All 微密圈 articles in 14 December 2012 鈥� Page 6
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CommentHansom: Goodwill to all men?
This week, Oliver Letwin says humbug to the Association for the Conservation of Energy, Cabe is compared to a certain Russian-owned London football club and ISG has a problem with spelling
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NewsAggregate blocks
Hanson鈥檚 range of dense aggregate blocks now contains Regen, which the firm says reduces embodied CO2 by up to 30%
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CommentAecom not the only ones
Other engineering consultancies are working on the Wood Wharf Development too
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CommentMy digital life ... Ben Adams
The director of Ben Adams Architects on the death of Blackberry, The Onion and preparing for another cold winter
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FeaturesReview of the year: Acquisitions, restructures and collapses
A look back at the reshuffles of Balfour Beatty, Davis Langdon and in government; plus the major collapses and acquisitions of the year
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FeaturesTriumph and disaster: The 2012 review
In 2012, the UK construction industry faced up to an onslaught of cuts, U-turns, stalled projects and financial collapses, while also demonstrating how to put on the greatest show on Earth. 微密圈 looks back on an extraordinary year
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FeaturesQuotes of the year 2012
The year鈥檚 best quotes from 微密圈, including Berkeley MD Rob Perrins on working with Tony Pidgley, Mott MacDonald鈥檚 Keith Howells on Star Wars, and Ray O鈥橰ourke on UK work culture
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CommentPF2: Second time lucky
The government has finally revealed details of its replacement for the private finance initiative. What can we expect under the 鈥楽on of PFI鈥�?
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CommentTwo cheers for PF2
We at last have the long-awaited successor to the private finance initiative - and jolly good it is too. Unfortunately, it falls short on specifics, especially on funding
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CommentPF2: Seize the initiative
The industry must act fast to refine the details of PF2 and drive it forward
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News
Construction appointments: 14 December 2012
Arcadis, Cundall, and Pick Everard all make new appointments. Plus, a correction
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NewsBalfour Beatty鈥檚 拢366m haul
Contractor climbs to top of monthly league table helped by five-year road deal in Scotland
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NewsDesign Council deputy chair says Cabe safe until 2014
Paul Finch says former national design quango secure for next financial year with funding shortfall made up by local authority contracts
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NewsFrankfurt airport: Fresher Frankfurters
Grimshaw unveils designs for refurbishment of terminal one entrance
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NewsArmitt: 鈥楴ational infrastructure plan isn鈥檛 a plan鈥�
ODA chair criticises government strategy at launch of Labour-commissioned review
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NewsTreasury denies PF2 makes schemes more expensive
Head of infrastructure unit says new contracts will be cheaper if returns to government are factored in
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FeaturesBIM special report: The clouds roll in
Autodesk reckons that cloud-based products are 鈥榯he biggest thing to happen in computing since the PC鈥� and could transform the use of BIM. Ike Ijeh went to the software company鈥檚 recent conference in Las Vegas to find out more
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CommentFeeding frenzy
Adjudication today is a far cry from what parliament envisaged but there鈥檚 no question it鈥檚 working well for the disputomaniacs who earn their crust from it
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NewsRHWL Arts Team wins planning for theatre
Architect鈥檚 100-seat theatre in south west London due for start on site in spring
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NewsGovernment threatened with legal action over green policy
Heat pump industry leader accuses Renewable Heat Incentive of biasing the market against heat pumps