Industry News
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Virtual Grad Fair launches for property, construction and design1 October 2008 The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) are pleased to be supporting the Virtual Grad Fair, being launched by the publishers of Building, Property Week, BD and BSJ Magazine. |
| 29 August 2008 |
China's tallest building to open in ShanghaiChina's tallest building, the 101-story Shanghai World Financial Center, will open to the public on Saturday, 14 years after its developer began the project. |
| 29 August 2008 |
Costain gears up to enter UK airports marketCostain will enter the chase to run a UK airport, according to Andrew Wyllie, the company’s chief executive. |
| 29 August 2008 |
UK approves big gas-fired power plant in TeessideThe British government has approved Thor Cogeneration Limited's 1,020-megawatt gas-fired combined heat and power station project in northeast England, energy minister Malcolm Wicks said on Thursday. |
| 30 July 2008 |
Programmes to reduce household energy consumptionA report out today by the National Audit Office found signs that the long-term growth in household energy consumption is beginning to reverse. But greater efforts will be needed to maintain this recent improvement. |
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Invitation to take part in solving housing crisis18 July 2008 The Government wants the public to play a leading role in the reform of housing in England, and has invited people to join in the debate online at a new discussion site hosted by the Chartered Institute of Housing. |
| 30 June 2008 |
New guidelines and a one day workshop on Anti Corruption from the UK Anti Corruption Forum“Preventing Corruption - Guidance for Professional Bodies” a guide from the UK Anti Corruption Forum and details about a one day workshop on “Corporate Anti-Corruption Actions”. |
| 26 June 2008 |
How Government Works: Review of major capital projectsThis is the first report of its kind, pulling together a summary of central government and NHS projects’ performance against cost, time and quality targets. It reports progress against targets for all projects completed between 2002 and 2007 and a sample of 15 projects currently in progress. It also provides an assessment of project management and governance for a sample of projects and identifies lessons to be learned for future projects. |
| 5 June 2008 |
Irish construction industry set for major job lossesA report carried out by the employment and training authority Foras Áiseanna Saothair (FAS) into construction and contracting forecasts that 65, 400 of the 279,000 currently employed within the construction industry in Ireland will lose their jobs by the end of 2009. The gloomy prediction comes in the midst of the economic downturn worsening and the value of new property declining. An article in the Irish Independent who obtained the FAS report stated that losses will affect… |
| 14 May 2008 |
Call to end bogus self-employment in constructionThe TUC's Commission on Vulnerable Employment, whose report is published today (Wednesday), calls for reform of the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) as one of its recommendations. |
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