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Projects of the year 2010: Take it to the max
The big, the beautiful and the bonkers - Ike Ijeh and Thomas Lane dish out the awards to an international array of projects that helped keep construction headlines lively in 2010
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CommentLegal review of the year: Negotiating the chaos
The legal year was dominated by cuts, judicial reviews of cuts, and contractual squabbles. The prospect of chaos was never far away
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FeaturesGreen army: How the Green Deal will work
The government hopes its Green Deal will encourage homeowners to install energy efficiency measures and create an army of 250,000 to do the work. Sounds great, says Iain Withers - but will anyone join up?
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Hansom: Crackers, anyone?
Christmas is always a real challenge for this column - how to reconcile the season of goodwill with our irrepressible satirical tendencies? Move over Santa …
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NewsKings of the castle
London mayor Boris Johnson and developer James Sellar were present to celebrate the Shard becoming the highest UK building, at 244m, or 72 storeys
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NewsRelief – and disappointment – at Localism Bill
The government has pulled back from giving communities the right to appeal all planning permissions as part of its radical overhaul of the planning system this week
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NewsHow to shop in Bangkok
Amanda Levete Architects’ Central Embassy development is due to start on site in Thailand next February
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NewsBritish Land's Slicker City
British Land has submitted a planning application for a 12-storey 1.1m ft2 office block in the iconic Broadgate development in the City of London
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Hub posts on-site energy levels
An industry advisory body has delivered its recommendations to government on how much on-site energy must be produced on new housing developments from 2016
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NewsConstruction sheds 17,000 jobs
There are now only 2.1m employed in the UK construction industry according to new data
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Information errors are putting lives at risk, survey finds
Two thirds of information professionals in the construction industry have seen builders’ lives put at risk by information mismanagement, according to a survey by the Institute of Document Control
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Consortiums gear up for Crossrail station contracts
Now that £1.25bn tunnelling jobs are confirmed, focus turns to main works on four major stations
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Turner & Townsend wins second tranche of free schools
Consultant wins the second tranche of 12 contracts to design the government’s flagship free schools
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FeaturesAnything but tinsel: High-tech and artistic decorations
Fairy lights, Christmas trees and Santas are bedecking high streets across the country in the time-honoured tradition. But for a hardcore group of artists and designers, Christmas is more about technology than tinsel
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NewsGLA calls for new rules for timber frame
Greater London Assembly wants new measures to reduce the risk of fire in timber framed developments under construction in the capital
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CommentRulers were made for…
You can’t measure the value of design with any kind of measuring stick - and anyone who suggests you can deserves a rap on the knuckles
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CommentQuentin Shears: Secret Santa
Quentin Shears is a senior partner at quantity surveyor Newt UK, the Hertfordshire outpost of US multinational GatorCorp. As the year grinds to an end, Quentin usually finds himself undergoing intensive anger management therapy merely to make it through the Christmas party season. This year, however, has found him in ...
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CommentA bonus worthy of Scrooge
The government wants the new homes bonus to spark a resurgence in housebuilding. But it is too complex, bureaucratic and riddled with anomalies to work
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CommentWonders & blunders with Pedro Roos
Pedro Roos thinks the Pompidou Centre’s masterly manipulation of the space around it puts One Hyde Park in the shade. Who’d have thought they were by the same architect?