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CommentBrewing up
This week, insights into the industry’s relationship with tea, as rustled up by housing ministers and supped by site monitors, but rejected by stereotype-defying labourers, who prefer dancing
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Colleges may take loans for projects
Heads of further education colleges refused funding by the Learning and Skills Council after it overspent its £2.3bn budget by 150% were to meet this week to try and find alternative ways to fund schemes
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NewsMeet on the Ledge
A series of glass observation boxes have been added to the 103rd floor of Chicago’s Sears Tower
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London councils force developers to retrofit green technology
Two London councils are introducing a system that will force developers to retrofit green power generating capacity onto their buildings if they fail to meet agreed sustainability targets
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Latest construction appointments - 24 July 2009
Morrison has appointed Mark Waterhouse partnering director for the Midlands and West, Simon Hayes managing director for the South and Mike Turner managing director for the North
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Make tipped for £250m Brighton job
Ken Shuttleworth’s Make Architects is believed to have pipped Building Design Partnership, Wilkinson Eyre and his former colleague Norman Foster to the redevelopment of Brighton’s seafront conference centre
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Builder jailed for death of site employee
A builder was sentenced to three years in prison this week for the death of a 15-year-old worker
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NewsPhase One: Trafalgar Square
The refurbished St Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square proved a popular venue for this month’s Phase One event, with nearly 140 people attending
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NewsGreen shoots - 24 July 2009
Noble Francis, economics director at the Construction Products Association, examines the latest commercial property data
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NewsWinging it
The first of three new wings of the Cleveland Museum of Art in Ohio opened last month
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CommentAll for one: The OGC's contract decision
Tony Bingham claims the Office of Government Commerce was wrong to endorse the NEC3 contract over others, but in reality this is just the standardisation he was seeking
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Electro-shock blues
What happens if an electricity company refuses to lay cables on a developer’s neighbour’s land without its consent? A lot of strife for the developer, that’s what
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CommentOn getting a thick ear: Trinity Walk, Wakefield
This is a story about a busted developer and a contract that contained a pay-when-paid clause. The lessons that emerge from it are harsh, but it’s a good idea to learn them
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NewsCitywatch: Drawing a line in the sand
Architect Aukett Fitzroy Robinson was forced to make another uncomfortable disclosure to the City this week
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NewsUK boss to step down as T Clarke issues profit warning
M&E contractor T Clarke has said its UK managing director will step down following a profit warning and what it called “turbulent” market conditions
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Amec buys Australian
Amec has signed a deal to buy Australian engineering and project development company GRD for £52m
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Styles & Wood job
Retail fit-out specialist Styles & Wood has appointed Philip Lanigan as its finance director
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Abbey loses £46m
Anglo-Irish housebuilder Abbey has reported a loss of €54.4m (£46.7m) for the year ending 30 April, which compares to a profit of €16.8m in 2008
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One in nine companies 'are ripe for takeover'
One in nine construction companies could change ownership as a result of the recession, according to financial analyst Plimsoll
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Land values rising
Residential land value is stabilising after a period of dramatic falls, according to property agent Knight Frank