All articles by Vern Pitt – Page 57
-
¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ
Shuttleworth warns against 'efficient but nasty' design
Make founder says architects need to resist the temptation to design energy efficient buildings that don’t give humans ‘delight’
-
¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ
Government faces legal action over scrapped 'conservatory tax'
Ecobuild latest: Association for the Conservation of Energy says it will seek a judicial review of government decision to scrap changes to building regulations
-
¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ
Government will consider 'tweaks' to Green Deal
Energy secretary Ed Davey has not ruled out changing elements of the Green Deal should the government’s flagship retrofit programme encounter problems
-
¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ
Majority of retrofit projects suffer cost overruns
Technology Strategy Board study of 37 projects finds delays common due to low skills, planning failures and remedial works
-
¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ
Industry challenged to make up to 40% carbon cuts
Ecobuild latest: Green Construction Board sets out interim carbon reduction targets to keep sector on track to meet 2050 target
-
¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ
Green Construction Board to unveil routemap for 2050
Plans for industry to reduce emissions by 80% by 2050 to be published later today at Ecobuild
-
¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ
BDP wins Cardiff college design competition
Architect will design £26m city centre community campus
-
¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ
Bogle Flanagan Lawrence Silver rebrands
Architect rebrands as Flanagan Lawrence after the departure of two directors last year.
-
¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ
Government unveils plan to cut subsidies for renewable heat
Cuts will only come in if take-up targets are exceeded
-
¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ
Montreal police raid City Hall over construction corruption
Raid follows earlier raids on local offices of Aecom and Genivar
-
¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ
Government considers licences for builders
Exclusive: Business department launches research looking at how other country’s tackle rogue traders
-
¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ
Finalists for the Rising Star Award announced
New sustainability award in memory of ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ columnist Mel Starrs
-
¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ
Retail focus pays off for Hammerson
Firm reports 2% rise in like-for-like rental income after £627m of office disposals
-
¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ
Global report makes business case for green building
World Green ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Council research asserts that ‘cost premium’ of eco-friendly construction is not as high as the industry assumes
-
¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ
Minister torpedos Severn Barrage
Energy minister Greg Barker says there is no chance project could get permission in this parliament
-
¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ
PRP targets £1m turnover for new research business
Architect plans new business to develop areas including construction products, low-carbon buildings and sustainable community building
-
¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ
ISG exits £100m Santander data centre job
ISG has left its £100m data centre job for Spanish bank Santander, with project manager Mace taking over on the site in Leicestershire
-
¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ
Skanska's Trinity Square gets green light
Skanska has been given planning permission for its Cheltenham residential development.
-
¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ
Interserve construction profit falls 18%
Fall in international revenue sees construction arm’s turnover dip to £939m
-
¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ
Hewlett loses role on £600m New Street project
Civil engineer, which was rescued from administration by a management buy-out last month, has lost its place on one of its most high-profile jobs