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NewsCity watch: Ghost train
This week Jarvis wrote another episode of what one observer called “the longest-running soap opera in construction history”.Richard Entwistle, chief executive of the rail specialist, announced he would step down in September and the firm dropped £6.3m into the red after being hit by redundancy costs associated with losing 450 ...
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NewsThe tortoise and the Heron
On Thursday, Gerald Ronson, chief executive of Heron International, and Lee Polisano, president of architect Kohn Pedersen Fox, placed a tortoise shell in the foundations of the £242m Heron Tower in the City of London
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NewsTube Lines considers bid for Metronet lines
Tube Lines is considering bidding to take on the upgrade and maintenance of one or more lines previously under the control of the failed Metronet consortium
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Liverpool crane’s base ‘not suitable’
Questions are being asked over the suitability of the base of the tower crane that collapsed onto a block of flats in Liverpool last Monday
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Contractors dismiss need for gangmaster licences
Contractors are widely opposing recommendations in a government report on construction deaths that gangmaster licensing rules should be extended to include the industry
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What it costs: Commercial biomass
Biomass heating systems may cost a lot to install, but they’ll pay off in no time – assuming you choose the right system and the right fuel. Peter Mayer of BLP Insurance assesses the options
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FeaturesCrazy angles, soaring steel: Zaha Hadid’s Guangzhou opera house
As the Chinese city of Guangzhou races to build a new district in time for the 2010 Asian Games, the designs of two British architects enter the spotlight. Thomas Lane charts the trials, tribulations and triumphs of Zaha Hadid’s opera house and Wilkinson Eyre’s West Tower
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FeaturesFresh start: Wilkinson Eyre’s Guangzhou tower
The Guangzhou international finance centre may be Wilkinson Eyre’s first high-rise, but the practice says this means it will be bringing a ‘fresh look’ to its debut
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NewsDecision on efficiency of zero-carbon homes delayed until end of year
News comes as housing minister outlines further details of definition of zero carbon
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NewsODA top salaries revealed
Chief executive David Higgins earned £537,000 in the last year, after defering half of ‘performance related pay’ to later date
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NewsRIBA launches new scheme to help students
HostPractice allows architecture students and graduates access to national online network of practices
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Hill has new vice president for Eastern Europe
Hill employee promoted to manage Eastern Europe and the CIS Countries
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NewsChandlerKBS scoops £4.5m People's Bridge contract
Consultant is cost adviser on pedestrian bridge as part of the £1bn International Sports Village scheme in Wales
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NewsConstruction blacklist boss fined just £5k
Private detective who traded details of 3,213 workers for profit given 'wholly inadequate' penalty
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NewsFour sites chosen for eco-towns
Sites in Hampshire, Cornwall, Norfolk and Oxfordshire will go forward for full public consultation and local planning approval
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NewsStep-by-step safety
So the first stepladder leads up to the mobile platform, then you have your second stepladder on top of that – clever!
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NewsThe eco-towns saga: how not to win friends
Just how did the clever idea of a showcase for building green communities turn into a policy exercise of such embarrassment?
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RIBA's 175th anniversary: Picture This! - until 5 October
Picture This! has been organised by the RIBA to celebrate its 175th anniversary.The exhibition features 175 images from the RIBA Competition winning projects including public projects such as London’s Millennium Bridge, the Sage Gateshead, Baltic and Wembley Stadium.It also features the Urban Splash Tutti Frutti housing project and smaller structures ...
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NewsCapita in three-year deal with Wales Millennium Centre
Consultant becomes a principal corporate member and will sponsor free performance this summer
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RLB wins £26m Peterborough academy contract
Consultant will project manage Ormiston Bushfield Academy project