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NewsBusiness bosses oppose Heathrow expansion
Top executives at Sainsbury's, Carphone Warehouse and BSkyB call on government to rethink plans for third runway
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NewsBoris to propose 'living' bridge over Thames
Mayor of London reportedly considering plans for inhabited bridge between South Bank and Embankment
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NewsBrit architects top shortlist for LSE student centre
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, Chipperfield and Feilden Clegg Bradley among names on shortlist for student centre at London School of Economics
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NewsBin Laden to build two hotels in Mecca
Saudi contractor teams up with Fairmont Raffles to exploit kingdom's growing tourism industry
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NewsWYG wins 800-cell prison contract
Consultant appointed to manage development, procurement and construction of £200m scheme
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NewsThree picked for £275m East Midlands framework
Contractors Kier, Wates and Willmott Dixon selected for local authorities' intermediate projects framework
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NewsTwo London schemes to get £16m kickstart
Homes and Communities Agency’s money will help Lambeth and Haringey development to complete
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NewsHow is BREEAM 2008 working out?
Sustainability consultant David O'Rorke sums up the key changes made to the green building assessment method and wonders how well they will be implemented in the current economic climate
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NewsFill in our BREEAM survey and win green gift vouchers
Building Sustainability launches survey to gauge the new version of the green building assessment tool. Fill it in for a chance to win a £40 green gift voucher
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NewsFive great green videos
We select the best sustainable videos from around the web, from strange goings on with blue headed men to a vision for a Middle Eastern zero carbon city
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Comment
Construction deflation forecasts... not a surprise
Davis Langdon's latest forecasts for tender prices make for interesting reading. They are anticipating a fall in tender prices during 2009, 2010 and even in the first quarter of 2011. By 2010 Q1, tender prices are expected to be between 6% and 9% lower than a year earlier and by ...
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Collapse in construction workload eases, say buyers
The latest indicator of construction activity from the buyers' body CIPS suggests that the pace of decline in construction may have eased a bit in April.The key Purchasing Managers Index for construction rose in the month from 30.9 in March to 38.1. This still means things are getting worse fast, ...
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A housing market recovery next year, says CEBR
There is a growing chorus of voices saying that the worst is over in the housing market and that the upturn is not that far away.And to add a bit more volume to the choir is the latest Consumer and Housing prospects report from the business and economic consultancy CEBR, ...
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NewsRLB scheme scoops Civic Trust award
Cadbury's Bournville Place praised for the successful fusion of old and new
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NewsKier, ISG and Rok vie to snap up William Verry contracts
Banks poised to call in administrators as rival contractors manoeuvre to take over stalled jobs
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NewsGovernment launches fund for private rental housing
Homes and Communities Agency wants to encourage financial institutions to invest in rental property
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News2012 media centre ‘to survive Cabe onslaught’
Sources close to the Olympics’ independent planning authority this week insisted that the media centre for the 2012 Games was still likely to get approval, despite receiving a drubbing from Cabe this week
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NewsChelsea Barracks developers back Rogers scheme
Qatari Diar and Candy Brothers joint venture breaks silence on scheme criticised by Prince Charles
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NewsGulf labour camps at highest risk of swine flu epidemic
Work Bank warns that crowded conditions would mean disease would spread ‘like wildfire’ if it reached the workers
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NewsStalled colleges could be ineligible for £300m fund
Rescue package may rule out schemes that stood down supply chains when they were put on hold