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Thames Gateway to get new parks
Saturday, 17 May 2008
A £35m funding pot is being made available for new schemes that will create parklands, town squares and riverside pathways in the Thames Gateway.
Rok to expand in Midlands
Saturday, 17 May 2008
Building contractor Rok say it intends to press ahead with expansion in the Midlands despite market conditions.
ACE calls for scrapping of engineering tuition fees
Friday, 16 May 2008
Leading construction industry business group, The Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) has called on the Government to scrap tuition fees for UK engineering students.
2012 cabling reaches milestone
Friday, 16 May 2008
Work to create a brand new electrical infrastructure beneath the Olympic Park has hit a major milestone with the completion of the cabling in the powerlines tunnels beneath the Park.
Watford FC stadium gets go ahead
Friday, 16 May 2008
The biggest planning application Watford has ever seen has been given the go ahead by the council.
Kier to meet expectations
Friday, 16 May 2008
Contractor Kier sounded a cautious note of optimism today in its latest trading statement.
Features
A stainless reputation with designers
Stainless steel has gained a spotless reputation and has been featured prominently on many iconic buildings. B&E hears from British Stainless Steel association director Nigel Ward how designers are shaping their structures with steel.
Building blocks for the future
Katherina Lewis, marketing manager of the Brick Development Association, talks about how cost and green issues are firing the demand for clay products.
Energy Performance Certificates - saviour or shambles?
With just 50 accredited assessors, more stalling tactics and a get-out-of jail-free card, has the Government really done its homework on energy performance certificates? B&E reports.
Groundforce gives Carillion an extra LIFT
Building new health centres can help to regenerate former industrial areas and remediate brownfield land. B&E visits a £27m project taking shape in the West Midlands.
Is this the end of PFI?
Will the Private Finance Initiative still be shaping the NHS landscape after 2010? B&E reports.
Designing new build nuclear power stations
The next generation of nuclear power stations is currently on the drawing board with the government putting design under close scrutiny. B&E hears from Atkins Design managing director Martin Pease on what we can expect from the new wave of nukes.
Floods and Suds
Alex Stephenson, chairman of the British Water Suds Focus Group, explains why we have to start using some joined up thinking in order to deal with storm water runoff.
Green roofs
Green roofs are touted as the ecological answer to heavy rainfall and vanishing habitats. Richard Stirling takes a look at what is becoming a chic cultivated covering for our conurbations.
