All articles by Vern Pitt – Page 25
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NewsLib Dem councillors set to rebel against FIT cuts
The party fears its good environmental record could be trashed by the government plans
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NewsArup owed almost £4m by Austin-Smith Lord over Abu Dhabi project
Project manager Buro Four also owed £700,000 as Austin-Smith Lord seeks total of £11.3m from client
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NewsLewisham flats development enters third phase
Architect BPTW has commenced work on the third phase of its Heathside and Lethbridge estates in Lewisham, London, to deliver a further 214 homes.The third phase of the estate will plug into a central energy centre which is currently under construction.The three phases of the development started to date will ...
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NewsAustin-Smith:Lord decides to close Abu Dhabi office
Move comes as architect, rated UK’s sixth largest in 2010 by Building, fights insolvency threat
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NewsSkanska tops list of green construction companies
Engineers WS Atkins, BAM and Carillion all highly rated in first government poll of firms’ carbon measurment
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NewsGovernment will back BIM transition with millions of pounds
Paul Morrell, government construction advisor, has promised that the seven figure sum will ease the risk for construction firms
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NewsDesign firms invited to plan Olympic Park's legacy
Both urban and landscaping contracts to be awarded through a framework agreement over the next four years
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NewsBanks still punishing builders despite increases in SME loans
Banks lent £18.8bn to small and medium enterprises in the third quarter of this year but 57% of builders still experiencing problems with credit
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News'UK needs to build a city the size of Birmingham,' says FMB
Demand for new housing is set to outstrip supply by over 500,000 homes by 2015
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NewsAustin-Smith:Lord files for CVA to avoid insolvency
Firm, one of largest UK architects, has already laid off 70 staff to try and keep itself afloat
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NewsGovernment may phase in FIT cuts
Fitters may no longer have to hand back deposits to customers unable to meet the current tariff deadline
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NewsFriends of the Earth will lodge legal challenge to FIT cut
Friends of the Earth decide to lodge legal challenge after the government fails to withdraw its plans
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NewsScotland to get £100m for renewable energy projects
A further £100m drawn from the fossil fuel levy will be used to capitalise the Green Investment Bank.
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NewsCBI attacks government FITs cut
The cut to FITs has destroyed investor confidence in the government, argued CBI director-general John Cridland
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NewsCompany fined £15,000 after worker loses finger
Lifting operation at modular building company was disorganised and could have had much worse consequences, said health and safety inspector
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CommentFeed-in tariff cuts: No solar gain
The dramatic and sudden cut to the feed-in tariff has put the solar power industry in fear of its future, and led many to doubt the government’s commitment to the wider sustainability agenda. Vern Pitt talks to those affected by the perceived U-turns, delays and climbdowns
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NewsMPs: 'Government is failing to jump-start regeneration'
Select committee urges government to take greater risks with public land to reap regeneration gains
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NewsWillmott Dixon completes eight-storey cross-laminated timber building
Contractors claims use of solid cross-laminated timber on East London apartment block saved 892 tonnes of carbon
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NewsShepherd Construction wins £12m Grantham academy job
The project in Grantham will include demolition of the current building and construction of a new two storey block
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NewsFIT cuts threaten 25,000 jobs
Plans announced this week to reduce feed-in-tarrif to 21p per kWh