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Pressure mounts for new nuclear generation
A survey of Building readers has reaffirmed the construction industry’s enthusiasm for a new generation of nuclear power stations.
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Wife Swap worker investigated as T5 faces fresh strike
Crown House, the M&E arm of Laing O'Rourke, is investigating claims that one of its workers on Heathrow Terminal 5, who appeared on Channel 4’s Wife Swap last week, was claiming a lodging allowance at the time.
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NewsBright lights of Brum
Birmingham City Football Club has unveiled this image of a proposed £300m sports village in Saltley, east Birmingham, designed by HOK Sport and RTKL.
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Landmark legal ruling ‘doubles liability’
Employers could be liable for the negligence of the employees of other firms after a landmark ruling in the Court of Appeal last week.
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Broadcasting House architect thrown off scheme
Architect MacCormac Jamieson Prichard has been removed from the landmark project to redevelop BBC Broadcasting House.
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HSE monitors bird flu risk from pigeons
The Health and Safety Executive is monitoring the threat posed to construction workers by bird flu amid fears that pigeons could spread the virus to sites.
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CommentA waste of energy
When you put out a tender, you often get a bid that comes in 40% lower than the rest. The thing to do is to save yourself a lot of trouble and bin it …
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CommentHang on, Ken
The latest column by one of our graduate panel asks how you square the London mayor’s renewable energy targets with planning rules – and the developer’s bottom line
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CommentCold comfort
This week’s energy special continues in the legal pages, and to kick us off we have a severe weather warning from Building’s answer to Michael Fish
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£80m expansion for Bristol Airport
Environmental campaigners go head-to-head with airport authorities.
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Birse settles with Citibank for £1.2m plus costs
Long-running legal dispute comes to a close as construction group agrees to pay out.
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£18m for new tropical disease centre in Liverpool
European and regional funding gives Merseyside biotech sector a boost.
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Birmingham City FC unveils new stadium plan
£200m sporting complex pins hopes on "super-casino".
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Titan Environmental plans further expansion
New reseach and development facilities to be built at Banbridge HQ.
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Proposed wind farm site ‘too close to nuclear reactor’
West Somerset council refuses planning for turbines near nuclear power station.
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Highways Agency to offer contracts to small firms
New project support framework will cover a wider range of services that will appeal to smaller enterprises.
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John Roper named Construction Manager of the Year
Sir Robert McAlpine construction manager picks up gong for work on Newcastle cancer lab.
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BPB reveals aggressive growth plan
UK plasterboard firm hopes plan for new factories will kill takeover bid from St Gobain.
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Biggest shopping centre in Scotland planned for Glasgow
The 1 million ft2 Silverburn shopping centre will be some 400,000 ft2 larger than any shopping centre the country has seen before,