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Farrell signs up for Tories
Lord Heseltine has asked Sir Terry Farrell to join the Conservative party’s taskforce to regenerate UK cities.
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NewsStart of the Pier show
Work has started on an Atkins-designed 40-storey residential development in Dubai.
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Inland Revenue exonerated in landmark CIS tax ruling
A builder who sued HM Revenue & Customs after claiming that administrative delays on the Construction Industry Scheme forced his firm out of business has lost his case.
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NewsFrench Frank
Frank Gehry has unveiled his design for a Paris museum of contemporary art. It consists of a series of enclosed galleries with glass-covered roof terraces.
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Pilot study into viability of sustainable refurbishment
Consultant Tuffin Ferraby Taylor (TFT) is teaming up with Slough Estates to introduce a pilot study into the viability of a sustainability programme for refurbishment.
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NewsNew Manchester takes shape
Allied London has won planning consent for the latest building in its Spinningfields development in Manchester.
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Goldsmith attacks Labour’s sustainability record
Zac Goldsmith, Tory adviser on the environment, has criticised the government for not forcing a change towards more sustainable construction methods in health projects.
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RMJM designs £200m Cambridge laboratory
Architect RMJM is designing a £200m medical research laboratory in Cambridge, Building understands.
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NewsYoung Vic rejuvenated
Architect Haworth Tompkins has completed the renovation of the Young Vic theatre, originally designed by Bill Howell in the 1960s.
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Is this a wind-up?
A subcontractor, SCC Construction Ltd, raised a number of invoices against the head contractor, Medlock Projects Ltd. The invoices were not paid and SCC presented a winding-up petition against Medlock to the court. Medlock Projects applied to restrain advertisement of the winding up petition. The unpaid invoices were for £51,642 ...
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FeaturesA light topping
Kicking off this week’s Specifier, Sonia Soltani found out why the intricate larch structure has been shortlisted for a Wood award
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FeaturesWhat to specify: roofing
Specifiers hunting for roofing solutions that offer decorative window effects, energy-efficient solar power, tiles with lower pitches,or delightfully different colours to natural slates, need look no further
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FeaturesWhat to remember: Roofs
Roofs are those things that keep the rain off us when we’re watching TV, aren’t they? Well, yes, but properly specified they have all sorts of other uses. Peter Caplehorn of Scott Brownrigg looks at the options
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FeaturesRaising the roof in Adamstown
HOW WE WORK TOGETHER — With an awkward site, a tight deadline and little room for error, spaceframe roof pioneer Mero UK was the obvious choice for architect BDP Ireland
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Keeping out water since 1873
WHO MAKES IT - Germany’s FlachDach Technologie is a €70m-turnover company that manufactures waterproofing roofing membranes from polyisobutylene. For a full guide to suppliers of sustainability products, log on to www.building.co.uk/specifier
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NewsKen Livingstone made honorary RIBA fellow
Kevin McCloud, Nick Raynsford and fashion designer Paul Smith are also made honorary fellows
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NewsConstruction orders up by 10%
Strong year for public housing, but private housing, infrastructure and other public sectors fall back slightly
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NewsSouthend learning centre goes to planning
Fraser Brown Mackenna Architects submits plans for school campus in Essex