All articles by Stephen Kennett – Page 8
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NewsGiant Brazilian mega-church gains planning approval
Rogério Silva de Araújo’s 55m-tall design will seat 10,000 worshippers
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FeaturesChatham Dockyard's salvage operation
Returning a wrecked building to public use is tough enough at the best of times, but when your main contractor goes under, the pressure piles on. Stephen Kennett hears how Chatham Dockyard overcame adversity to open its new cultural hub for the summer tourist season
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NewsHousebuilding chief Greg Fry to leave Berkeley
Fry resigns as chair of St George and from group board
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NewsUproar over six-figure bonuses for Network Rail chiefs
PM and unions unimpressed at outgoing chief Iain Coucher’s £641,000 top-up
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NewsTata creates bespoke pavilion
Steel giant to construct temporary building in Hyde Park this weekend
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NewsWireless coverage in buildings: Only connect
iPhones, iPads, BlackBerrys, Notebooks - the list of wireless gadgets is growing all the time. Which is putting greater demands on our buildings and those who design them
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Site cabins key to carbon reductions
Contractors should use low energy site cabins and biofuels to help cut on-site carbon emissions
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NewsCement industry reduces emissions
Industry achieves 4% drop since 2005 according to data published today
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NewsChinese 'rocket man' wins record compensation from developers
A chinese farmer who fired homemade rockets on builders has secured £75k for his land
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NewsHyder reveals positive start to year
Engineering giant says trading from April to July was slightly ahead of expectations
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NewsGove faces Lib Dem split over BSF
Simon Hughes, Lib Dem deputy leader, distances party from education secretary’s decision to axe 700 school projects
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NewsKier group finance director to step down
Deena Mattar is to be replaced by Balfour Beatty’s Haydn Mursell in November
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NewsEngineering group Babcock reports £8.3bn order book
Support services group’s interim statement also shows strong cash generation
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NewsGovernment's carbon compliance tool 'inadequate'
Urgent action demanded to improve SAP for calculating energy use of new homes
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NewsGalliford Try housing sales up 25%
Trading update also shows firm’s construction orders remain strong
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NewsFreak power
A giant energy centre for the Olympic park with a flue stack the size of Nelson’s column could hardly be hidden away. So the architect decided to flaunt what it had by dressing up a neutral box in durable black rubber
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Features2012 countdown: The temporary basketball venue
The Olympics may need a basketball venue the size of an aeroplane hanger, but London can probably get by without one after they’re over. So they’ve made the whole thing demountable
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Features2012 countdown: The stadium
One year from now, the 80,000-seat Olympic stadium has to be ready. Will it make it?
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NewsLaunch of height map for London buildings
Mapping website Find has developed an online tool showing the height of buildings in the capital