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NewsPrescott 'growth areas' pull plans for thousands of homes
Tory planning hiatus allows Ashford and Milton Keynes to block major housing schemes
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NewsBrookfield and WSP launch first green retrofit JV
Pair teams up with architect Woods Bagot to move into sector worth ’in excess of £10bn’ a year
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NewsLaing O'Rourke bags £90m Manchester library deal
Project is first to be tendered through the North West construction framework
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NewsConstruction insolvencies drop 22.5%
Figures published today show that the number of construction insolvencies is continuing to fall
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NewsMorgan Sindall picked for £500m regeneration scheme
Bournemouth town centre PPP project will run over 20 years
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CommentRob Smith: DL wasn't forced into marriage with Aecom
Senior partner at Davis Langdon on getting into bed with an American giant
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FeaturesRCA Show 2010: Architecture
Highlights includes a public kitchen infrastructure in King’s Cross and a Gothic horror inspired exploration of the contrasting processes of dissection and cultivation of bodily tissues
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CommentGeldof vs Simon Carves: entitlement to set off
In this case the Court of Appeal has simplified the test for granting a party the right to set off a claim
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NewsBalfour Beatty fined £45k after machine crushes wall
Balfour Beatty and Multibuilt plead guilty to safety breaches after 44-tonne machine falls across busy road
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NewsMcLaren parks showroom in One Hyde Park
Supercars will be sold on the ground floor of the Rogers Stirk Harbour development
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CommentBT's Gary Wingrove: Your call is important to us
Gary Wingrove is responsible for helping cut BT’s £900m-a-year property spending habit. And to do it, he’s moving away from its frameworks. So who is he looking to talk to, asks Emily Wright, and what does he want to hear?
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FeaturesTerry Farrell's Regent's Place: Regent’s spark
Sir Terry Farrell’s Regent’s Place is the fruition of a vision that should kick-start the regeneration of one of London’s more grisly thoroughfares. Ike Ijeh reports
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CommentPFI contracts: Chain of fools
The temptation to pass risk down the supply chain until it ends up with a man and a van should be resisted. Here’s why
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City Inn vs Shepherd: Have you seen the contractor’s behind?
If a storm and a contractor both delay a project, is the contractor eligible for an extension? This ancient problem has just had another going over in the Scottish Court of Appeal
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CommentGet lost, Plato: City Inn vs Shepherd Construction
The decision in City Inn vs Shepherd Construction is a victory for common sense over philosophical arguments about causation, says the lawyer who acted for Shepherd
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NewsMass culture
Concrete pouring began this week on Buro Happold and Snøhetta’s King Abdulaziz Centre for World Culture in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
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Connaught upbeat on bank talks
A source close to the refinancing talks between Connaught and its banks this week said the firm was “optimistic” of a positive outcome provided no nasty surprises were uncovered
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TfL awards £300m tube job to Laing O’Rourke and Costain
A Laing O’Rourke and Costain consortium has been awarded the £300m contract to redevelop Bond Street tube station for Transport for London
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NewsIranian embassy by Daneshgar Architects: Chelsea rematch
Local residents have appealed to Prince Charles to help halt plans for a new Iranian embassy building in central London due to its modernist design
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NewsFinal decision imminent on 117 academies under review
The fate of 117 academies put under review by the government will be clear within days.