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Building readers side with Charles on Chelsea Barracks
Two-thirds of those who voted on Building’s website would like to see Qatari Diar’s Chelsea Barracks scheme designed by Quinlan Terry, Prince Charles’ preferred architect
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NewsContractors plan waste crackdown
Contractors may charge subcontractors or drop them from future work if they fail to hit targets for site waste
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NewsStent to make ‘concrete’ from site spoil
Groundwork specialist pioneers new technique to cut costs and reduce waste sent to landfill
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NewsEasy as 1 to 3: Canal Street, King's Cross
A mixed-use scheme at King’s Cross Central, designed by Niall McLaughlin, has been given the green light by Camden council
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Latest construction appointments - 01 May 2009
London-based contractor Killby & Gayford has appointed Juan Martinez as environmental manager
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NewsFit for a queen: Queen's Market, Newham
A revamp of Queen’s Market in east London was approved by Newham council’s planning committee last week
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Two weeks to go until Building’s Sustainability Now virtual show …
The continued challenge of greening the built environment will be tackled at a virtual event later this month
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CommentToo much information
It has become common for clients to send bidders so much data that nobody has the time to produce tenders properly. Now there’s a campaign to change all that
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FeaturesGotta get through it: Halcrow builds the UAE's longest tunnel
This mountain range stands between Dubai and one of the UAE’s most important ports. Which is why a team from Halcrow is holed up there right now, enduring the heat and hard rock on the country’s longest ever tunnel project
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Market forecast: Where are we now?
The plunge in tender prices has ended and costs are falling, but the outlook is still gloomy, thanks in part to the decline in the value of the pound. Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon crunches the numbers
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FeaturesBanking, but not as we know it: 3XN's Saxo Bank
3XN’s Saxo Bank shows a softer side of a beleaguered industry, says Dan Stewart – just stand clear of the lightning bolts…
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NewsOh, what's the point?
We can only assume that the chap carrying out this tricky bit of pointing has lost the will to live
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NewsJames Caan: 'I lost a fortune in Erinaceous'
The Dragon's Den star regrets his 'terrrible investment' but says now is the time to bag a property bargain
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NewsIn defence of Tesco: 'A good client willing to innovate'
The Simons Group chairman feared Tesco's reputation as a client but found a firm willing to work to Egan's principles of delivery
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NewsRefinancing boosts Taylor Wimpey shares 9%
Report of £1.84bn loss for 2008 fails to dampen optimistic mood at housebuilder
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NewsLabour MP: Bring back London height restrictions
Battersea MP calls for new limits on the heights of the capital’s tall buildings
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NewsHouse prices slip back in April, reports Nationwide
Fall of 0.4% dampens hopes spurred by 0.9% rise last month, as prices fail to follow usual seasonal pattern
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NewsNon-European QSs to be barred from UK jobs
Redundancy spike prompts committee to remove QSs and project managers from skills shortage list
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NewsE.ON and RWE secure two UK nuclear sites
German consortium will build up to six new reactors in Anglesey and Gloucestershire
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NewsVideo: Five-storey building collapses in New York
Front half of the building collapsed on a construction site in the Tribeca district