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Guinness quits zero carbon plan
One of the biggest housing associations has pulled out of the race to build London mayor Ken Livingstone’s zero carbon project in the Docklands.
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Land values must fall 14% to make sense of eco promises
Stephen Stone, chief executive of Crest Nicholson, has said land values must drop by an average of 14% to enable eco-friendly schemes to stack up.
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NewsNow the smoke has cleared...
The pictures on this week’s cover demonstrate how fast fire can consume timber-framed buildings while they are under construction.
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CommentAn offer you can't accept
Rudi Klein Main contractors are increasingly insisting that specialists use materials supplied by a specified manufacturer – which can put them in a difficult and dangerous position. Here’s why
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CommentErrors of judgment
Tony Bingham Half a dozen Appeal Court judges have recently gone on the record to explain what adjudicaton is all about. What a pity they all got it wrong...
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Niggling and nagging
Tim Tapper and Victoria Glover-Ward PFI/PPP projects are plagued by minor squabbles that can easily escalate because the complaints procedure is complex and misunderstood
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NewsHadid’s aquatics centre fails environment test
Sustainability audit criticises design for its lack of environmental features
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12 axed in fresh Currie & Brown rejig
A member of the board of consultant Currie & Brown is to leave the firm, along with 11 employees who have been made redundant in a restructuring, writes Emily Wright.
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NewsSkyline with a French twist
This 300m skyscraper was chosen by French developers Unibail for the La Défense business district in Paris to give the skyline a landmark building in the way Swiss Re has done in London.
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CH2M boss says Olympics will top £12bn
Project manager CH2M Hill told an audience of US academics that the cost of Olympics projects would hit £12bn even before Tessa Jowell announced cost hikes last week, writes Sarah Richardson.
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NewsOlympics construction staff face terrorism vetting
Delivery partner CLM to call in security company to gather intelligence and vet site workers
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Councils win right to influence private housing mix
The government is to give councils the power to tell housebuilders what types of housing they should develop.
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Rogers to step down as Constructing Excellence chairman
Peter Rogers, the Constructing Excellence chairman, will stand down at the end of the year.
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NewsAtkins will hold on to stake in Metronet
Keith Clarke, the chief executive of Atkins, was adamant this week that he was not considering selling its stake in Tube consortium Metronet, despite its effect on the firm’s bottom line, writes Angela Monaghan.
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Education secretary looks to a ‘year for skills’
Alan Johnson, the secretary of state for education, declared this week that next year will be “the government’s year for skills” as he launched the National Skills Academy for Construction in London.
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Colindale fire questions safety of timber-frame sites
London Fire Brigade findings may lead to new procedures for timber-frame projects
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Oxford firms to get ‘panic button’
Police in Oxford have set up a rapid response telephone system to help construction firms in the city threatened by animal rights extremists, writes Sarah Richardson.
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Transport for London to sell land after review
Transport for London is to raise millions of pounds by selling off or developing a significant proportion of its land holdings. The money will be used to fund future transport schemes.
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NewsNew chapter for Barking and Dagenham
Architecture plb has unveiled these designs of a public library for Barking and Dagenham in east London.
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Features‘A lot of the guys won’t work on timber frame again’
This July, a site in north London turned into a terrifying inferno in the time it takes to make a cup of coffee. Nobody knew why. Now the London Fire Brigade has talked exclusively to Building about what happened and the dangers inherent in multistorey timber-frame sites.