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London Underground to investigate runaway train
A runaway engineering train caused havoc on the Tube today and is due to be investigated.
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Centrepiece of £450m Slough scheme wins planning
A library and cultural centre which will anchor the Heart of Slough redevelopment has been given a green light
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NewsWSP expands Vietnamese office
Environmental building services arm WSP Lincolne Scott joins consultant’s office in Ho Chi Minh
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CommentCity Inn vs Shepherd Construction: concurrent delay
This case went all the way to Scotland’s Inner House where the court backed a practical approach to analysing the causes of delay
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NewsVinci wins contract for Nottingham Trent student accommodation
UPP awards Vinci contract to deliver 727 new student residences designed by Church Lukas
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ISG to build Victorian 'energy house'
Contractor brought in to help Salford University identify best ways of greening pre-1920 properties
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NewsIndustry body to research low cost eco-measures
The Energy Technologies Institute will look at eco-refurbishment and retrofitting of existing properties
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CommentRIBA conditions of appointment: A return to a simpler time
The RIBA’s latest conditions of appointment aren’t perfect, but they’ve swept away many of the onerous obligations in the 2007 edition
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City Inn vs Shepherd: How much sand is a snowstorm worth?
Let’s delve deeper into City Inn vs Shepherd. At first glance, it looks like the three appeal judges came to different conclusions on relevant events. Look again …
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CommentPFI can’t take sting out of cuts
Public sector clients tempted to reintroduce cancelled projects as variations to existing PFIs may be breaking the rules
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Set-off on the right foot
The law governing situations where two parties owe each other money is murky. But a recent Court of Appeal case sheds some useful light
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CommentHansom: The end is nigh
This week, we contemplate our mortality in the form of moribund school programmes, vanishing staff, and Brits making their final exit from the Middle East … meanwhile, death stalks the Euston Road
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FeaturesJohn McAslan: Our man in Haiti
John McAslan has a lot on his mind. First, the huge housing design competition he’s running for the Haitian government. Back at home, meanwhile, his practice is working on a concourse at King’s Cross and a Crossrail station at Bond Street
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FeaturesBrockholes floating visitor centre: Tread lightly
The designers of a new visitor centre for Brockholes wetland nature reserve plan to float the facilities in the middle of a lake - while ruffling as few feathers as possible
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FeaturesGolf competition: Lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
What better way to pass a lovely summer’s day than a few rounds of crazy golf? Okay, there are plenty of better ways, but when you’ve got construction’s finest to tee off against each other on an adventure-themed golf course, it’s a whole new ball game
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FeaturesJapanese house by Eastern Design Office: Heaven & earth
This Japanese home-cum-office on the edge of a precipice is designed to resemble a dragon flying over a mountain
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Building Intelligence
Public housing and infrastructure are keeping construction’s nose above water, though the industrial sector’s 40% fall in new orders is a drag
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NewsMy digital life: Nigel Ostime
A pool table with a dart board on the bottom which you use by folding up the table. What a find! The tricky thing has been getting it delivered to Burgundy where we are staying for the summer hols (and where it will live). It’s due to arrive in a ...
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Morgan Sindall makes hay as the sun goes down
Public sector demand keeps contractors in work - for now
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Morgan: We can live with cuts
John Morgan, the executive chairman of Morgan Sindall, has said the percentage of public sector work on its order book will fall below 50% as a result of the coalition cuts