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We’re all in power now
If you thought the idea of making a building generate 10% of its own energy was mad, you’d be right. It should be closer to 100%. Here’s how it can be done
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FeaturesWhen disaster strikes
The earthquake that struck Indonesia just three months after the Boxing Day tsunami should be a warning to us that in high-risk areas we need to build – and rebuild – with more than one type of catastrophe in mind. We examine the findings of a new report on disaster ...
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Japanese giant Kajima takes £80m hit on PFI schools
Massive loss incurred by UK arm of Japanese contracting giant adds to PFI ‘stigma’ in build-up to election
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Labour and Tories clash over housing
The Labour and Conservative parties squared up over housing reform and environmental building policy as they launched their election manifestos this week
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Election focus group: The industry speaks out
Building has assembled a panel of five industry figures, and each week we will interview them to find out what they think of the parties’ campaigns and who is the frontrunner to secure their vote. Interviews by Eleanor Snow
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Procure21 firms demand promise over its future
Kier boss John Dodds writes to health minister to make sure healthcare building framework will not be axed
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Inquiry finds sabotage ‘highly unlikely’ at Potters Bar
The rail faults that led to the Potters Bar crash, which killed seven people in May 2002, were “highly unlikely” to be the result of sabotage, an independent inquiry has ruled.
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NewsIndustry attacks CDM revisions
Industry experts have criticised the HSE’s proposed revisions to the CDM Regulations, claiming they do not properly clarify the responsibility of clients
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NewsPurple glaze
An £18m health centre in Hounslow, Middlesex, with Willmott Dixon Construction as design-and-build contractor, Penoyre & Prasad as architect and Caxton FM as facilities manager, is the first project of a local improvement finance trust (LIFT) company set up in west London.
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Diplomatic triumph
Rem Koolhaas’ Rotterdam practice, Office for Metropolitan Architecture, has won the top European architectural award for its Dutch embassy in Berlin, completed last year.
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Clients face wave of upfront payment demands
Specialists set to take action unless Construction Act review protects them against insolvent employers
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Scotland gains its own architectural watchdog
Scotland’s version of CABE, Architecture & Design Scotland, was launched this week, and will target the design of PPP projects.
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Jams cost small firms £181m
Poor transport infrastructure is costing small construction firms £181m a year in lost productivity and profits, according to research published this week.
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NewsRICS to host Olympic summit for project managers
Event at the Royal Albert Hall next week to show project managers have the ability to deliver 2012 games
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Housing: Election Battleground no1
Construction finds itself at the heart of the election battle, with rows over procurement spending cuts, the PFI and capital expenditure in hospitals, schools and roads all likely to feature over the weeks to polling day on 5 May. Here Building kicks off its coverage by looking at the housing ...
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Sustainability
This weeks Specifier looks at the multifaceted subject of sustainability, including the whole-life costs of condensing boilers and how to specify green insulation.
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Tories promise to scrap Home Information Packs
Conservatives tell estate agents that sellers’ packs will be binned if they win the election.
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NewsWork begins on new Brunel Gateway building
Health and Social Care building to be complete within 15 months.
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Britains first seven-star hotel set for Southampton
Developers plan the ultimate in luxury and heritage preservation on the south coast.
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NewsCorus cuts nearly 100 Teesside jobs
Steel manufacturer slashes workforce at Lackenby in Teesside by almost 20%.