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    London mayor pledges £220m to 50 public realm projects

    2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Boris Johnson has said 50 public realm projects throughout the capital will receive £220m of funding from various bodies, including Transport for London and the London Development Agency, over the next three years

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    Phoenix rises

    2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Leicester’s £21.5m Phoenix Square development opens its doors to the public this week

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    Feelings, wo-o-o feelings…

    2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

    You don’t often see the words ‘engineering’ and ‘emotion’ in the same sentence, but once the connection is made, it can change lives

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    Wonders & blunders with Philip Watts

    2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Philip Watts enjoys the feelings of oppression he gets when inside Libeskind’s Jewish Museum. But inside the prison of Sheffield’s Parkhill Estate all he wants is to get out

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    GB Building fights slump by boosting repeat business to 69%

    2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Martin Smout, chief executive of GB Building Solutions, has said the company boosted repeat business from 60% to 69% last year, to help combat the recession

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    Balfour takes on Texas

    2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Balfour Beatty has bought SpawMaxwell, the largest interior construction contractor in Texas, for $25m (£15m)

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    Spring in Boot’s step

    2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Henry Boot has said in a trading update there are indications housebuilding is slowly recovering

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    Keller’s resilient year

    2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Groundwork specialist Keller has said its performance so far this year has been “resilient” despite the downturn

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    Interserve on track

    2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Interserve has said trading is in line with expectations, thanks to a strong performace in the Middle East and stability in the UK public and utility sectors. Its future workload is £6.7bn.

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    Avonside hits the roof

    2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Roofing contractor Avonside Roofing has made six acquisitions in recent weeks, which it said will boost turnover by £13m to £45m next year

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    Olympics boosts Byrne turnover by a third

    2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

    London 2012 Olympic work has helped concrete specialist Byrne Brothers boost turnover by a third

  • Comment

    My digital life: Karim Benkirane

    2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

    What is your favourite website?

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    Tory plans to shift risks of PFI spark warning

    2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Tory plans to transfer risk to the private sector in a reform of PFI could kill off their attraction as investment opportunities, according to experts

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    ‘10 worst railway stations’ to get £50m for repairs

    2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

    The government has unveiled £50m of emergency funding to carry out repairs at the country’s 10 worst railway stations, as identified in a report commissioned by the Department for Transport

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    Foster’s all at sea

    2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

    A yacht designed by Foster + Partners launched this week at the Perini Navi boatyard in Viareggio, Italy

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    Candys to fight former employee in court over £160k bonus

    2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Developer Candy & Candy will be fighting a claim filed against it by its former development director Andrew Locke

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    It’s a gas

    2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Architect Bell Phillips + Kimble has won the high-profile competition to reinvent Gasholder No. 8 at King’s Cross Central in London, reimagining the structure as a water pool and garden

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    Cabe takes on supermarkets

    2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Design quango Cabe is in talks over setting up a dedicated review panel for supermarkets, it emerged in the wake of outgoing chair Sir John Sorrell’s savaging of the retail giants on Monday

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    Cabe renews attack on Foster tower

    2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Cabe has slammed Foster + Partners for the second time over a 139,000m2 mixed-use scheme for Hammerson on the edge of the City of London

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    Latest construction appointments: 20 November 2009

    2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

    The Office of Government Commerce has appointed David Pitchford executive director of major projects