All ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV articles in 29 November 2019
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Features
Future Homes Standard: Heat pumps – a new hope
The government’s proposals place a huge amount of faith in the carbon-cutting powers of this technology. But have its credentials been overinflated?
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Future Homes Standard: Primed for action
You’ve read the consultation, but what happens when the proposals are put to the test?
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Don’t let them keep your money
Retention clauses in some housebuilders’ contracts could be illegal and subcontractors should challenge them
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The Future Homes Standard: Get ready for a domestic revolution
The government says it will push ahead with the Future Homes Standard – David Blackman reports on what this will mean for housebuilders
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Future Homes Standard – wide adoption of heat pumps will not be easy
At first sight, the launch of the Future Homes Standard consultation in October was a welcome surprise
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General election 2019: A letter to the construction industry from the Liberal Democrats
ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV has asked the three main parties to set out their commitments to construction. Here, Tim Farron on the Liberal Democrats’ plans for infrastructure
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Camden council makes £130m High Court claim against tower block contractors
Legal action centres on Chalcots Estate evacuation in June 2017
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Sketch of the week: Knights Manor in Dedham, Essex
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Paul Mitchell of architect Paul Mitchell Co.
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Construction industry gossip: The slow train home
Crossrail? Don’t worry, another delay will be along just after this one. Plus, one company stays under the news radar
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We fought a shark… and won: Rider Levett Bucknall talks to ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV
Sixteen years ago, venture capitalists tried to pick RLB clean. Dave Rogers asks three of its top team how it survived – and thrived
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Party manifestos: Scrutiny on the bounty
The Conservative manifesto landed this week, so now all three main parties have set out their stalls
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Architect ties up housing work at former shoe factory
LOM behind work at Essex site inspired by Bauhaus movement
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5 minutes with… John Avery, director, LOM architecture and design
John Avery  tells ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV about art deco, procrastination, and a black Blüthner piano
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From the archive: 2003 — Living smart
This week, ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV does that thing where you go back in time and smile wryly at what people in the past thought the future would be like
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Projects: Dudley House, London
Dudley House is a £104m council-led mixed-use development that aims to encourage a more diverse community in central London
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Jacobs to add more than 2,000 jobs to its payroll
US firm eyes planned infrastructure boom
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Lessons in delay analysis
Debates over methodology can take on a life of their own and lose sight of the facts
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The ties that bind: When 'subject to contract' backfires
Adding tags such as ‘subject to contract’ can fail to have the desired effect – and might even backfire