Construction Manager

Reality check

Who hasn't been entertained by Channel 4's The Secret Millionaire? Following self-made millionaires as they make incognito visits to charities making a difference, it's always a fascinating journey. So CM decided to send a member of the industry on a construction-themed version, visiting overseas development charity Article 25, the Prince's Trust Get Into Construction programme, and homelessness charity Crash. Find out which charity our millionaire decided to support, and why.

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News & Views

Defence Estates outlines £500m-a-year spending programme

ONLINE ONLY The MoD’s Defence Estates could offer opportunities for firms hit by public sector cuts, Construction News reported. Steve Rice, the Next Generation Estate Contracts programme manager told Construction News that ...

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ODA to sell off Stratford site to raise funds

ONLINE ONLY The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) is preparing plans to sell off the site next to Stratford International station to return money to the Treasury after the 2012 Games, Building reported. ...

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Whitehall covered up £705m of Part L savings

ONLINE ONLY Civil servants covered up potential reductions of £705m in domestic and commercial energy bills linked to the planned extension of Part L in order to help former housing minister John ...

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TfL puts all work on hold

ONLINE ONLY Transport for London has put all new projects on hold and all existing projects under review, Building reported. All new projects are on hold until “at least” the finalisation of ...

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Villagers to build homes without planning permission

ONLINE ONLY Villages in England will be able to build new homes without getting planning consent from their local authority under new Government plans, Construction News reported. The Right to Build initiative ...

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Strong figures hide gloomy outlook

ONLINE ONLY The strongest figures for construction output since 2008 hide a more pessimistic outlook, Building warned. In constant prices, output in the three months to May was as strong as in ...

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FEATURES

Raising the bar

Passivhaus could become the catch-all standard we need to achieve low-carbon housing targets. Bill Butcher reports. There are more than 20,000 Passivhaus buildings worldwide and the methodology for low-energy building ...

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Home economics

A Pay As You Save scheme for domestic retrofits could grow into a multi-billion pound market. Stephen Cousins looks at the pilot projects testing contractors’ technical and customer-handling skills. In ...

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Building our society

Corporate social responsibility means “giving back” to the community. But will it be another casualty of the cuts, or have a new role in the Big Society? Elaine Knutt reports. ...

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Have you thought of… July/Aug 2010

...capturing the moment in a shiny new trowel? Thanks to architects’ love affair with glass curtain-walling, there were plenty of “reflection” shots in the CIOB’s Art of Building digital ...

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Parliamo Italiano – the language of mediation

Italy is making mediation mandatory, but the UK should resist following suit says Michael Dawson Hot on the heels of the Italian Ferrari victory in Dubai, the Italian government has ...

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Green on the inside

If a law firm occupying part of a multi-storey building asked your company to refit its offices to a high sustainability standard, how would you objectively prove the project’s green ...

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