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NewsOver 5,000 construction firms go bust in 22 months
Over 5,000 construction firms have gone insolvent since autumn 2010, new insolvency figures have revealed
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Comment
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CommentA job well done
The Olympic build is a massive achievement for the industry – let’s hope its passing is not the end of a golden age
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NewsGovernment 'misses opportunity' to bolster Green Deal
Department of Energy and Climate Change declines to set targets for local authorities to improve housing stock
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NewsNew US embassy designs unveiled
Detailed plans for new US Embassy in Nine Elms regeneration area submitted for planning permission
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NewsFormer Shaylor contracting arm files for administration
Shaylor Group off-loaded the division to a restructuring specialist a month ago and blames ‘cut-throat’ market
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NewsRIBA and CIC slam government for 'inhibiting' green growth
Letter to The Times says a series of anti-green announcements are cause for alarm
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NewsNew Garden City scheme opens in Letchworth
60-home project built by SDC and designed by Cole Thompson Anders
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NewsScott Brownrigg's Lilly campus
Work now complete on architect’s office building for multinational pharmaceutical corporation
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NewsSocial housing starts down 70%
NHBC figures show social housing starts down by over 70% in June on the same month last year
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NewsFee for Olympics delivery partner CLM rises to £650m
Exclusive: CH2M Hill, Laing O’Rourke and Mace joint venture will be paid 60% more than MPs originally told
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NewsAEG sounds out contractors for £65m O2 hotel
Entertainment firm on the look out for contractor for £65m hotel project next to O2 arena
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NewsPaul Davis + Partners to redesign In & Out club
Reuben Brothers are set to transform Mayfair listed property into ‘super-prime’ homes
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CommentCalculating compensation
Here’s a case where homeowners took a builder to court for damages when cracks appeared in their homes. The question was how to calculate what compensation to pay
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CommentAll things considered
The Public Services (Social Value) Act will change the face of public procurement, requiring authorities to consider social, economic and environmental well-being
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CommentA: Alfred McAlpine Capital Projects vs Tilebox
In the first of a new series, we look at a ruling that shows how difficult it is to overturn reasonable liquidated damages agreed in a contract
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CommentPFI: Road to nowhere
The coalition’s attempts to attract private finance to infrastructure projects merely postpones the inevitable return to PFI
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CommentWonders & blunders with David Bickle
The Hawkins/Brown partner is mesmerised by Living Architecture’s enigmatic boat on the roof of London’s Southbank Centre, but all wound up about Anish Kapoor’s Orbit tower
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FeaturesInvesting in infrastructure: Safe bet
Questions remain over how the government’s £40bn infrastructure initiative will work - and whether it will unlock the pension funds’ billions
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CommentHansom: Hidden depths
This week, Grant Shapps is unmasked as a ‘bot’, RIBA’s Angela Brady reveals herself to be multilingual (sort of), and Wilmott Dixon tries to alert school children to the hazard s of getting plastered