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Digging Doha: Msheireb's Issa M Al Mohannadi
Qatari client Msheireb Properties wants its £3.5bn Downtown Doha scheme to be the prototype for future cities around the world. Building talks to its chief executive about why this masterplan is so radical and why he wants UK expertise to help make it happen
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Inbox: Back to basics
This week, readers argue that sometimes the best solution is the simplest; returning Battersea to its role as a power station and getting procurement briefs right rather than re-inventing the process
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Wonders & blunders with Ian Blacker
Ian Blacker delights in the inclusiveness of Mies van der Rohe’s 1929 pavilion, but flinches while walking past the clumsy St George Wharf riverside housing tower
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Playing dirty
Here’s a case that carries a warning to parties in a dispute that fighting your corner too viciously may cost you dearly in the long run
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BESNA dead: final five contractors dump proposals
Wage agreement which sparked five months of protests loses last supporters
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Almost 150 jobs go at MJN Colston
Administrator Deloitte will keep M&E specialist trading while seeking a buyer
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Exclusive: Keepmoat + Apollo put hundreds of jobs at risk
Social housing contractors poised to lose hundreds of staff ahead of merger
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Woodvale Park win for Capita Symonds
Consultant is project manager on the £1.6m Belfast City Council scheme
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Hill International appoints associate director
Lee Snowden joins the consultant’s Birmingham office
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Capita Symonds announces three appointments
Consultant recruits operations director for design division and head of the architecture in Leeds
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Osborne urged to act on infrastructure investment plan
Institution of Civil Engineers says there is “no room for complacency” and calls for action in Budget
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New senior hire at EC Harris in Europe
Consultant appoints head of service for contract solutions team in Europe
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Industry fears government timetable for Green Deal may slip
Whitehall officials no longer committing to October implementation date
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What about conservatories in the Part L consultation?
It’s high time the government took the opportunity to regulate energy wasting conservatories
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Why the CPA is right to push quantitative easing for house building
There’s growing backing in the construction industry for using the quantitative easing machine as a means to increase the number of homes being built
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MJN Colston falls into administration
Building understands Deloitte is looking to sell the M&E business as a going concern
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Focus on houses pushes Redrow profit up 80%
Houses now make up 90% of the properties built by Redrow
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Kier's profit up 9% as revenue falls
Contractor to focus on energy, transport and waste markets