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Frustration mounts over Scottish replacement for PFI
Procurement method’s credibility is hit by funding problems on £300m Aberdeen bypass scheme
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Please sir, can we have some more?
Of course the Budget didn’t give us as much as we wanted. But, says Jon Neale, it’s questionable whether even more cash would help housebuilders. What we want more of is fresh thinking
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Nylon carpets
Burmatex has launched Surface, a textured nylon loop carpet tile created with the cost-effective refurbishment of offices in mind.
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Kier set to lose £6m on hotel in Liverpool One scheme
£60m Hilton hotel scheme on £1bn development to open six months after March deadline
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Chinese officials deny human error in school quake deaths
Planning authorities claim no evidence of negligence in death of 5,335 schoolchildren in Sichuan earthquake
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Corus' Teesside plans could cost 2,000 jobs
Steelmaker consortium's plans to mothball plant opposed by Corus chief executive
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T Clarke makes 'positive' start to 2009
Electrical contractor says construction activity could start on commercial projects by mid 2010
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Allies and Morrison back on 2012 broadcast centre
Architect returns to controversial scheme after Cabe calls replacement’s designs ‘banal’
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Stirling prize winners on £2m Worthing leisure centre shortlist
Wealth of design talent shortlisted to design a swimming pool in seaside town
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Firms that used workers blacklist face prosecution
Information Commissioner’s Office does not rule out legal action against 40 contractors
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Firms line up to take part in HCA's private rental scheme
Housing associations, property firms and banks consider investment in agency’s property fund
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What will he say this time? Prince Charles at the RIBA
Amid all the furore over his intervention on Richard Rogers’ design for Chelsea Barracks, it’s easy to forget that next week the Prince of Wales is to give perhaps the most eagerly awaited speech on architecture in a generation
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Verry boss mounted eleventh-hour rescue bid
Craig Jones, the chief executive of Verry Construction, mounted a last-minute bid to rescue the failed contractor
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£3bn South-west framework back on track
A stalled £3bn local government framework looks set to be finalised after Devon council fought off a legal challenge to the bidding process last week
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Google's favourite architects
Who is the starriest of all the starchitects? Frank, Norman or Zaha? Or maybe Daniel Libeskind or Richard Rogers of Chelsea Barracks fame?Well according to Google the most searched for living architects are Frank Gehry and Zaha Hadid.The search engine reckons that there are 135,000 searches for these two architects ...
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The prince and the profession
So is he about to aim another missile at the architectural profession? Or will he finally offer it an olive branch? As the red carpet is rolled out at the RIBA next Tuesday in preparation for the Prince of Wales' lecture to mark its 175th anniversary, speculation about what he ...
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Watch out for snake oil salesmen purveying good news
There are few things more odious than selling false hope to desperate folk.But I am seeing ever more evidence of this sad occupation.I would have posted a blog on the latest new orders figures yesterday, but I was out of the office either in meetings, on the train or socialising ...
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The end of William Verry: so what happened?
One of Britain’s oldest contractors went bust last week, but not because of a problem contract, and not because it had an empty order book. The truth was altogether stranger
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Mobile access tower?
Paul Thompson of Laing O’Rourke appreciates Cuba’s approach to some essential kit. And look no further for a handy getaway vehicle if the plastering doesn’t go to plan
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Let's be practical: Challenging a certificate of completion
Even when a ‘final and binding’ certificate of completion is issued, there may be room for the parties to challenge the validity of the decision