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FeaturesMalcolm Wicks
The energy minister knows a crisis is looming – what he doesn’t know is how to find a quick fix. Instead, he’s looking at all the long-term options – such as wind farms in the South-east and plans for a new generation of nuclear plants.
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FeaturesCity of the sun
The spirit of Linz’s SolarCity, where 1317 new homes are sustained by solar energy, is encapsulated in its district centre.
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NewsPrescott faces legal fight over green belt
Hertfordshire council is preparing to mount a High Court challenge to John Prescott's plans to extend Stevenage into the green belt.
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Homeowners want cheaper bills not greener measures
More than 86% of house owners say that saving money on bills is more important than energy-saving measures in their homes, a survey has revealed.
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Top construction firms vie for Regeneration Awards
Alfred McAlpine, Carillion and BPTW are among the shortlisted companies for the second annual Regeneration Awards, hosted by Building and its sister publications Property Week and Building Design.
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FeaturesFuel alert
Ever since Hurricane Katrina, fuel price hikes have been hitting construction sites across the country – ratcheting up the cost of transport, site work, aggregate and products.
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Applied Energy enters the low carbon market
Energy technology company Applied Energy Products has entered the low and zero carbon technology market, after signing an exclusive distribution deal with German manufacturer Stiebel Eltron.
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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.