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NewsHorizon Nuclear Power to build plant in Anglesey
Company plans to develop its first nuclear station in Wylfa, North Wales
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NewsMersey's metallic flower
Tonkin Liu reveals its 14m high steel flower on the banks of the River Mersey
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Dubai's expats adjust to life in the slow lane
Visiting Dubai last week, one of the most noticeable differences from previous trips was that I managed to reach all my meetings on time.Gone are the days of sitting in static queues of nose to nose SUVs frantically tapping the blackberry trying to reschedule meetings.Dubai has clearly slowed since the ...
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NewsPassivhaus video: David Strong tours a Passivhaus kindergarten
The Passivhaus expert explains what the German energy efficiency standard can do for clients and the UK construction industry
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NewsExit: right
This helpful little sign may be a case of "out of the frying pan, into the 100-ft drop"
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NewsGreen light for £6.9m Hackney homes scheme
Fraser Brown MacKenna's affordable housing scheme will include photovoltaics to meet code level three
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NewsBalfour Beatty wins £200m of support services work
Contractor wins three jobs with Highways Agency, Yorkshire Water and Anglian Water
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NewsWork continues on Birmingham's Cube after developer collapses
Subcontractors told they will be paid till £100m project is completed despite developer entering administration last week
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NewsJapanese architects win Pritzker prize
Architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, partners at renowned Japanese practice SANAA, have won the coveted 2010 Pritzker prize, architecture’s highest honour.It is only the third time in the award’s 31-year history that the prize has been awarded to two architects - Oscar Niemeyer and Gordon Bunshaft received the accolade ...
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NewsGB Solutions wins work on UK's biggest zero-carbon scheme
Surrey-based contractor to build £10m residential block as part of BioRegional Quintain's £200m regeneration of Middlebrough's docks
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NewsScottish government pumps £130m into mothballed housing schemes
Plan for upto 1,000 homes to be built and rented as affordable housing for five to 10 years before being sold
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NewsFCC Elliott UK to fit out Olympic broadcast centre
Joint venture scoops 55,000m² International Broadcast Centre for 2012 Games
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Why construction firms must recruit financial engineers
Financial engineers – you can be forgiven for holding them in total contempt. The finger of guilt for the recession ravaging construction firms points witheringly in their direction.But, galling as it might seem, construction now needs financial engineers more than it needs civil, structural, mechanical or electrical engineers.The tools and ...
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Why falling mortgages approval are spooking housing market watchers
The latest figures from the Bank of England showing the number of mortgage approvals at a nine month low have caused a bit of a stir and increased talk of a double dip in the housing market.Here’s a few reasons why.There is a historic link between the number of mortgage ...
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NewsDeveloper behind Birmingham's Cube goes into administration
Birmingham Development Company and contractor BuildAbility 'bitterly disappointed' as £100m mixed-use tower stalls
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NewsBuildings to black out for Earth Hour
The Galleries in Dubai will be one of many domestic and commercial buildings to turn lights off this weekend
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NewsStirling winner to ‘reinvent the terrace’ for 2012 legacy
Maccreanor Lavington to draw on traditional London housing in revised masterplan for Olympic park
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NewsSprouting: A.2R.C Architects' Brussels meeting centre
The Square Brussels Meeting Centre, an extension to the Palais des Congres, won the Special Award of the Jury at the 2010 Mipim Awards
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NewsCourt orders rethink on Heathrow third runway
Transport minister rejects possibility of total rethink as government told to increase focus on environment