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NewsRivergate centre, Barking: Starting gate
Van Heyningen and Haward Architects’ Rivergate Centre in Barking, east London, has started on site
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NewsLaing O'Rourke closes UAE arm and axes 17,500 staff
Contractor blames decline of Abu Dhabi venture as employee numbers tumble to 18,222 from 35,753
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Aecom buys rail firm
Aecom has acquired UK consultant Tritech Rail in a bid to boost its rail consultancy business. Tritech Rail, founded in 1999, is based in Wigan and employs about 100 people.
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Leadbitter profit down
Operating profit at contractor Leadbitter halved to £2.5m in the first six months of the year
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DevSecs back in black
Development Securities has warned that the commercial property market “lacks momentum”
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CRH profit warning
Materials group CRH has warned that the worsening US economy is set to hit its full-year profits
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Ardmore in court
Ardmore Construction has been taken to court by the former head of Tarmac in a row over non-payment of fees
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Correction
In the 13 August issue, we incorrectly stated on page 3 that Davis Langdon worked on the Gherkin
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News'Up to 2,400 fewer homes a year' under London guide
Development agency research into impact of new housing standards lays out worst-case scenario
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Housing stats: New build sales and completions in July 2010
This month’s data reveals rises in private and housing association registrations, but sales are down
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NewsOne Ocean Pavilion by Soma: Fluid dynamics
Austrian architect Soma has unveiled designs for its One Ocean pavilion, which will be built for the 2012 Expo in Yeosu, South Korea
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NewsEDF retenders Hinkley nuclear work for second time
French utility EDF has asked bidders to tender for the third time for the same £180m earthworks and preliminary works package at the Hinkley nuclear power station in Somerset
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CommentLorraine Lee vs Chartered Properties: A late adjudicator
In this case the adjudicator’s mistake was to take the weekend to type up his decision, here’s why…
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FeaturesProcurement refurbishment
When budgets are tight, refurb can seem the ideal solution. But how do clients and contractors allocate risk and manage outcomes? Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon looks at the options
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CommentCountry matters
For the architect, the country offers variety, novelty and the prospect of tanned craftsmen toiling in the wolds. But if you want control over a project, stick to the city
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CommentQuentin Shears: Can you erect a tent without pegs?
The cladding contractor hit her brother with a tent pole. ’Children! You can’t fight. This is an NEC contract!’
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CommentIt ain't half hot, cold and muddy
Russian veteran Harvey Smith tells us how to cope with a 74ºC annual temperature range, find unusual ways to lift a 12-tonne spire - and why Ladas are better cars than Range Rovers
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CommentWonders & blunders with Nicholas Parsons
Nicholas Parsons doesn’t hesitate to praise St Pancras station. But he finds post-war housing repetitive and deviant
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Swedish lessons
It was interesting to read the discussion on building.co.uk about how to harness the “sustainability values” of the 2012 Olympic Games (Green expertise in danger of being lost, 27 July)
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All skilled up and nowhere to go
News that the likes of BT and Network Rail have been inundated with applicants for their apprenticeship programmes should be welcomed