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NewsEast London housing scheme set to start
Former hospital site will include 950 homes, of which 50% will be affordable
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NewsHomes with negative equity hits 900,000
Council of Mortgage Lenders says negative equity is contributing to fall in property sales
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Comment
How to recognise a consultant
A basic point to specify when appointing a consultant is what they will actually be doing. Here’s a handy guide to the behaviour of the most common species
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FeaturesWork like an Egyptian: Egypt's construction opportunities
Mummies, pyramids, chaos, gastroenteritis – dump this list of Egyptian clichés and focus instead on its construction boom. Sophie Griffiths went there to find out more …
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NewsVerry drafts in director to sort out pay row
Verry Construction has brought in an operations director to sort out payments to subcontractors after a series of complaints over late payments and unpaid debts
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NewsDocklands Light Railway to get £18.2m upgrade
Capacity of Beckton route of London train to rise 50% in time for 2012 Olympics
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News£50m Liverpool building submitted for planning permission
18-storey tower, designed by Broadway Malyan, will attempt to win tenants from relocation of government offices
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CommentA quick pull of the plug: Terminating a contract
State your case If you intend to terminate, it’s no good hanging around for ages before you break the news, or you may find the decision is no longer yours
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NewsSenior director leaves Costain
Costain’s commercial director has left the company “by mutual agreement”
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NewsTate Modern to use Thames to heat and cool extension
Use of groundwater from gravel beds could help cut energy and carbon emissions by half
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NewsUAE site workers are slaves, says lobby group
Pressure grows on UK firms to push for improvements in conditions after Panorama investigation
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NewsIndustry holds its breath on Budget VAT cut
A cut in the rate of VAT levied on refurbishment is at the top of the construction industry’s wishlist for next week’s Budget
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NewsPartnerships for Schools exceeds targets
Delivery agency has built 54 schools and says it plans to open more than 200 a year by 2011
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NewsConstruction boss kidnaps bank manager
A debt-ridden building entrepreneur in Spain takes extreme measures to get loan
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A hat-trick of hospital wins takes BAM to the top in March
Business barometer: Dutch firm beats Vinci to first place as total volume of work falls 23% on 2008
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NewsSay your prayers
Architect Glyn Parkes points out that the gutter on this church in Hungary has already been removed so there is nothing to break these non-harnessed construction workers’ fall. Bet the view’s good, though
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CommentAmateur dramatics
While Ramboll plays the Fool, some builders get into dangerous liaisons, a Gleeds boss plays the tortured hero contemplating his own demise and the press are heckled from the wings
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for Faithful + Gould
It’s day one of the G20 summit. Barack Obama is town and London is packed with protesters and police
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Short and tweet
Dispatches from the Twitter social networking site:Bryant Priest Newman, Birmingham-based architect