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US nuclear firm handed £30m government grant to develop reactor technology
Holtec and Rolls Royce both shortlisted to work up designs in autumn
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Features
Cost model: Delivering sustainable hotels
Hotels are competing as somewhere to stay and as places to see and be seen. Delivering sustainable, health-conscious and imaginatively designed spaces is the challenge
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Watkin Jones submits plan for second tallest tower in Glasgow
Student housing scheme will hit 34 storeys
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Comment
Navigating NABERS
The shift to performance-based environmental rating systems such as NABERS UK presents several contractual challenges
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HS2 cancellation could release capacity to supply chain, says T&T
But firms could take skills abroad pursuing alternative high-speed rail jobs
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Comment
Deliberate landbanking by housebuilders is a myth
The suggestion that housebuilders deliberately landbank is, to put it bluntly, poppycock, writes John Wallace
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5 minutes with … Richard Farrey at Silverstone Building Consultancy
The firm’s lead director on building his business, the importance of a can-do attitude and why the best buildings are in the North-east
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Output slumps again with warnings coming months will see sector stuck in doldrums
S&P Global/CIPS report says falling orders, high interest rates and election will keep lid on demand
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Salford’s Eden project – not your common-or-garden eco office
CiA new office building incorporating Europe’s largest green wall is also one of the UK’s most sustainable. Thomas Lane looks at how the team managed it
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Developer behind Eric Parry City tower brings in G&T director
Yard Nine working on £400m scheme at 50 Fenchurch Street
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Costain’s former transport chief takes up senior role at Aecom’s PM business
Sue Kershaw will be based in Los Angeles
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Industry needs to decarbonise twice as fast to meet 2025 emissions target, UKGBC says
Slow progress over the last four years means firms are now falling behind planned trajectory
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Government announces £3.9bn cash injection for Transpennine Route Upgrade
Extra tracks and digital signalling work to get underway following latest tranche of funding
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Comment
The top causes of UK disputes? Incorrect design and poor workmanship
While research reveals design errors are a top issue globally, the UK is unusually prone to poor workmanship disputes – but has fewer claims related to project management
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More than half of construction professionals don’t measure embodied carbon, says RICS
Despite growing enthusiasm for green building, carbon measurement not impacting on material choice
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Project suspended after worker dies at Laing O’Rourke’s Oxford North life sciences job
Accident happened yesterday morning with person dying at scene
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Gove delays ITV Studios decision a third time
Scheme now set to find out whether it has green light or not by early February
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Six ways to improve procurement
In the light of recent headlines about the contractor sector and unsustainable margins, Mike Turner has six key recommendations