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    Old panels for new

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    Your feature on the Grosvenor Waterside buildings by Make (Building 7 August) showed that the patterned aluminium walling has quality when seen up close

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    White Young Green plots £40m share issue

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    Consulting engineer White Young Green is preparing a share issue of about £40m to cut its £90m debt pile, according to sources close to the situation

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    Good neighbours

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    Eco-towns should help neighbouring settlements become more green, the government says

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    Brum deal

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    Solihull Community Housing, a West Midlands arm’s-length management organisation, is to join forces with Spectrum Development Partnership to build 2,000 homes by 2020.

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    £2.75m Lewisham job

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    Hexagon Housing Association has permission to build 15 homes for affordable rent in Lewisham, south-east London

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    £35m Craven scheme

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    Craven council has chosen a Lovell and Maple Grove Developments partnership to develop a £35m scheme to create 220 homes and some shops in Skipton, North Yorkshire.

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    Turnover drops at Rok

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    R&M firm Rok’s turnover fell by a third in the first half of the year after it scaled back new-build work

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    Sheppard appointed

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    Clyde Gateway Urban Regeneration Company has appointed Sheppard Robson Architects to lead an integrated urban infrastructure study in the Dalmarnock area of Glasgow.

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    Making Strides: Stride Treglown student accommodation in Liverpool

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    This Stride Treglown scheme for a £45m halls of residence for the University of Liverpool was this week submitted for planning permission

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    Housing stats: New-build sales and completions in July 2009

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    This month’s data shows that average sales are still well down on last year …

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    Blazing saddles

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    Hopkins won Building’s second track cycling event at the historic Herne Hill velodrome in south London last week

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    Park up

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    Collado Collins has designed a leisure centre in Bucharest with a public park on its roof

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    More job cuts feared following exodus of directors at DTZ

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    There has been an exodus of directors from property agent DTZ over the past month, Building has learned, as the company refused to rule out making redundancies

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    Lockerbie release boosts UK firms

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    The return to Libya of a man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing is expected to improve business for British construction firms in the north African country

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    Hussein’s hospital

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    HKS has been appointed to design the King Hussein Cancer Centre in Jordan

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    Latest construction appointments - 28 August 2009

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    Brookfield Asset Management has named Peter Thomson, Robert von Herrmann and Paul Tam senior vice presidents

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    Centre of excellence

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    This HLM-designed secondary school in Bridgend, Wales, has secured planning consent

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    The BIG read

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    Danish architect BIG has won a competition in collaboration with Arup and architect AGU to design a national library for Kazakhstan

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    T&T undercuts Mace to win Woking job

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    Turner & Townsend has nabbed a Woking regeneration scheme from rival consultant Mace after offering a “significantly” cheaper price

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    Blast off

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    Plans for a high-speed rail link that would allow passengers to travel from London to Scotland in two hours, have been unveiled by Network Rail