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Coalition to extend green retrofit scheme to offices
Energy bill to introduce ’pay as you save’ scheme for commercial sector in major boost for refit market
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Great sprawl of China
PRP Architects has completed a masterplan for the centre of Chongqing city in western China
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Museum of Liverpool Energy Centre: Quality of Mersey
The Museum of Liverpool, engineered by Buro Happold, has begun the final commissioning of its Energy Centre
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Capita thwarted in move to buy Cyril Sweett
Consultant hunts for alternatives as Sweett’s £5.4m Chinese deal wrecks takeover talks
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Boot turnover falls
Henry Boot posted an 18% drop in turnover from £67m to £55m in the first six months of 2010.
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Dodds joins board
John Dodds, former chief executive of Kier, joins the board of steel firm Severfield-Rowen in October
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Bam’s UK profits up by a third
The UK arms of Dutch construction giant Royal Bam reported increased profits of €20.6m (£16.9m) on falling turnover in the first half of this year
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Confiscated blacklist leaked back into market
The Information Commissioner’s Office is investigating the leak of confidential files naming blacklisted construction workers, writes Andrew Hankinson.
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Empire State Ðǿմ«Ã½ window refurb: The empire strikes back
Manhattan’s Empire State Ðǿմ«Ã½ is leaking air and carbon by the tonne. But a project to reduce heat loss and solar gain from its 6,514 windows has raised its green credentials - and drastically lowered its energy bill
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Rok wins Axa work
Rok has won a £40m contract with insurance giant Axa to provide emergency home repair services to its customers
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Highbury Gardens by Porphyrios Architects: Home Base
Developer First Base marked the topping out of its £29m Highbury Gardens scheme in north London this week
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Share price plummets as Archial seeks bank help
Listed architect Archial lost two-thirds of its market value last week after it admitted seeking help from its banks to pay its tax bill
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He’s back: Pidgley Jr sets up another housebuilder
Tony Pidgley Jr, the son of Britain’s most successful housebuilder, has re-entered the housebuilding fray in a move that is bound to start speculation of renewed rivalry between father and son
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Aluminium frames
SAS International has launched the XP frame, a range of aluminium door and window frames which can be varied in depth and provide up to 60 minutes’ fire resistance
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Canadian consultant Stantec buys architect Anshen + Allen
Anglo-US healthcare architect Anshen + Allen has been bought by Canadian consultant Stantec for an undisclosed sum.
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Aecom eyes top architects as expansion plans grow
US giant on the hunt for ’the biggest or near biggest architect’ to add to global portfolio
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Adjustable door closer
Sapa Ðǿմ«Ã½ Systems has developed a new concealed door closer which will help building owners comply with disabled access regulations and assist the very young and the very old in using the doors
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Four firms win £900m Olympic temporary structures job
Bovis Lend Lease, Turner & Townsend, Capita Symonds and Rider Levitt Bucknall have won a £900m framework deal for temporary structures during the Olympic Games, Ðǿմ«Ã½ understands
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Turnover down but orders up 30% for electrician T Clarke
Turnover and profit at electrical contractor T Clarke fell in the six months to 30 June but its order book rose by a third