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Crossrail designers appointed
Scott Wilson has been appointed to design Farringdon Crossrail station
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More woe for colleges
The £5bn Learning and Skills Council college-building programme received a fresh setback this week after more colleges applied for new funding than was expected
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Wimbledon wrangle continues
Building Design Partnership has filed a claim saying it will seek damages from contractor Galliford Try if found liable over defects to Wimbledon’s media centre.
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NewsThe new temp: PVC pavilion
Lock Rennie has won a competition to design a temporary pavilion made of lightweight PVC fabrics for regional development agency Yorkshire Forward
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Cabe lambasting leads to 2012 media centre redesign
The design of the media centre for the Olympic Games has been overhauled after Cabe branded it “extremely weak”
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NewsZaha, queen of the desert: Cairo's Stone Towers
Zaha Hadid has won a competition to design a 525,000m2 development in Cairo known as the Stone Towers
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Developer Modus fails
The holding company of Manchester-based commercial developer Modus Ventures has been put into administration after the collapse of two major schemes
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NewsMarket forecast: Hamiltons' Smithfield office building
Hamiltons’ £90m office next to Smithfield market in the City of London has been given the go-ahead by the City Corporation
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Employers' body warns Unite not to encourage further strikes
An employers’ group has written to the Unite union warning it not to encourage further wildcat strikes on construction sites
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NewsGreat Dane
Construction has begun on Tietgens Ærgrelse, a housing development in Copenhagen designed by London practice Tony Fretton Architects
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Correction
In last week’s article “£1bn green power station two years behind schedule” (page 9), a quote from Jeff Chapman of the Carbon Capture and Storage Association – “the industry can only take so much messing about” – was attributed to Martin Grant of Atkins
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Camden BSF shortlist
Teams led by BAM and Bouygues have been shortlisted for the £250m Camden Building Schools for the Future programme
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Contractor liquidated
Pierse Contracting, a subsidiary of property developer Pierse Group, has gone into liquidation
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JCT snubbed
Supporters of the JCT standard construction contract have criticised the government for creating a “monopoly in construction contracts” by endorsing only the NEC format
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NewsBecause we care
A £15m health and well-being centre in Hull designed by HLM Architects has been given the green light
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CommentSometimes a great notion...
They say great ideas have three phases: first, they’re ludicrous, then they’re wrong and finally they’re obvious
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CommentAsking for the moon: Construction Act changes
The Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group wants payment security on demand included in the new Construction Act. It should not – and will not – become law
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CommentTranscendental mediation: A mediator's role
The talking cure for construction disputes is a fine way to settle an argument – but only if the mediator is prepared to go beyond the role of polite, ineffectual facilitator
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Settle down: The popularity of mediation
Mediation is proving ever more popular as a way of settling disputes before they get to court. And, as it saves money, parties are going willingly to the talking block
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CommentHuman sacrifice won't help us
Kicking out apprentices and slashing training is not going to cure the recession, but it will kill the recovery. What firms need to do is keep their nerve – and their staff