All articles by Vern Pitt – Page 24
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NewsGovernment's Green Deal jobs estimate falls by 35,000
Wildly varying estimates for job creation levels represent ‘best and worst case scenarios’, government claims
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NewsRenewable heat subsidy to create 500,000 jobs
Incentives to increase the affordability of installations of renewable heat systems will result in 126,000 installations by 2020, claims government
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NewsUse road pricing to fund infrastructure, says ICE
Road users should be charged more at peak times says report by Institution of Civil Engineers
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NewsRIBA: Architects should charge extra for green design
Call from the RIBA’s director of practice to follow US model to create greater ‘transparency’
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NewsAbu Dhabi payment raises hopes for Austin-Smith:Lord
Troubled architect received a part-payment of £2.4m from the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture & Heritage late last week
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NewsAtkins cuts over 800 UK staff as global profit rises
Most of the 878 staff lost from the UK business this year worked in Atkins’ transport division
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Shepherd Construction back in the black with £4m profit
Parent company Shepherd Group posts profit of £31.5m and turnover of £611m
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NewsMPs back FIT campaign to protect 25,000 solar jobs
MPs joined 300 campaigners calling on government to change plans to cut solar feed-in tariff by 50%
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NewsGive Highways Agency greater independence, review recommends
Greater commercial focus and changes to governance structure are the key to delivering savings, report says
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NewsFITs cut could cost government £230m
Energy consultancy’s analysis shows huge tax loss to the Treasury if jobs are lost because of cuts to government subsidies for solar power
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NewsIncentives question mark over Green Deal
Businesses will have to wait until Chancellor’s autumn statement to discover how the £14bn green retrofit scheme will be incentivised
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NewsWillmott Dixon to build £33m Redcar leisure and business centre
Architects S&P and +3 and engineer Buro Happold are also lined-up to work on the project, which is due to start in the New Year.
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NewsLifschutz Davidson Sandilands win UCL campus job
Architect Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands is already engaged in masterplanning a £500m redevelopment of University College London’s existing site
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CommentSolar industry lobbies MPs overs FITs cuts
Campaigners prepare to lobby MPs over the 50% cut in solar feed-in tariffs. Read live coverage here
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NewsShepherd doubles its annual profits
Contractor’s industrial division powers Shepherd to profits of £31.5m for the year to June 2011
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NewsGovernment to offer £50bn of work online
Plans to move procurement online come as part of a radical shake-up of the public sector procurement process
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NewsThames Estuary airport gains Treasury support
Senior Tory figures are understood to be in favour of a island airport in the Thames Estuary, which would cost up to £50bn
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NewsOutlook for architects' workload remains bleak
RIBA Future Trends survey says practices reluctant to take on new staff amid market uncertainty
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FeaturesPublic sector cuts: Client feedback
Public sector clients slashed projects in response to the chancellor’s swingeing cuts. But as the results of the Constructionline Building Index show, the pain is by no means over
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