Education minister admits to rethink on PFI for schools

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The UK government is readying the Private Finance Initative (PFI) in school construction, but the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) acknowledged that under 60% of the schools in its 2005 construction effort will be set up utilizing PFI. The UK Treasury has allotted UKPd5.7 bil to the DfES for school construction in 2005. Educational minister David Miliband believes that the PFI could solely be utilized for school construction, with not much refurbishment work.

Government expenditures, Educational Buildings, Finance, Social policy, School construction, United Kingdom. Treasury, Government finance, Education policy

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Freedom fighters

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Chris McCarthy and Guy Battle of Battle McCarthy, one of the biggest engineering firms in the world discuss about their work with Libeskind and SOM's Childs on the World Trade Center site in the New York. They discuss their plans for the largest urban windfarm in the world on top of the 1,776-foot Freedom Tower that would produce 40 percent of the required energy for the entire office.

Strategy & planning, Engineering Services, Management dynamics, Executive changes & profiles, Office Buildings, Engineering for Plastic, Rubber Prodcts, Management, Planning, Officials and employees, Engineering firms, Office construction, Company business management, Company business planning, McCarthy, Chris, Battle, Guy

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Architects to lead energy campaign

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The U.K.'s Department of Trade and Industry has a document that calls for all homes to be totally free of carbon dioxide emissions by 2020. The document urges architects to be involved in energy efficiency when carrying out design efforts. Energy efficiency is expected to be a major part of architecture and construction policy.

Industrial Gas Manufacturing, Industrial gases, Carbon Dioxide, Energy policy, Design and construction, Environmental policy, Architectural design, United Kingdom. Department of Trade and Industry

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