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Barker to back independent planning boards
Kate Barker, the Bank of England adviser who is researching planning and the economy, is expected to be in favour of an independent board to approve infrastructure projects such as nuclear power stations.
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Botes Construction goes into administration
Regional contractor Botes Construction has been handed over to administrator Kroll, and the Botes Maintenance division has been bought by shareholder Epic Reconstruction.
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Appeal over Wembley case
Former Wembley steelwork contractor Cleveland Bridge has decided to appeal against the judge's decision in its £50m High Court row with Multiplex.
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Turner & Townsend and EC Harris form nuclear pact
Firms form joint venture in anticipation of decision to build new wave of power stations
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Olympic body appoints infrastructure and safety chiefs
The Olympic Delivery Authority has made more key appointments for the construction programme of the 2012 Olympic Games.
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Bengal boxes
Piercy Conner has won an international competition with this design for sustainable housing in Calcutta, India.
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NewsBlaze shuts down McAlpine site
Up to 50 construction workers had to be evacuated after fire broke out at the Guardian Media Group's headquarters project in central London.
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Clients sceptical about CIC contract
The Construction Industry Council has asked for feedback on its draft consultants' contract, which was published online today.
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NewsSix on the elephant
Sarah Wigglesworth Architects has won a competition with this proposal for a housing scheme in Elephant & Castle, south London.
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Carillion shocks Mowlem suppliers with 65-day policy
Subcontractors told they must wait 30 days longer for payment than the industry average
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Prince Philip visits flagship construction skills centre
The Duke of Edinburgh has visited a flagship construction skills centre to express his support for practical training in the industry.
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Mississippi Jean
French architect Jean Nouvel has unveiled these images of his first completed project in the USA.
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FeaturesCentre of learning
The successful design and construction of Oldham's library and lifelong learning centre could teach other PFI consortiums a thing or two
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FeaturesTouching the void
If you thought concrete had to be heavy then you've clearly never used the latest void forming systems, reports Roger Northam of Cobiax Technologies
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Carbon trading
Timber homes might have less embodied CO2 than than those buit from concrete. But new research shows that over their lifetime, concrete homes win the carbon battle hands down. By Jeff Dyson of The Concrete Centre
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FeaturesA class of its own
Concrete's thermal efficiency and adaptability means it's not only well placed to deliver the government's school construction and refurbishment programme, it can do so sustainably, says The Concrete Centre's Andrew Minson
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Solid as a rock
An unfortunate side effect of the increasing use of lighter, longer floor spans is vibration, a particular problem in buidings such as hospitals. But as The Concrete Centre’s Andrew Minson reports, this doesn’t have to be a problem
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FeaturesPlaying it cool
The first glasshouse to be built at Kew in almost 20 years is not designed to keep heat in – quite the opposite in fact. Which is why concrete proved to be as vital a component as glass.
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FeaturesConstruction lessons
A new prestressed slab product has helped to deliver quality student accommodation at a West Country university within a tight deadline, reports George Tootell, special projects director at Buchan Concrete Solutions