All articles by Stephen Kennett – Page 3
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Costain wins £200m tunnel contract
Work on upgrading London’s power infrastructure will begin later this year
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Homeowners put up asking prices in October
Rightmove survey shows usual autumn trend of rising asking prices despite worsening mortgage availability
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Painting wind turbines purple could save wildlife
New research sheds light on why the colour of wind turbines is important
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Features
Eco co-housing schemes: Give it a spin
The UK has begun experimenting with co-housing schemes that aim to slash emissions while encouraging a more sustainable lifestyle - as you can imagine, communal washing machines that run on harvested rainwater are de rigueur
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John Laing to launch £270m infrastructure fund
Listed fund will be invested in mature infrastructure assets
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Could we see floating breweries by 2030?
SABMiller is looking into building floating breweries to offset water and energy consumption
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Mouchel issues profit warning
Consultant expects pre-tax profts of £30.5m following 2,000 redundancies
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Green light given to London Olympia redevelopment
Work will start on site early next year to redevelop Olympia Exhibition and Conference Centre
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Government warned not to cut spending on green technologies
Tim Yeo, former energy minister, says funding for the renewables sector must be protected or it will not survive
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SMEs heading into double dip recession
Survey by the Federation of Master Builder reports drop off in workload for small and medium sized firms
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Glasgow hospital scoops prime minister's award
New Stobhill Hospital, designed by Reiach and Hall Architects, praised for focusing on patient needs
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Huhne says all new homes should meet Passivhaus standard
Secretary of state for energy and climate change indicates that he would like to see all new homes meet the German low energy standard
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Zero carbon homes target 'unrealistic'
Housebuilders say government target for zero carbon homes is unrealistic and will impact on sector’s ability to increase volume
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Chickens to power Gloucestershire town
First homes to receive power generated from chicken litter after biogas plant opens in November
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Travis Perkins sees turnover climb
Builders’ merchant reports 6% increase for the first nine months of 2010
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Rok wins Scottish £32m framework deal
Contractor to work with Highlands and Islands Enterprise over a four-year period
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Revised post-Olympic plans ditch ‘soulless’ apartments
Original high-density scheme to be replaced with family homes more in keeping with the park
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Revised post-Olympic plans ditch ‘soulless’ apartments
Original high-density scheme to be replaced with family homes more in keeping with the park
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Tax rebate for R&D projects
New legislation should mean companies can claim cash back on R&D spend
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Quality standard launched for use of 'waste' pulverised fuel ash
New quality protocol will help divert significant amount of UK’s largest industrial waste-stream from landfill