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Features2012 countdown: The aquatics centre
Since the aquatics centre’s 160m-long roof was lowered into place last year, work on the Zaha Hadid-designed venue has continued to power ahead
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Features2012 countdown: The temporary basketball venue
The Olympics may need a basketball venue the size of an aeroplane hanger, but London can probably get by without one after they’re over. So they’ve made the whole thing demountable
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FeaturesSpecialist costs: M&E services
M&E specialists are still in a contracting market, and face an ever-expanding set of challenges
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CommentBudget could have been worse
At least there are people within the coalition who realise how vital our industry is to the UK economy
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CommentWonders & blunders with Eamonn Holmes
Eamonn Holmes thinks Stormont majestic enough to host George Best’s funeral service, but would love to drive a bulldozer into a seventies DVLA office
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CommentHansom: Turf wars
While a fishmonger and a newt-fancier fight over a scrap of east London, a trip to the races proves a right royal to-do and the new housing minister gets slapped down by the Treasury
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Features2012 countdown: Higgins on the big make or break year
David Higgins has spent the past two years trying to rebuild a swath of east London during the worst recession for decades. The ODA boss tells how he’s kept the project on track - and why the struggle isn’t over yet
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A bad Budget for us
The cuts to public spending announced in the emergency Budget should come as no surprise and are something the construction sector has been bracing itself for
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Get building
Surely we have to get back to real basics now (“Industry left waiting on housing and BSF,” 25 June, page 10)
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Cut your coat according to cloth
As the UK’s leading school locker manufacturer, we share the industry’s concerns over the future of Building Schools for the Future (“Industry fears for future of BSF,” 21 June, building.co.uk)
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Sell, sell, sell
I have been saying for years to stakeholders that householders and consumers are ignorant of the benefits that sustainable technology can deliver because it has been poorly sold to them (“Report shows green benefits elude homeowners,” 24 June, building.co.uk)
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Q+A from Building Answers
Building’s Forum regulars offer their advice on problems. This week: a dissertation on sustainability and the London 2012 Olympics
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Features2012 countdown: Infrastructure
The Olympics isn’t just about show-stopping stadiums. In fact, the budget for venues is £700m less than the cost of the no-frills enabling works, roads and utilities
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Features2012 countdown: The stadium
One year from now, the 80,000-seat Olympic stadium has to be ready. Will it make it?
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News‘There’s no reason why T&T can’t be 50% bigger in five years’
Steve McGuckin, the consultant’s UK boss, explains the thinking behind its international growth plans - and dismisses all talk of US takeovers
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NewsPidgley: Market stable, but no dividend yet
Tony Pidgley, chairman of Berkeley Group, said the housing market stabilised in the year to 30 April 2010 but not to the extent that the residential developer would pay shareholders a dividend
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WSP uncertainty
Consultant engineer WSP said its market outlook remained “uncertain” because of the continuing global downturn and stringent UK Budget in a trading update this week
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Taylor Wimpey caution
Taylor Wimpey has said political and economic uncertainty means it will continue to run the business on a cautious basis, with selective land investment and an ongoing focus on costs and cash
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Balfour's Oldham BSF
Balfour Beatty has been appointed preferred bidder for Oldham council’s £175m Building Schools for the Future programme