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CommentSix billion pounds of spending cuts - and many more to come
This is just of foretaste of cuts we face in the June Budget and autumn spending review
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NewsNelson's ship docks at Trafalgar Square, in a bottle
New artwork by Yinka Shonibare succeeds Anthony Gormley’s latest on empty fourth plinth
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FeaturesPositive thinking: Masdar HQ
The seven-storey Masdar Headquarters, under construction outside Abu Dhabi, will be the world’s first large building that generates more energy than it consumes
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Hundreds of schools at risk under BSF shake up
New government will reprioritise projects under the £55bn programme after review
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Ed Vaizey ousted from architecture role
Shock government move hands John Penrose brief despite Vaizey speech at RIBA this week
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NewsCostain and Skanska bag second Crossrail job
Pudding Mill Lane job similar in size to join venture’s £15m Royal Oak contract win
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NewsDavis Langdon partners to vote on Aecom takeover
Europe, Middle East and Africa arm will vote next month on deal with £3.8bn-turnover US firm
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NewsHCA fate in doubt as £700m frozen
Funding for Kickstart and Pathfinder in doubt as HCA enters talks with coalition over its future
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British Land in talks to restart Cheesegrater tower
Rogers-designed City tower moves closer as developer commits to spend £500m on London schemes
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Industry welcomes surveyor Prisk as minister
MP is hailed as 'best briefed construction minister since Nick Raynsford'
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NewsUS embassy architects visit London for Cabe talks
A team from the US architect designing the new £690m American embassy in London held talks with architectural watchdog Cabe in the capital last week.
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NewsKier pays £7m for recycling firm as diversification starts
Firm shows intention to move away from core business after scooping up Pure Recycling
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Architects berate prince’s meddling
The RIBA and fellow architects have hit out at continued royal interference in the planning process, as more evidence emerged this week of the extent of Prince Charles’ interference in Richard Rogers’ £1bn Chelsea Barracks development
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Living the high life
Thanks to John Wood who took this photograph of a man with lofty aspirations while he was in Antwerp, Holland
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China: Infrastructure opportunities
China is the world’s largest infrastructure market, so it’s worth finding out how to do business there. To mark Building’s Global Infrastructure Forum in London this week, Roxane McMeeken reports on opportunities in China and how to win them
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FeaturesAll Black Zinzan Brooke: Alive and kicking
Any man who can calmly kick a 47m drop goal while playing for the All Blacks isn’t going to freak out when his construction businesses come under a bit of strain. Emily Wright talks to Zinzan Brooke, New Zealand’s legendary number eight
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CommentThe big law society
Ann Minogue The more disputes are settled in adjudication, the more likely it is that areas outside our industry will have a bearing on how construction law develops
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CommentHansom: The great escape
Whether you’re off on a trip to Rio, a long-distance jaunt in a canoe, or sunning yourself in Barbados with Richard Steer, do let us know if you spot any of our 40 under 40 fugitives. They may be in disguise
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CommentCourt isn’t all it’s cracked up to be
The property end of building is even more disputatious than the contruction end. It needs to find a better way to resolve disputes – so why not adopt adjudication?
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Public contract awards: Challenging times
Helen Bolton and Stuart Thompson New rules have paved the way for more challenges to public contract awards. So how do you protect yourself if you’re the preferred bidder?