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All Rights Reserved. http://www.specifinder.com/images/feed_logo.gif http://www.specifinder.com/building_industry_news.asp Fri, 18 May 2012 02:51:07 GMT 20 http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/heating/800407329/Council-pioneers-new-heating-project.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/heating/800407329/Council-pioneers-new-heating-project.html A London borough is on the brink of launching a pioneering new scheme which will convert wasted energy from a nearby plant into heating for its local communities Added on Thu, 17 May 2012 09:49:39 GMT Heating http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407328/Ministers-urged-to-tackle-housing-crisis.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407328/Ministers-urged-to-tackle-housing-crisis.html Ministers must do more to tackle the UK's housing shortage, according to three industry groups Added on Thu, 17 May 2012 09:52:59 GMT General Industry http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407327/Houses-need-more-storage-space.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407327/Houses-need-more-storage-space.html A report by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) could shape the way houses are designed and delivered in the future, outlining that many need more storage space Added on Wed, 16 May 2012 10:11:33 GMT General Industry http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/green/800407326/Essex-Business-School-goes-green.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/green/800407326/Essex-Business-School-goes-green.html A new £21 million site for Essex Business School is set to feature some of the most advanced developments in green/sustainable design Added on Wed, 16 May 2012 10:11:34 GMT Green and Sustainable Building http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407324/PJ-Livesey-gets-the-green-light.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407324/PJ-Livesey-gets-the-green-light.html A £15m residential scheme has been given the green light from the Broads Authority Planning Committee to go ahead in Norfolk Added on Tue, 15 May 2012 08:14:45 GMT General Industry http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/green/800407325/Government-investing-in-green-building.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/green/800407325/Government-investing-in-green-building.html The Green Construction Board (GCB) has secured £1 million to increase its operations Added on Tue, 15 May 2012 08:17:15 GMT Green and Sustainable Building http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407322/Construction-sector-workload-grows.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407322/Construction-sector-workload-grows.html Construction sector activity has risen during the first quarter of this year according to surveyors, suggesting that recovery may be starting after the output showed a considerable drop recently Added on Fri, 11 May 2012 10:27:33 GMT General Industry http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407323/Thousands-attend-Grand-Designs-Live.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407323/Thousands-attend-Grand-Designs-Live.html The three-day Grand Designs Live event attracted 42,000 people to Excel London from May 5 - it's biggest ever opening weekend on record Added on Fri, 11 May 2012 10:27:34 GMT General Industry http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407320/Sainsburys-slows,-space-race-pace.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407320/Sainsburys-slows,-space-race-pace.html The supermarket "space race" looks to be subsiding, with news that Sainsbury's is to reduce its expansion this year from more than 7% to around 5% Added on Thu, 10 May 2012 10:07:22 GMT General Industry http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407321/Priority-schools-statement-imminent.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407321/Priority-schools-statement-imminent.html An announcement that the £2 billion Priority Schools programme will deliver value for money is imminent, according to Mike Green Added on Thu, 10 May 2012 10:16:31 GMT General Industry http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/heating/800407319/Plumb-Center-launches-micro-CHP-training.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/heating/800407319/Plumb-Center-launches-micro-CHP-training.html The UK’s first micro-CHP course has been launched by Plumb Center at Greenbuild Expo. Added on Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Heating http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407317/Brownfield-site-to-be-redeveloped.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407317/Brownfield-site-to-be-redeveloped.html Gleeson Home and Regeneration has won planning approval to construct nearly 400 houses on brownfield land located in South Yorkshire Added on Wed, 9 May 2012 10:50:00 GMT General Industry http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407318/Fall-in-April-house-prices-recorded.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407318/Fall-in-April-house-prices-recorded.html After a brief surge in March the UK property market has returned to negative territory, according to new statistics Added on Wed, 9 May 2012 10:50:48 GMT General Industry http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/bathrooms/800407316/Support-for-people-building-homes.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/bathrooms/800407316/Support-for-people-building-homes.html The Government is encouraging more people to go down the route of building their own homes by offering new support schemes to those who want to Added on Fri, 4 May 2012 12:22:16 GMT Bathrooms & Showers http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407315/Drop-in-top-firms-architect-numbers.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407315/Drop-in-top-firms-architect-numbers.html The number of UK-based architects at the 91 firms that feature in the 2011 and 2012 AJ100 league tables has decreased by 190, which amounts to a 3 Added on Fri, 4 May 2012 09:43:21 GMT General Industry http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/green/800407311/Group-slams-wind-turbine-impact.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/green/800407311/Group-slams-wind-turbine-impact.html Swathes of countryside are being ruined by the introduction of wind turbines, countryside campaigners have claimed Added on Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:44:25 GMT Green and Sustainable Building http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407312/Construction-firms-feel-the-strain.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407312/Construction-firms-feel-the-strain.html The most severe downturn in construction work for decades has resulted in companies making "suicide bids" as they compete to win contracts, claims the chief executive of one of the UK's biggest building firms Added on Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:44:40 GMT General Industry http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407310/New-building-adviser-hunt-to-start.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407310/New-building-adviser-hunt-to-start.html Plans are being finalised to find a replacement for Government chief construction adviser Paul Morrell, who is set to stand down later this year Added on Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:47:49 GMT General Industry http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407309/Housing-trust-repair-contract-ends.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407309/Housing-trust-repair-contract-ends.html A housing trust's repair contract, which services 15,000 customers, has been ended by "mutual" agreement, it has been revealed Added on Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:45:56 GMT General Industry http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407307/£35m-green-funding-for-businesses.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407307/£35m-green-funding-for-businesses.html Some £35 million will be made available for small and medium-sized businesses to spend on sustainable products and help them develop clean energy technology Added on Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:48:19 GMT General Industry http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407308/Aquilina-takes-Foster-travel-award.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407308/Aquilina-takes-Foster-travel-award.html Thomas Aquilina from Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture has been announced by Riba as the sixth winner of the Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship 2012 Added on Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:53:52 GMT General Industry http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407305/Welsh-property-is-being-held-back.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407305/Welsh-property-is-being-held-back.html Sustainability regulations are preventing the Welsh property market from competing with its English counterpart, research has shown Added on Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:40:05 GMT General Industry http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407306/RICS-launches-industry-guidelines.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407306/RICS-launches-industry-guidelines.html New directions for the UK construction industry have been unveiled by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Added on Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:18:30 GMT General Industry http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/green/800407304/New-solar-panels-arrive-across-UK.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/green/800407304/New-solar-panels-arrive-across-UK.html Kier has secured £4m worth of contracts to create solar energy cells to be fitted in UK council properties and accommodation Added on Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:52:21 GMT Green and Sustainable Building http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407303/Shapps-thrilled-with-NewBuy-success.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407303/Shapps-thrilled-with-NewBuy-success.html Housing minister Grant Shapps has been buoyed by the first client signing on to the Government's NewBuy scheme Added on Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:53:40 GMT General Industry http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407302/Construction-jobs-boost-in-Ireland.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407302/Construction-jobs-boost-in-Ireland.html Up to 1,500 construction jobs will be created when leading multinationals build new premises in Ireland, it has been claimed Added on Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:12:41 GMT General Industry http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407301/Construction-forum-to-boost-diversity.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407301/Construction-forum-to-boost-diversity.html A new forum has been set up to boost the employment of women, minorities and disabled people in the construction industry Added on Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:12:40 GMT General Industry http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407300/Ministers-encourage-self-build-homes.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407300/Ministers-encourage-self-build-homes.html Ministers want to double the size of the self-build property section and are encouraging aspiring home owners to go down this route Added on Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:23:32 GMT General Industry http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407299/Humber-business-urged-to-target-renewables.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407299/Humber-business-urged-to-target-renewables.html A logistics expert is concerned that the workforce in the Humber region does not have the appropriate skills to exploit the area's potential in renewable energy Added on Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:33:04 GMT General Industry http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407298/Must-do-better-on-health-and-safety-says-Altius-Vendor-Assessment.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407298/Must-do-better-on-health-and-safety-says-Altius-Vendor-Assessment.html Must do better on health and safety! that's the end of year report for the construction industry following damning evidence that almost one in five construction sites failed recent inspections by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Added on Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT General Industry http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407296/Bonkers-green-proposal-scrapped.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407296/Bonkers-green-proposal-scrapped.html Plans to make home owners pay for additional energy-efficiency measures when carrying out home improvements are set to be scrapped, Downing Street sources say Added on Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:07:16 GMT General Industry http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/green/800407297/McCloud-slams-green-deal-critics.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/green/800407297/McCloud-slams-green-deal-critics.html Channel Four presenter and architectural guru Kevin McCloud has backed Government proposals to make householders improve their green footprint when carrying out home improvements, after the scheme came under fire Added on Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:03:24 GMT Green and Sustainable Building http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407293/Offers-in-for-Vauxhall-project.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407293/Offers-in-for-Vauxhall-project.html Several national contractors have submitted their offers for a major mixed-use scheme in London for developer CLS Holdings Added on Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:12:55 GMT General Industry http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407292/Ambitious-building-programme-to-start.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407292/Ambitious-building-programme-to-start.html New social housing will be built in the Midlands and parts of Yorkshire and Humberside as part of an ambitious programme to build 3,600 new homes over the next four years Added on Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:53:30 GMT General Industry http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/green/800407291/Energy-saving-campaign-for-locals.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/green/800407291/Energy-saving-campaign-for-locals.html A community in County Durham has launched its own campaign to help locals save money on bills as the Government announced a new national energy scheme Added on Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:13:54 GMT Green and Sustainable Building http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/green/800407290/Solar-energy-panels-multiplying.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/green/800407290/Solar-energy-panels-multiplying.html Solar power has been installed on a larger scale to help operate water and waste treatment plants in Devon and Cornwall Added on Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:23:54 GMT Green and Sustainable Building http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/green/800407288/Fuel-cell-research-centre-for-Wales.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/green/800407288/Fuel-cell-research-centre-for-Wales.html A research centre analysing and developing a technology used for heating homes and water in Japan is being developed in Wales Added on Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:19:43 GMT Green and Sustainable Building http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/heating/800407289/British-Gas-rolls-out-new-smart-meters.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/heating/800407289/British-Gas-rolls-out-new-smart-meters.html British Gas has unveiled a new generation of smart meters which allow customers to see how much energy they're using and how much it's costing them Added on Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:56:42 GMT Heating http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/cladding/800407286/Fast-pace-for-latest-Premier-Inn.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/cladding/800407286/Fast-pace-for-latest-Premier-Inn.html Developers of Manchester's newest hotel, the 193 bedroom Dale Street Premier Inn, said the project will be finished in September - two months earlier than expected Added on Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:24:22 GMT Cladding http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/green/800407287/Eco-living-first-for-Lincoln-firm.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/green/800407287/Eco-living-first-for-Lincoln-firm.html A Lincolnshire construction firm has started an innovative ecological housing project that is set to be a UK first Added on Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:24:22 GMT Green and Sustainable Building http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/green/800407285/Green-bills-costlier-than-expected.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/green/800407285/Green-bills-costlier-than-expected.html The cost of making a home more sustainable via the Government's Green Deal scheme could be higher than expected, the Daily Mail has claimed Added on Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:09:25 GMT Green and Sustainable Building http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/green/800407284/New-solar-panels-scheme-announced.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/green/800407284/New-solar-panels-scheme-announced.html Solar panels are being used to heat residents' flats as part of new green-sustainable measures at a sheltered housing scheme in Bury St Edmunds Added on Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:06:22 GMT Green and Sustainable Building http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407282/Waterloo-development-being-pondered.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407282/Waterloo-development-being-pondered.html Plans to create a business hub near Waterloo Station in central London are to be reviewed this week Added on Thu, 5 Apr 2012 10:29:20 GMT General Industry http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407283/Shetland-wind-farm-gets-green-light.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407283/Shetland-wind-farm-gets-green-light.html A 370-megawatt wind farm is to be built in Shetland and will create 140 jobs for the local community Added on Thu, 5 Apr 2012 12:10:37 GMT General Industry http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407280/Fears-surround-Coalitions-EED-response.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407280/Fears-surround-Coalitions-EED-response.html The Government's response to the draft European Efficiency Directive (EED) has been met with apprehension by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Added on Wed, 4 Apr 2012 10:24:53 GMT General Industry http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407281/Care-unit-awarded-prestigious-prize.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407281/Care-unit-awarded-prestigious-prize.html A care unit in a home for people with dementia has been named the Best Large Redevelopment Project at a prestigious awards ceremony Added on Wed, 4 Apr 2012 10:54:32 GMT General Industry http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407278/Derby-College-plans-Ilkeston-campus.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407278/Derby-College-plans-Ilkeston-campus.html Derby College is looking for architects to design and plan its new college campus in Ilkeston Added on Tue, 3 Apr 2012 10:29:23 GMT General Industry http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407279/Rathlin-Island-gets-10-new-houses.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407279/Rathlin-Island-gets-10-new-houses.html Ten new affordable homes are to be constructed on Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland's only inhabited island Added on Tue, 3 Apr 2012 10:28:19 GMT General Industry http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407276/Chipperfield-reveals-names-for-event.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407276/Chipperfield-reveals-names-for-event.html David Chipperfield has announced the names of leading architects whose work will be exhibited at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale Added on Mon, 2 Apr 2012 10:46:14 GMT General Industry http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407277/One-in-five-sites-failed-safety-checks.html http://www.specifinder.com/news/industry/general/800407277/One-in-five-sites-failed-safety-checks.html A safety inspection of construction sites in Britain has found that a fifth failed safety checks while a national campaign to improve safety on building sites was being rolled out Added on Mon, 2 Apr 2012 10:40:00 GMT General Industry