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Features
projectsupdate: sustainability
When even Buckingham Palace is getting a ground-source heating system, you know sustainability is serious. And microgeneration is the latest issue to make the government’s green agenda
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NewsSharewatch: Katrina strikes
Although the announcement of a slowdown in consumer spending last week reinforced fears about the state of the UK economy, construction fared reasonably well.
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NewsNew Orleans: Lessons for UK
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, insurers have warned about the flood risk in the Thames Gateway
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NewsShareholders may sue Multiplex
Multiplex’s shareholders and former shareholders are planning legal action against it after claims that it may have misled investors over Wembley Stadium.
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Livingstone threatens Tube firms
London mayor Ken Livingstone has told the two PPP Tube maintenance consortiums that he will ask the government to dispense with their services if they fail to deliver projects on time and budget
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Industry quits taskforce over tax scheme row
Construction representatives resign in protest as crunch talks with Revenue fail to delay the start of revised CIS
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FeaturesWhat are you worth?
Want to buy the finer things in life - or a one-bedroom flat in Catford? A job in contracting can take you to both … Building reports on salary hikes across the country and Hays Montrose works out the pay for 12 types of jobs.
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Comment
Gate Gourmet revisited
Contractors who are thinking of growing their facilities management arms should be conscious of the risks concealed in a simple outsourcing deal
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FeaturesWas ken right?
Three years ago, Livingstone described the imminent part-privatisation of the Tube as ‘folly’. Three years later, London Underground released a report that appeared to agree with him. Building analyses the evidence – and cross examines the Tube consortiums …
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Comment
How to haggle
At last, premiums for professional indemnity insurance have started to fall, so now is the time to find a broker and shop around for a better deal
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Comment
I’ve seen the light
Your correspondent used to be sceptical about this mediation business, but after some surprisingly successful experiences with it, he has become a convert …
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FeaturesMr precedent
Barrington Billings, the first black person to hold the presidency of the Chartered Institute of Housing, spent years championing the cause of black and ethnic minorities. Now he’s giving firms run by them the chance to win public sector work.
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Private bidders lose out on housing grant
The bulk of the bids for social housing grant that were thrown out by the Housing Corporation were from private developers.
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NewsSmout reveals five-year plan for Gleeson Building
Five months after the buyout, managing director talks about turning former Gleeson arm’s £16.6m loss into a £4.8m profit by focusing on smaller education, health and residential projects
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Comment
Courage under fire
Politicians must be stronger in their support for design – and not run for cover at the first hint of criticism. Only then will we get the urban spaces we deserve
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Comment
A deep-sea red herring
The Guardian recently published a letter from James Abbott, editor of Modern Railways, responding to an article on construction that it published on 30 June.