All articles by Stephen Kennett – Page 4
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Low energy development opens in Leeds
Citu unveals refurbished 1930s block with open-loop borehole and ground source heat pump
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Sales of construction products rises
Enst and Young and Construction Products Association point to continued rise in third quarter but it won’t continue into next year
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Atkins completes PBSJ acquisition
Consultant buys US business with 3,500 staff and £518m turnover
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Birmingham plans £100m green retrofit scheme
Council will partner with banks and energy suppliers to make 10,000 properties more energy efficient
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UK construction grows but orders slow
CIPS survey shows growth for September but confidence at lowest since March 2009
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Hadid's Maxxi wins Stirling prize
Zaha Hadid beats off five other nominations to scoop £20k prize
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Morrell calls for BIM on public projects
Government’s construction advisor believes BIM will unlock new ways of working
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Passivhaus goes to school
Hadlow college in Kent is the first educational building in Britain to meet the stringent demands of the German low-energy standard
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Animated copper facade by Atelier KAAMA in Prague
Architect specifies three different shades of copper cladding that will weather at different rates
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Government delays EPC software by six months
Updated software was due to be released alongside the new Part L of the Building Regulations next month
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New wing to Kew's herbarium opens
Edward Cullinan Architects’ design will house upto 50,000 new plant specimens a year
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WYG completes restructure after £22m loss
Engineering consultant to base its structure on four key areas of market activity
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OFT delays decision on Travis Perkins' bid for BSS Group
Office of Fair Trading says its decision over the £558m bid will not be until mid-October
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Galliford Try completes Newport station
South Wales station doubles in size to handle 2,000 more people a day
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Wolseley to take up tax residence in Switzerland
Building materials firm says it is creating a group holding company as it announces no profit growth in its full-year results
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CITB calls for better skills to retrofit British homes
Industry body says government ensure adequate training to meet its ’Green Deal’ targets
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Keep Taking The Tablets
Construction folk can barely contain their excitement at how Apple’s iPad is changing the way they build - and being able to show your mum the project you’re working on is only the start
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Dark Victory: 2010 Part L update
The new version of Part L kicks in next week, and its tough energy rules are going to make lighting a building altogether more problematic than ever before