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Stratford's International Quarter: Living in glass houses
More than 300 homes go on sale in residential development near Olympic park
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Government will set up asbestos compensation scheme
Around £30m a year could be awarded to mesothelima victims after new law passed
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Country focus: The Netherlands
The Netherlands is one of Europe’s great trading nations but the slowdown in the eurozone has hit the economy hard. Ted Peek of Arcadis and Magda Skalska-Burgess of EC Harris review prospects for the Dutch construction market
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Morgan Sindall appoints new construction boss
Contractor appoints former Lend Lease boss to new managing director role in its construction and infrastructure business
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Qatar 2022 World Cup 'will not be in summer'
Fifa general secretary Jerome Valcke suggests November-December schedule, which could prompt change to stadium design
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RIBA president calls for Crossrail design re-think
Stephen Hodder joins Richard Rogers and Tessa Jowell in calling for design review on all stations on £15bn line
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Galliford Try reports strong start to its year
Contractor enjoys strong first-half of its financial year, with profit and its order book both up
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T&T and Mace bag role on £6bn water framework
Consultants to provide a range of commercial and cost consultancy services on Severn Trent projects
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Sweett completes bribery probe
Independent investigation finds a Wall Street Journal allegation last summer “is not proven”
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Specialist contractors boast best safety record
Survey of specialist contractors finds they out perform the rest of the industry on health and safety
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Comment
Walkie Scorchie: Warming up
Right to light cases are traditionally fairly straightforward, but could the ‘Walkie Scorchie’ effect change all that? Richard Manyon considers some of the issues
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Center Parcs: The place beyond the pines
Center Parcs’ £250m resort will cater for 4,000 visitors in a forest in the green belt just outside Milton Keynes. So how do you build a self-sufficient small town in the middle of a wood? And get permission to do it?
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Predictions for construction in 2014
Set after set of positive data means construction may finally dare to be optimistic. We look to the skies to predict what 2014 may have in store
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The government has given us some cause for cheer
The National Infrastructure Plan 2013 represents some positive commitments that should boost the industry
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Willmott Dixon picked for Brentford FC stadium role
Contractor to build 20,000-seat stadium and 910 new homes, with further homes following old stadium’s demolition.
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Chinese developer buys two London tower developments
Chinese state-owned Greenland Group buys Wandsworth and Canary Wharf sites
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Boris warns over Allowable Solution plans
Mayor of London urges the government to require London housebuilders to keep the energy projects that they will have to undertake to meet carbon standards from 2016 in the capital
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Industry leaders urge action on flood resilience
ICE and Riba call for changes to building regulations and planning guidance to improve the flood resilience of future developments