsEnergy certification on verge of chaos, warns BPF
Property federation says it is not aware of any trained assessors for delayed programme
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CommentThe Arctic who?
Amaya Lopez’s ‘How to survive’ series has returned to Building’s careers website. Here, in a sneak preview, she tackles (with impeccable sensitivity) the problem of being an oldie in the office