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NewsJune date for UK's first top level sustainable house
Zero carbon home from Sheppard Robson, Arup and Kingspan features PVs, biomass and a 'wind catcher'
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FeaturesWould you install a wormery in your home?
Housebuilders can gain valuable ecopoints if they feature composting in their homes but would you welcome worms into your life?
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Opening a can of worms
The unfortunate demise of the contents of his first wormery has caused Reverend Green to consider the value of this method of composting
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NewsFancy foot work
Anybody wading through cement bare footed risks both lime burns and dermatitis. Not recommended.
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NewsErinaceous confirm takeover bid
Property consultant Erinaceous confirms takeover approaches following rumours of 3i interest
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Paper Round: Crossrail deal could be struck within months
A round up of the weekend's papers including a look at the perils of a warmer world and the cowboy builder banned for life
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NewsConstruction industry drives Northern Ireland economy
Backlogs of work signal employment growth
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Only 4% of parents want child to become site manager
Gap in parents knowledge of the construction industry stands in the way of skills shortage
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Massive shake up for Cabe's design review panel
Fourteen new members appointed to replace the 12 who left in 2006
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NewsBuilders' tea hits the shelves of Asda
A percentage of profits from Make Mine a Builders tea will go towards a new charity foundation formed by the FMB
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NewsKeller completes £8.5m acquisition of Systems Geotechnique
Restricted access piling firm has annual sales of £17m
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Building materials firm CRH buys Paver Systems
CRH exercises option to buy remaining stake in concrete paving manufacturer
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NewsWhy Blackpool needs Arnie
Blackpool did not have got a supercasino but it may get Arnold Schwarzenegger if he turns up at the Conservative party conference
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NewsFire report throws future of timber-frame into doubt
As flames engulf another timber development, fire agencies publish Colindale blaze findings
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CommentApocalypse cow
The only way we can save humanity from climate change is if we all pull together. But that’s not likely if bankers keep insisting on aircon, hedge funds keep looking for profit and cows keep … doing what cows do
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Features17 ways to get paid
Hell hath no fury like a subbie spurned – by someone higher up the food chain who owes him dosh. Dan Stewart studies the age-old problem of separating an employer from his money
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CommentWhat a mess!
Adjudication is being turned into an expensive and inefficient process by the proliferation of home-made procedures. So why isn’t the DTI doing something to stamp them out?
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CommentWeb watch — Recycle me
The back page this week is all about the production of the back page, a cutting-edge paperless process pioneered by Alex Smith. Now, if only we didn’t have to print 25,000 copies for you lot ...
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NewsWillmott Dixon snatches key Costain manager for North
Commercial star Anthony Dillon lured to join contractor’s new Manchester office