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    Villa Hush-Hush

    2010-02-05T00:00:00Z

    London Eye architect Marks Barfield has revealed designs for Villa Hush-Hush.

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    Ray of light: Adams Kara Taylor's Malawi academy

    2010-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Structural engineer Adams Kara Taylor has collaborated with an international team including Arup to design and build the £9.2m Raising Malawi Academy for Girls

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    Balfour’s £1.9m buy

    2010-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Balfour Beatty has acquired Multibuild Hotels and Leisure and Multibuild Interiors in a deal worth £1.9m

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    Lovell’s £22m deal

    2010-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Affordable housebuilder Lovell has won its first contract, worth £22m, through its framework with River Clyde Homes. It has started work on 195 homes at three sites in Port Glasgow in Inverclyde.

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    £100m Home loan

    2010-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Barclays bank has loaned Waterloo Housing Group £100m to build 3,000 homes in the Midlands over three years. Waterloo was formed 15 months ago from the Eastern Shires Housing Group and Waterloo Housing Association.

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    Bowkett’s double shift

    2010-02-05T00:00:00Z

    McCarthy & Stone has appointed Alan Bowkett chairman a week after fellow housebuilder Gladedale hired him for the same non-executive role. Bowkett has a reputation for turning round struggling firms.

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    Hyder optimistic

    2010-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Engineering consultant Hyder has said it will beat profit forecasts in its full-year results despite being owed £9.4m in Dubai. It said it had scaled back work in Dubai, but had won six major projects since October.

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    Mouchel renegotiates

    2010-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Consultant Mouchel has renegotiated terms with its banks to avoid a breach of covenants

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    DoH seeks to foil £28m claim

    2010-02-05T00:00:00Z

    The Department of Health is seeking to throw out a £28m claim for bid costs filed against it by a John Laing-led consortium

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    Frank’s club

    2010-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Plans have been revealed for a Frank Gehry-designed clubhouse for a beach golf club on Abu Dhabi’s Saadiyat Island

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    Universities may face even harsher capital spending cuts

    2010-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Universities may face further cuts to capital spending on top of the reduction announced this week, it has emerged

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    Church ahoy!

    2010-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Finnish architect ARK-house has completed a building at Vuosaari Harbour in Helsinki to welcome visiting seamen

  • Features

    Spotlight on lifts

    2010-02-05T00:00:00Z

    The complexity of lifts can vary immensely, which means that their lead times do the same. Here Brian Moone looks at what’s involved – with special reference to the lifts at one very special building …

  • Features

    SMEs: Tangled up in tape

    2010-02-05T00:00:00Z

    A survey by the NFB has shown how public procurement is systematically biased against small firms. Emily Wright found out how, and met one group of SMEs that are fighting back

  • Crossrail
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    Two largest packages awarded on Crossrail early works

    2010-02-04T13:10:00Z

    Costain and Skanska joint venture and Carillion bag major contracts from civils framework

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    Harry Neal to go into liquidation

    2010-02-04T11:52:00Z

    Directors of London-based building firm agree to move after winding-up petition is issued

  • Demolition machine
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    Lee Group buys super-sized demolition monster

    2010-02-04T11:35:00Z

    The £1m Komatsu machine includes a 45m boom

  • Olympic park
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    Transfer of 2012 legacy land hits further delay

    2010-02-04T10:57:00Z

    Fears grow over future of 10,000-home post-Olympic redevelopment sites as LDA and government fail to agree on price

  • Housing
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    Government moots change to stamp duty

    2010-02-04T10:22:00Z

    Change to regulations may boost private rented sector by reducing duty on bulk purchases of flats

  • money
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    Shepherd fined £20,000 for safety breach

    2010-02-04T09:11:00Z

    Worker in Nottingham injured after cherrypicker overturns