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Think 07 signs up Al Gore for keynote speech
Environment champion will apear via 'carbon free' satellite link
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NewsPlanning White Paper delayed until after local elections
Cooper fears Labour backlash at controversial proposals
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NewsMorrocan snakes and ladders
What's going to fall first? The wall, the scaffolding or the men on it?
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NewsMIPIM's sustainability sceptics
Cannes delegates accepted the need for more sustainable building but were very dubious about the government's preferred route
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NewsFalse self-employment costs £2.5bn a year
Clampdown of fraudulent benefit claims in construction could pay for 2012 Olympics says union
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NewsUS housing slowdown hits Wolseley
Group report 17% drop in profits as US housing starts drop a quarter in six months
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NewsFull order book at Kier as profit jumps 28%
Strong performance in property and support services lifts interim profit to £36.2m
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NewsPaper Round: More doubt for Walkie-Talkie tower
Unesco calls for "highest possible protection" for the nearby Tower of London according to FT
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Atkins buys Advantage Business Group
Defence group will be integrated in Atkin's design and engineering business
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Rules are for the breaking
An innocent looking bakewell tart brings out the rebellious side in Building's star blogger
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NewsShuttleworth given crucial schools role
Cabe asks architect to recruit 30-strong panel to ratchet up standards
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FeaturesCountry focus: Germany
In the first of our country-specific economic profiles, we look at Germany, where the market has grown for the first time in 10 years. Meinhard Rudolph and John Atkins of EC Harris report
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The big ask
In our series of head to heads, new members of professional institutes put tough questions to their leaders. Here, Andrew Link asks Michael Brown, deputy chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Building, about the old boys’ network and why anyone should join the CIOB
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FeaturesNow all this is the client’s problem ...
As Building’s many health and safety blunder photos show, the UK’s construction sites remain hairy old places to work. What has changed is that the CDM regulations are about to put more responsibility for policing them on the employer. Katie Puckett finds out just how much – and how five ...
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FeaturesCalling all green gurus
Zero waste, carbon negative buildings and throw in a flood contingency plan while you’re at it – sustainable construction has become a thriving industry within an industry. Its pioneers are shaping the future and their skills are much in demand. Building asked a selection of the industry’s leading lights to ...
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FeaturesReligious conversion
Replacing a kiosk at St Paul’s Cathedral demanded an intricate, well-prepared crane operation – wings and prayers didn’t come into it.
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CommentIf at first you don’t succeed ...
A lot of firms seem to think that if they lose an adjudication, they can try again with a different adjudicator. Ah, but what happens when they finally win and the other side won’t pay?
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CommentGet off the sofa
The zero-carbon revolution starts at home according to a Building blog, so switch off that energy-devouring plasma TV or risk being shopped to Alex Smith’s web police ...