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  • This £18m LIFT health centre by Penoyre & Prasad in Middlesex unites modern facilities and high design standards
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    Cost model: LIFT healthcare schemes

    2005-10-28T00:00:00Z

    Primary healthcare is undergoing a quiet revolution, creating a network of one-stop shops. Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon examines the LIFT initiative and the new wave of healthcare buildings it is funding

  • Solarcentury has installed photovoltaic panels at The Core – an education and research facility at the Eden Project by architect Grimshaw
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    Little Marvels: on-site renewable energy

    2005-10-28T00:00:00Z

    The government is convinced small-scale renewable energy will be a key force for reducing carbon emissions, and it's using everything from cash to planning policy to boost its use. Climate change consultant ESD looks at nine technologies that could be eligible for grants

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    Exhausting our energy

    2005-10-28T00:00:00Z

    Changes to the energy efficiency regulations may be crucial, but the sheer frustration of waiting for them is increasingly wearing the industry down. In the second part of our Reform the Regs campaign series, Alex Smith examines the trouble with Part L and talks to the initiative’s latest supporters

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    RICS steps in to clarify e-tendering process

    2005-10-28T00:00:00Z

    The RICS has stepped in to clarify electronic tendering by publishing a 10-step guide to help quantity surveyors confused by the system.

  • This residential scheme by architect Jestico + Whiles will be built on the site of a car park in Barking, east London
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    Green living

    2005-10-28T00:00:00Z

    This residential scheme by architect Jestico + Whiles will be built on the site of a car park in Barking, east London.

  • Spoof illustration - at the PPP forum a table has collapsed on delegates and a waitress is saying "forget a tip - they want us to settle out of sourt for negligence"
    Comment

    Hansom

    2005-10-28T00:00:00Z

    Yesterday this day’s madness did prepare tomorrow’s silence triumph or despair … and fortunately our correspondent is here to tell you all about it

  • Dave Hampton
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    Just the job: Dave Hampton, Carbon Coach

    2005-10-28T00:00:00Z

    Just the job Dave Hampton explains why he left the directorship of a consultant to become a ‘carbon coach'

  • John Walsh
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    Appointments

    2005-10-28T00:00:00Z

    Recruitment news this week...

  • Malcolm Wicks
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    Malcolm Wicks

    2005-10-28T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • The arcades and the buildings bounding them all have solar heating and natural ventilation
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    City of the sun

    2005-10-28T00:00:00Z

    The spirit of Linz’s SolarCity, where 1317 new homes are sustained by solar energy, is encapsulated in its district centre.

  • Prescott: Breaking into the green belt is justified by housing need
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    Prescott faces legal fight over green belt

    2005-10-28T00:00:00Z

    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

    2005-10-28T00:00:00Z

    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

    2005-10-28T00:00:00Z

    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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    Home turf

    2005-10-28T00:00:00Z

    This scheme by PRP Architects is the first residential development in the regeneration area around Wembley stadium, north-west London.

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    Fuel alert

    2005-10-28T00:00:00Z

    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

    2005-10-28T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • Denise Chevin
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    Our biggest task

    2005-10-28T00:00:00Z

    ENERGY. Spell it out; say it loud.

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    Pressure mounts for new nuclear generation

    2005-10-28T00:00:00Z

    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

    2005-10-28T00:00:00Z

    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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    Bright lights of Brum

    2005-10-28T00:00:00Z

    Birmingham City Football Club has unveiled this image of a proposed £300m sports village in Saltley, east Birmingham, designed by HOK Sport and RTKL.