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Fast-track schools trial to use academies framework
Fifteen qualified contractors hope list will be preferred route for future government spending
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Secret ballot of secret board elects David Bucknall RICS chair
David Bucknall, chairman of Rider Levett Bucknall, is also to chair the QS professional group in the RICS.He was elected by secret electronic ballot last Friday. The electorate was a board of 20 appointed by the RICS in July, whose identities are not yet known - even to each other.What ...
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NewsRedrow to make move into London housing market
Housebuildiner aims to buy up to four sites by next summer as part of turnaround plan
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Grontmij made green consultant on 1,123-acre Scottish site
Motherwell brownfield site will house over 10,000 people and college campus
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Inbuilt founders quit as consultancy heads in new direction
Stefan Foster becomes iterim managing director as David Strong and Neil Cutland step down
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NewsTransport Scotland extends road contracts till March 2012
Body bids to save money by lengthening contracts as it starts procurement process for next wave
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NewsA door that saves lives
Kingston MA student designs a life saving door for countries in risk of earthquakes
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Bewley Homes in row over Surbiton scheme
Housebuilder goes to court to enforce adjudication payment of over £475,000
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Video: What can Swedish free schools teach us?
Interview with Swedish schools expert at this week’s Remodelling Education Spaces event
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FeaturesFirst Impressions: Coca-Cola's Madrid HQ
Nottingham Trent students comment on the Puerta+Asensio Architects designed building in Spain
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NewsThe photography of Eric de Maré: Until 24 November
Accompanied by the display - Buildings & Prospects: John Piper, photography and the architectural press
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CommentHansom: Leaping lizards
There’s much hurling this week as industry leaders chuck themselves off buildings, press officers throw themselves into their work and Ann Widdecombe launches herself into the highland fling
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FeaturesBack for seconds: David Nurser
David Nurser has a voracious appetite for risk-taking. First he set up the surveying firm CNP in a recession. And now he’s a year into his second venture, Paragon (more great timing)
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FeaturesCrouching tiger: Buying a business in China
Tempted to get a foothold in China by buying a business there? It’s a strategy that can pay dividends, but is strewn with hidden dangers
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Airports get firms off the ground as workloads dive
Business barometer: Balfour’s Heathrow win takes it clear of its rivals in quiet August
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NewsMiller ‘may move into consultancy’
Keith Miller, chief executive of Miller Group, has said its construction business will do more consultancy work in future and did not rule out buying a consultant
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Lloyds sells Crest stake
Lloyds has sold its 30% stake in housebuilder Crest Nicholson to US investment firm Varde for a reported £150m.
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Infrastructure warning
John Cridland, the CBI’s deputy director-general, has warned the government that it will repeat the mistakes of the past if it neglects infrastructure investment in its Comprehensive Spending Review
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URS seals Scott Wilson deal
The acquisition of Scott Wilson by American consulting giant URS has been formally completed, propelling the US company into the top 10 of British engineers.