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FeaturesMargaret Ford: After the Games
For the Olympic Park Legacy Company, the end of the Games is just the beginning - that’s when its £315m transformation of the site will begin. Chair of the body Margaret Ford tells Building about its new powers, what’s up for grabs, and about her ’crazy’ past two weeks
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NewsLife aquatic: The Olympics aquatic centre
In the week that marked a year to go to the 2012 Olympics the construction of Zaha-Hadid designed Olympic aquatics centre was completed
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NewsMuseum of London plans £4.5m project
Architect sought to design extension and refurbishment of Roman gallery
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CommentThe London 2012 Aquatics Centre: Star of the show?
Zaha Hadid’s £269m contribution to the Olympics is complete – and it has both triumphs and disappointments
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NewsNew chief executive for Infrastructure UK
Ex-HSBC man becomes head of government infrastructure body
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NewsTurner and Townsend targets 60% overseas revenue
Chief executive Vincent Clancy spells out priorities as pre-tax profit drops 12%
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CommentPresumption in favour?
Design Council Cabe’s Rachel Fisher on what the new planning framework means for design
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NewsGatwick Airport plans £60m heat and power plant
New scheme will serve north and south terminals
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NewsMorgan Sindall awarded £65m Hull BSF contract hat-trick
Wins add to the contractor’s haul of BSF contracts for Hull council
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CommentMood grows gloomier among construction industry forecasters
The surge in work in 2010 and pessimism about private sector growth have contributed to downgrades in forecasts
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NewsNightingale Associates unveils Malaysian hospital design
Architect reveals plans for luxury 400-bed scheme
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NewsPaddington station contract £100m under budget
Skanska and Costain win the Crossrail job with price 40% below lowest estimates.
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NewsDevelopers welcome national planning framework
Councils to be told to approve permissions unless “significant and demonstrable” disbenefits
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NewsCouncil approves plans to replace station demolished for Crossrail
Newham council backs new station at Pudding Mill Lane.
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CommentAdvance payment guarantees: Meritz Fire and Marine Insurance vs Jan de Nul NV and Codralux SA
In this case the court looked at whether the advance payment guarantees that were the subject of the claim were performance bonds (otherwise known as demand guarantees) or pure guarantees.