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NewsCrane collapses on Balfour Beatty London tower site
Worker injured after a crane collapses on Balfour Beatty’s £110m Providence Tower site in London’s Docklands
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NewsMinisters told it's 'critical' to draft Part L 2016 now
Exclusive: Industry leaders unite to urge action after government fails to schedule meeting to discuss future of energy regulations
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CommentLetters of intent: Cruel intentions
Parties can find themselves skating on thin ice when they proceed under a letter of intent and inevitably fail to finalise a formal contract
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CommentCourtwell Properties Limited vs Greencore PF (UK) Limited: Part 36 offers
It was open to Courtwell to apply for indemnity costs if they could show that Greencore’s behaviour in the dispute had been unreasonable to a high degree. But on the evidence both sides were at fault
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CommentWhy did Brits build the modern world?
What is it about the UK that spawned the likes of Rogers, Foster, Hopkins, Grimshaw and Farrell?
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CommentWe need to work together on apprenticeships
Only by avoiding the ‘skills timebomb’ can construction reap the rewards of recovery
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NewsInterserve bags £150m private finance schools
Interserve has won the £150m job to build the first batch of privately-financed schools to be built under the government’s flagship school building programme
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NewsPeter Rees exits City to become Bartlett professor
Planner who reshaped the Square Mile over 29 years will leave next month
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NewsGovernment admits its retrofit cuts will cost 14,000 jobs
Government’s impact assessment on its proposed changes to Energy Companies Obligation shows spending will be slashed by £900m, costing 14,000 jobs
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CommentWonders and blunders with Neill Werner
Neill Werner is blown away by the organic detailing of Gaudí’s House of Bones, but wonders why Herzog de Meuron had to cut the power at Tate Modern
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NewsKier wins £45m Cheltenham racecourse job
Kier was won the job to build a £45m grandstand at Cheltenham Racecourse
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NewsLukewarm reaction to new planning guidance
Planners concerned pro-development stance has been watered down
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CommentNew planning guidance waters down government growth commitment
Revised guidance produced with an eye to 2015 election, rather than maximising growth
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NewsWorker killed on London's Crossrail project
Sprayed concrete worker killed by falling concrete in Crossrail tunnel
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NewsBalfour Beatty reshuffles UK finance team
Balfour Beatty has appointed a senior G4S manager as its new finance boss in the UK
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NewsThree firms picked for Sainsbury’s expansion plan
Grocery giant hires three planning consultants
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NewsMorgan Sindall bags £30m Canada House revamp
Firm’s fit-out arm Overbury wins job to revamp home of Canadian High Commission
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CommentDon't panic: Energy market reform can work
UK expertise in delivering complex energy projects will be in demand across the globe
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CommentSketch of the week: Luxury homes in Charlotte, North Carolina
A big thank you to Gordon R. Beckman of John Portman Associates in the US for our latest sketch
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NewsOlympic village handover faces further delay
Exclusive: Conversion of athletes’ accommodation into residential properties running three months behind schedule