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FeaturesHealth plan
Construction of the new school of health studies at the University of Bradford, designed by Farrell & Clark, is due to begin in late April.
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FeaturesAs green as it gets
The first definitive image has been released of what Barratt calls “the UK’s most sustainable development”.
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Telford optimistic
Telford Homes said year-end results would exceed expectations after achieving better than expected sales this year
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Balfour’s £300m job
Balfour Beatty has beaten Wates to the £300m Ealing Building Schools for the Future scheme, Building understands
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Battersea revived
The redevelopment of Battersea Power Station, designed by Rafael Viñoly, has been given the green light from English Heritage
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£149m housing job
Renfrewshire council has awarded Apollo, Wates Living Space, Connaught and Carillion Planned Maintenance a £149m contract to upgrade energy efficiency, safety and facilities in 13,000 council properties.
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Home sales rising
Sales activity in the housing market is rising at its fastest rate since May 2007, according to an RICS survey
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Nuclear reactor deal
A joint venture between Atkins and Faithful + Gould has won a €150m (£132m) deal to design a nuclear fusion reactor in the south of France
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McAlpine set to clinch Milton Court job
Sir Robert McAlpine is set to grab the £150m Milton Court scheme, one of the biggest contracts being tendered in the City of London market
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FeaturesWorth the wait
3DReid Architects and Cheval Residences have secured planning permission for this nine-storey residential development next to the Tower of London
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Latest construction appointments - 16 April 2010
EIC has appointed chartered quantity surveyor Robert Duggan commercial head of its mechanical, electrical and building fabric business
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Shadow minister defends safety self-inspection plans
The Tory shadow business minister has responded to criticism of his plans to privatise health and safety inspections.
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FeaturesLanding on Mayfair: Studio Seilern homes
This £9m proposal by architect Studio Seilern is for a 496m2 site in the Mayfair conservation area in west London. The development would replace the existing buildings with nine residential units and 10 serviced apartments. Studio Seilern has proposed a large garden at lobby level, and a vertical garden that ...
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FeaturesUniversity challenge: The higher education construction conundrum
It’s a tricky one: higher education institutions have to slash capital spending plans, but they need to keep upgrading their estates if they want to attract students and, consequently, funding
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UAE mall developer looks to UK for £1bn-plus framework
Jon Emery, former director of Hammerson, who now runs the construction programme of Dubai-based Majid Al Futtaim Properties, has called on UK contractors not to shy away from bidding for a new £1bn-plus framework to build 10 large shopping centres in the Middle East.
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CommentDavid Whysall: Why we need Generation Y
To win the battles of the future, we need to enlist the impatient and energetic youngsters of ‘Generation Y’ as quickly as possible – regardless of the recession
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Unite's Bob Blackman to retire
Bob Blackman, national secretary for construction at union Unite, has announced his retirement after 12 years in the job.
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Team behind collapsed Cube contractor rehired
The team behind Buildability, the collapsed contractor of The Cube in Birmingham, has been re-employed by administrator Pricewaterhouse Coopers to finish the £100m mixed-use development.
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Public sector props up industry in March as Balfour tops table
More than half of month’s £1.78bn total comes from public projects
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NewsSkanska bets on civils and utilities
Skanska UK has said it will rely on the utilities and civils markets to help it through the downturn