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Architecture and project management - 11 November 2009
Seminar explores how much project management architects and designers should offer
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NewsGovernment go-ahead for cultural construction
Fears for arts projects are quelled as funding is confirmed for extensions to Tate Modern and British Museum
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NewsDouglas cuts power-sharing deal with O’Rourke
Laing O’Rourke chief operating officer to retain key clients and take control of housing and off-site arms
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RBS' property director departs
The Royal Bank of Scotland’s group director of property has left the company for undisclosed reasons, as the bank mulls a wide-ranging review of its property strategy
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NewsClean coal power hit by decision to postpone plants
Delays feared for new wave of 'clean' coal-fired power stations as two large schemes held up
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NewsWood Awards: Our cup of tea
This cafe in iroko wood, in the Kent town of Deal was the winner of the structural category in this year’s Wood Awards
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NewsAcoustic testing for schools to be compulsory
Deaf charity welcomes government plan to require testing for new schools built under Building Schools for the Future
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News2012 gymnastics venue abandoned
Plans for a temporary structure in Greenwich ditched in favour of using existing facilities
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NewsVideo: 2009 trends in the Good Employer Guide
Hannah Fox tells Building how recession has affected attitudes to employers over the last year
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NewsHighways Agency overspends on contracts
Report reveals above-inflation maintenance payments and not enough monitoring of cost and quality
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NewsNetwork of wind turbines shut down after design flaw found
Quiet Revolution’s helical machines hit by moisture leak and critical report from Southwark council
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NewsTraining body reviews grants after £10m loss
ConstructionSkills set to cut training grants to firms as multimillion-pound loss announced for the second year in a row
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NewsOlympic park legacy company still to clarify remit
New chief executive admits large parts of the body's budget and remit are still being negotiated
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NewsHCA funding cut puts paid to Greenwich school plans
Hopes that agency would fund removal of gasometer abandoned after £70m cut to its budget
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NewsConstruction Bill amendment frees up PFI lending
Last-minute amendment as bill passed by Commons will reduce investment risk for PFI consortiums
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NewsGreen experts attack adviser’s role
Government’s brief for chief construction adviser role criticised for too little focus on sustainability
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Comment
Forecasts suggest some rays of hope, but huge uncertainty remains
For those with an optimistic nature there was some good news to be seen in the latest set of industry forecasts with both the Construction Products Association and Hewes trimming how much they feel output in the industry will fall.Indeed the three forecasts came closer together in this round of ...
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NewsGreen light for 50MW biomass plant in Tees Valley
Aker Solution will develop £200m green power station to supply 80,000 homes with energy
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Comment
You've hardly changed at all
Constructing Excellence’s review of the progress we’ve made in the 11 years since Sir John Egan, who was chairman of BAA at the time, published his report should come with a health warning: reading this may cause severe depression.The review, Never Waste a Good Crisis, was put together by an ...
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Comment
Pessimism postponed
Bellway boss John Watson is naturally a glass half-empty kind of guy and was in “muted recovery” mode at the housebuilder’s full-year results this week.Yes reservations were down from 6,556 to 4,380 and the average selling price fell 9% to £154,005. And yes the company posted the first loss in ...