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CommentReality check
The mayor of London wants large projects in the capital to generate one-fifth of their own energy from renewable sources. Is there a snowball’s chance in hell of this happening?
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Grimshaw’s £375m aquarium may go belly up
Proposals by architect Grimshaw for one of the largest freshwater aquariums in the world may have to be scrapped as the client decides this week whether to push forward with the scheme or quit.
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NewsBurst of energy
Architect Marks Barfield and low carbon engineer XCO2 have unveiled this image of a new form of urban energy generation.
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Construction’s addicts find solace at Priory clinic
One in 20 patients being treated for alcoholism or drug use in The Priory, the world-famous private clinic in south-west London, is from the construction industry.
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NewsGovernment backs Building campaign
The government this week endorsed Building’s Reform the Regs campaign as it launched its long-awaited energy review.
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FeaturesYou don’t have to be MAD to work here …
… but it seems to be helping May Gurney, which has cut site accidents almost two-thirds since launching its Making A Difference initiative.
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FeaturesCan a female reporter survive a day as a labourer?
Ray O’Rourke’s comment about sites being no place for women sparked widespread outrage, but could he have had a point? Emily Wright put on her steel-capped boots and spent a day ripping up floorboards to find out
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CommentWonders & blunders
Gary Hughes applauds a musical animal in one of Europe’s trendiest cities, but hasn’t a good word to say about two grey and soulless London thoroughfares
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NewsA moving performance
This is the winning design by architects AOC and engineers Momentum and Mark Prizeman for the first ever London International Festival of Theatre (Lift) in 2008.
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FeaturesSpecialist cost update: Services
The services sector accounts for more than a quarter of construction by value. In our latest specialist update, the expert team at Gardiner & Theobald take a look at the latest trends and costs in the mechanical, electrical and plumbing, lifts and escalators and ICT markets
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NewsI wonder what the method statement said...
And the traffic warden should be approaching with a ticket round about now.
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NewsCuban scaffold shortage
If I use the tip of my left shoulder to brace myself against this wall I should be fine.
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NewsHalcrow to expand nuclear division
Halcrow among contractors preparing for £12bn of nuclear investment following publication of energy review
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NewsBovis and Lend Lease: The full story!
Building’s editor explains why any news surrounding Bovis Lend Lease brings out the Heat reader in everyone in the construction industry
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NewsWhy use scaffolding when you can use a ladder?
The technically incorrect way to nail a timber slat to an outside wall
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200 new homes destroyed on St George site
Completed homes were among 200 units wiped out by huge blaze on development in Colindale
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Abbey profit drops 18%
Irish contractor reports pre-tax profit of £32.6m for the year to 30 April 2006.