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NewsVideo: Come Dine with Construction
Building’s contributors square up for a seasonal cooking showdown: who will be king of the kitchen?
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NewsBalfour Beatty hires former Tate & Lyle chief executive
Iain Ferguson will become non-executive director from 1 January
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NewsDubai bailout fails to cheer UK creditors
$10bn rescue by Abu Dhabi unlikely to lead to quicker debt repayments
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NewsUnite plans landbuying spree for £300m of student homes
Listed housing provider to spend £120m on up to 16 sites in latest sign of improving market
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Architecture Naturally: Student photography competition - 31 March
ADP’s second annual student photography competition Architecture Naturally will focus on the relationship between architecture and the natural world. The competition is open to students over 16 who are studying architecture or photography in the UK. Judging this year’s competition will be programme manager of this year’s chosen charity Architecture ...
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NewsBaby Shard could start on site next year
Construction of the companion tower to the Shard has been signed off by backers, and could start as early as next year
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Residential planning activity bounces back
The latest Government planning data on the face of it supports the view that there has been a bounce in activity within the house building sector.The topline data, released today, for residential planning decision show a fall in the September quarter compared with both the previous quarter and on the ...
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NewsDramatic exit of the year
Lee Polisano, the founder of the UK arm of US architect Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF), left in September to set up his own firm PLP Architecture
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Fears grow over platform safety
Calls for safer working conditions on mobile work elevated platforms have been renewed after an accident last week on Westfield’s Stratford City site, next to the Olympic park, which left a worker in a critical condition
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BDP to buy architect Syna
BDP, the UK’s largest architectural firm, is in advanced negotiations to acquire Abu Dhabi-based practice Syna
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Wates to open in Abu Dhabi
Wates is banking on its record of delivering 35,000 school places in the UK to win work in Abu Dhabi
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NewsPrasad to overhaul Guy’s hospital tower
Sunand Prasad’s practice is set to be chosen to work on a radical refurbishment of Guy’s tower, part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospital in London, Building understands, Penoyre & Prasad will design the 34-storey tower’s revamp, which is understood to be worth at least £30m
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NewsCampaign victory
In February, the Health and Safety Executive finally caved in to demand for a national register of safety checks on tower cranes
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NewsBroadway Malyan wins British school job in Abu Dhabi
Broadway Malyan has pipped Foster + Partners and Aedas to a commission for a British school in Abu Dhabi
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NewsHow the state helped – and didn’t
The public sector provided the vast bulk of any work there was in 2009, with fears that spending would slow before the election not holding true
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NewsA green revolution
The carbon-cutting campaign gathered momentum as the year went on, culminating in the Copenhagen summit of world leaders in December – and a last-minute appearance by US president Barack Obama
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