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Construction activity: Light and shade

2013-06-07T06:00:00Z

On the one hand, construction activity is at its lowest level in 14 years. On the other, there are some signs of a slowly improving situation - that’s if you’ve survived this long

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Serpentine Pavilion: Better from afar

2013-06-05T11:51:00Z

Fujimoto’s Serpentine Pavilion is a dazzling vision from a distance but disappoints on closer inspection

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Carbon targets must be credible

2013-05-31T06:00:00Z

The infamous 400 parts per million of CO2 has passed and concentration just keeps going up. So what should be done?

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Rules of engagement

2013-05-30T06:00:00Z

London is full of people with the ideas and enthusiasm to make the capital a sustainability leader. All we need is the leadership to motivate others

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A client's view: Argent

2013-05-28T09:55:00Z

Argent’s Tony Giddings explains what the firm expects from contractors it works with and what schemes it has in the pipeline

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A client's view: Great Portland Estates

2013-05-24T10:56:00Z

Great Portland Estates’ head of projects on the firm’s pipeline and paying subcontractors on time

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A taste of Madrid

2013-05-21T11:32:00Z

Lord Lamont’s green shoots, oven-ready transport policy and Simon Allford’s recipe for a ‘universal building’ were all on the menu at the BCO conference

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Keeping up standards, keeping down costs

2013-05-20T10:40:00Z

The Health Safety Executive’s drive to cut bureacracy could compromise safety, the Association for Project Safety warns

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BCO Conference, Day Two: Fortune favours the brave

2013-05-17T16:00:00Z

Alinea Consulting’s Iain Parker gives his impression of the British Council for Office’s annual conference in Madrid

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BCO Conference, Day One: A brave new world?

2013-05-17T10:45:00Z

Alinea Consulting’s Iain Parker gives his impression of the British Council for Office’s annual conference in Madrid

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Listen closely

2013-05-10T06:00:00Z

All the noise from Westminster is about saving another £11.5bn. But more quietly, some areas of government are working to rationalise estates and provide construction work

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Neil Jefferson on building sustainable homes

2013-05-10T06:00:00Z

¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ truly sustainable new buildings isn’t just about regulations

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Unblocking the arteries

2013-05-10T06:00:00Z

Megaprojects shouldn’t be at the expense of smaller transport infrastructure upgrades that have a more immediate impact on our working lives

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TIF of the iceberg

2013-05-03T06:00:00Z

Battersea’s Nine Elms development has got the green light to use tax-increment financing. Does this mean the industry has overcome the funding impasse?

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Kier-May Gurney: A good deal?

2013-04-26T17:01:00Z

¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ’s assistant editor Joey Gardiner on the Kier’s proposed takeover of May Gurney

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How difficult can it be?

2013-04-23T13:42:00Z

Fixing our housing problems will be a hard slog - but some progress is being made, says Andrew Stunell

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Making waves

2013-04-19T00:00:00Z

Richard McCarthy: The Green Deal may have got off to an unsteady start but, by working with government, the industry can still turn it into a success

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Blacklisting discoveries 'appalling'

2013-04-16T14:20:00Z

Blacklisting practices revealed in inquiry beggar belief, says Ian Davidson, chair of the Scottish Affairs Committee

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Overheating: It's getting hot in here …

2013-04-12T06:00:00Z

Neil Jefferson, director of the NHBC and chief executive of the Zero Carbon Hub

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The drive of your life

2013-04-12T00:00:00Z

We’re so besotted with process that we’ve lost sight of the end product. We should learn from Formula One