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FeaturesThe Regs Files: Streamlining Parts K, M and N
The proposed streamlining of Parts K and M, and the end of N, have been broadly welcomed by the industry. But would more simplification serve to clarify or confuse?
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FeaturesCrossrail: Pulling out all the stops
Crossrail - the biggest engineering project in Europe - also claims to be a driver for multimillion-pound regeneration in the capital. Ike Ijeh takes a look at three key stations along the route and asks how much Londoners will really benefit
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NewsLaing O'Rourke confirmed for £237m Alder Hey job
Laing O’Rourke, John Laing and Interserve chosen as preferred consortium for the new Liverpool hospital
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CommentBCO kicks off: What makes a winning building?
London, previous winners of the BCO awards and the charity cycle ride are among the hot topics on day 1
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CommentCycling to BCO: Day 3
The agility and speed of cost consultants is put to the test in Day 3 of the charity cycle ride from London to the BCO conference
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NewsGove finds £400m for 42 priority schools
Fast-tracked schools to be procured through existing capital frameworks rather than new PFI programme
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NewsPringle Brandon set to merge with leading US design firm
Deal with Perkins & Will would see London office focus on sectors such as higher education and laboratories
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CommentTop quotes from BCO Day 1
Amidst a frantically busy first day at BCO, here are some quotes that have turned heads
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NewsTrade federations re-enter talks after BESNA dispute
M&E industry bodies set up new forum to discuss replacement reforms on pay and conditions
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NewsM&E firms implement job cuts after tough nine months
Balfour Beatty, Crown House and NG Bailey shed jobs as recession hits specialists sector
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NewsMoD estate arm makes 1,000 redundant in first year
The Defence Infrastructure Organisation is expected to shed more jobs and is looking for a private sector partner to manage operations
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NewsGove says 261 schools will be included in building programme
But first wave of 42 schools in Priority School Building Programme to be funded through capital grant and not PFI
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NewsSolar tariff to be slashed 25% in August
Further cuts to the FIT subsidy of 3.5% scheduled every three months under new cost control mechanism
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NewsSkanska, Kier and Breyer join Green Deal Finance Company
Contractors among 21 new members of the group
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NewsRecession deeper than previously thought
Office for National Statistics revises growth figures down to -0.3% following downwards revision of construction output
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News170-tonne cultural centre craned onto Southend Pier
Structure designed by White Arkietkter in partnership with Sprunt is transported along the Thames Estuary and lifted onto the pier
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CommentWhere the opportunities for architects lie
Simon Rawlinson discusses where the greenest shoots can be found in architecture
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NewsSchools in £2bn building programme to be revealed today
Ministerial statement will announce which projects will be included in Priority Schools Building Programme
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CommentBCO's host city has come a long way
Davis Langdon’s head of Manchester reflects on the construction activity that has elevated the home of this year’s BCO conference