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NewsKier and Miller bottom of Kickstart 'hall of shame'
Miller hits back as Cabe’s controversial design rating exposed by Freedom of Information request
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Bob Neill on government's £500m gift to the Thames Gateway
Minister reveals plans for investment in post-Olympic East London at the Thames Gateway Forum
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FeaturesFirst Impressions: Stuttgart playwood pavilion
Pavilion made of bendy plywood pushes the limits of computing and structural design tools
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CommentAcademia isn’t up to the job
University research consistently fails to address the practical realities of construction. What we need is industry people in academic posts controlling the purse strings
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CommentWonders & blunders with Bruce Kennedy
BDP’s director is inspired by New York’s forward-looking Rockefeller Centre, built in dark economic times, but regrets the retrogressive timidity of SOM’s One World Trade Centre
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CommentPFI alternatives: A change of route
The damning National Audit Office report on the M25 widening scheme is the latest sign that PFI might be nearing the end of the road. But what are the alternatives?
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CommentHansom: Look over there!
Distractions abound in the industry this week, from executive toys in Rok’s offices, elusive bosses, misplacing a wind farm and a handy suggestion for the Irish government’s PR team
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NewsThe Shard: A record high
Renzo Piano’s skyscraper takes the Canary Wharf Tower’s title as London’s tallest building
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NewsHCA boss: social housing funds on ice till 2012
There will be almost no new funding for social housing for 18 months, the new chief executive of the Homes and Communities Agency has admitted in her first major interview.
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NewsMelbourne office by Wilkinson Eyre Architects: Uni glow
Wilkinson Eyre Architects and the Melbourne office of Sinclair Knight Merz have been appointed to design a building for the Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia. A six-storey block will “float” above a retained street-level Victorian facade. The development will form part of the university’s Hawthorn Campus.Send your project ...
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Bovis wins £150m Regent’s Place deal from British Land
Bovis Lend Lease has beaten off competition from Mace and Sir Robert McAlpine to win a £150m deal to build the second phase of British Land’s Regent’s Place scheme in London.
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EDF to name Hinkley Point team next month
EDF will select a preferred bidder for the £180m earthworks contract for its planned Hinkley Point nuclear power station before Christmas, write Joey Gardiner and David Matthews.
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Two more senior figures walk out on Davis Langdon
A further two senior staff members have left Davis Langdon in the latest round of high-profile departures since the QS was bought by US engineering giant Aecom.
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Rok's collapse threatens bid for £130m housing scheme
A £130m housing PFI scheme in Oldham could be derailed following the Rok collapse.
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NewsIrish crisis spreads to UK as McCabe suspends site work
Irish contractor stops work on UK sites as it awaits decision from banking rescue fund
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NewsMitie acquisitions boost half-year profit by 12%
Company posts strong results despite plans to close engineering services in Scotland and South-west
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Taylor Wimpey secures £100m as part of refinancing deal
Taylor Wimpey has secured £100m from the fund management arm of the Prudential, which moves it closer to the £350m it needs to raise to complete a refinancing deal announced last week
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Kier buys PV firm for £2.4m
Kier has snapped up green energy specialist contractor Beco in a deal worth £2.4m