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FeaturesHigh Speed 2: full speed ahead
High Speed 2 is a project people love to hate. But it would reduce train overcrowding, boost business and pump billions into the construction industry
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NewsUrban inspiration: Swindon town centre
Muse Developments is giving Swindon a multi-million pound makeover
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NewsBattersea station powers on
Gardiner & Theobald has been appointed to the £5.5bn Battersea Power Station redevelopment
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NewsHolder Mathias Architects wins luxury coastal development
Properties will be based in Rottingdean, East Sussex
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CommentRich pickings
Hard to know who to feel most sorry for this week – the boss barred from using his own phone, the manager terrified out of a pub – or the high-rollers who missed out on the Sunday Times rich list
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Latest construction appointments: 13 May
This week, Morgan Sindall, Shepherd Construction, Daikin, Henry Riley and Beachcroft have all made new appointments
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NewsGreen Deal workshops set up for SMEs
Move comes in response to concerns SMEs won’t be able to get involved in the Green Deal
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NewsDrop in schools work to hit regions
Report forecasts that decline in public sector projects will hit regional output
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NewsLindner targets £170m of work in UK after Prater acquisition
Now the largest building envelope contractor in the UK, the firm looks to expand further in Britain
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FeaturesPeriod drama: The Holburne Museum
Bathonians were up in arms when Eric Parry Architects sought to add a modern extension to an 18th century, grade I-listed building. But the architect won out and the Holburne Museum shouldn’t have anyone reaching for the smelling salts
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NewsGalliford Try: 'contracts must be linked to material prices'
Firm negotiates with clients to spread risk of rising material costs over long-term projects
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FeaturesThe tracker: A mixed bag
Construction activity is still in decline, but the situation is better than last month. Experian Marketing Information Services reveals that some sectors and regions are even looking healthy
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NewsDesign Council Cabe provides £65,000 grants
The Design Council Cabe has announced that it will provide grants of £65,000 each to the eight affiliated design review panels across England for 2011-12.The funding will enable Creating Excellence, Kent Architecture Centre, Shape East, OPUN, MADE, NE Design Review Service, Integreat Plus and Places Matter to run 250 local ...
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NewsEmbassy Gardens submits planning application
Ballymore has submitted a planning application for Terry Farrell & Partners’ masterplan for Embassy Gardens
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NewsLambeth Accord gets green light
Henley Halebrown Rorrison Architects has received planning consent for Lambeth Accord
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NewsCityWatch: Aecom hit by Libya evacuation but still growing
The firm’s results would have been better had it not been for costly Libya evacuation
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CommentNovation: Let's innovate
A client novates its design team in order to offload risk to the contractor, but in doing so it also loses access to consultants who can offer vital advice. So what’s the alternative?
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FeaturesHey, big spender: Richard Pilkington
The UK development market is about to receive some much-needed good news: Oxford Properties is over from Canada with £3.5bn to spend - and that’s just for starters. Meet your new best friend, development director Richard Pilkington
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CommentThe new Construction Act: The daft draft
A lot of people say a clause in the new Construction Act approves the pre-dispute allocation of legal costs - the opposite of what was intended. Let’s get it sorted
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Unhealthy competition: Commercial property agreements and the Competition Act
New restrictions for the property market came into play last month meaning that housebuilders, developers and even owners will have to watch out