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NewsIndustry bodies launch competition code of conduct
Guidelines revealed in advance of OFT's final verdict on cover pricing enquiry
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NewsCarillion JV set to win £1bn BT contract
Carillion-Telent deal with BT Openreach is set to be signed in the next two months
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Comment
Black swans, perfect storms...
These credit crunch descriptors come to mind when trying to describe the potential impact of the Government’s seeming intent to cut the amount tenants will have to pay in rent next year. With experts suggesting that the retail price index will fall below minus 2% in September, the month when ...
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Tender of the day: £50m warehouse
New-build, extension, refurbishment, repair and demolition job for Morrisons supermarkets starts in October 2009
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Comment
House building figures show huge jump in starts and completions
There were two big boosts in the numbers released today for house builders.First, the latest Government data on homes built in England are by far the best for more than a year with a massive leap in the quarter to June.Second, gross mortgage lending in July was up 26% on ...
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NewsTurning heads and turbines: Dalston's aerodynamic tower
Aerofoil shape of East London's 'flat iron' building ensures turbines take full advantage of London's wind
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NewsNow, don't move ...
Thanks to Jack White of Mace for this photo of a precarious balancing act in Turkey
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NewsFoster + Partners £16m in the red
Pre-tax losses at Lord Foster’s firm almost double after ‘one of the most challenging years since practice’s inception’
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NewsHousing starts in US take surprise dip
Number of homes built drops 1% in July, undermining hopes of a housing recovery
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NewsCorby council to appeal birth defect judgment
Legal team claims 'serious and significant flaws' in court decision that reclamation works could have led to birth defects
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NewsGovernment insists eco-towns work with locals
Developers of first wave of eco-towns told to have closer ties with existing communities
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NewsMasdar city appoints Germany's BASF materials supplier
€62bn-turnover chemical company is preferred supplier of systems solutions to world's first carbon-neutral city project
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SIAS Building Services goes into administration
Keighly-based firm brings in administrators after being hit by 'contract problems'
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NewsChelsea shortlist sparks fears among residents
Campaign group voices concern about modernist architects on shortlist to masterplan Chelsea Barracks
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NewsDerby worker killed by falling glass
Investigation is under way into death at Build Center warehouse
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NewsUrban regeneration firm faces closure
Council funding for RegenCo, the company behind Will Alsop's Public space, has been withdrawn
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NewsThe Pink Plinther enters the velodrome
Cyclist picked for the Trafalgar Square plinth is among riders at Building's track day in Herne Hill
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NewsHalcrow to cut up to 269 jobs
Engineering firm consults staff over redundancies across in UK and Ireland after fall in workload
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NewsFraudulent misrepresentation: Fitzroy Robinson vs Mentmore Towers
Our legal expert discusses a case in which an architect failed to inform the developer that an important member of it's team had left
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NewsIs that an Antony Gormley sculpture up there?
No, just another nutter with a penchant for teetering on rooftops