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FeaturesDurkan to build £17m green flats for London key workers
Development of 145 apartments for Network Housing Group will meet level four of the Code for Sustainable Homes
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Comment
Stop kicking Dubai
I am fed up of people gloating about Dubai going belly up. Rod Liddle’s piece in the Times this weekend said nothing new and got certain facts wrong. The piece is a prime example of the Dubai baiting that’s been done to death lately.The worst thing about the article is ...
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NewsConsultation on PAYE rule change opens
Industry given chance to respond to government proposals to clamp down on bogus self-employment
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NewsCan public sector capital projects really stimulate the economy?
With spending cuts all round, whoever is in power, can infrastructure projects escape the axe?
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Tender of the day: Poole Grammar School, Dorset
Bid submission deadline is 11 August for £3.6m Dorset school
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NewsUK arm of Kohn Pedersen Fox set to go solo
Architect behind Heron Tower plans share-swap buyout to gain independence from US parent, say reports
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News£400m Salford freight terminal gets green light
Port Salford Exchange, on the banks of the Manchester ship canal, will allow transfer of freight between road, rail and sea
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NewsBovis wins £35m maritime museum extension job
Construction of Sammy Ofer wing, named after shipping magnate who donated money for the project, is due to start in August
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NewsRevenue down 30% at Speedy Hire
But plant hire firm reports stabilisation in recent weeks and new Middle East supply deal with Carillion JV
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NewsVideo: Earthquake engineering breakthrough for wooden buildings
US scientists' seven-storey structure proven to withstand 7.5 Richter earthquake in 'major development' for wood
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NewsListed windows blamed for Broadmoor hospital suicides
Care Quality Commission says patients' safety jeopardised by hospital's heritage status, which bans removal of ligature points
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NewsWork starts on Olympic handball arena
Building work begins at final 2012 venue, designed by Make Architects with PTW and Arup
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NewsCosting India
How do you launch a quantity surveying consultancy in India? The co-founders of London-based QS Box Associates will be writing a diary of their attempt to crack the market
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NewsOh, what a tangled web…
Apparently, they've discovered a six-foot-tall spider in Hong Kong – this poor builder is caught in its web. Oh, hang on, no, that's scaffolding
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NewsTop five reader comments: 20 July
Strong feelings aired by readers on the blacklist issue, damage from a tax clampdown, and ruthless supermarket cost-cutting
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NewsOlympic organisers release £19m from contingency fund
Cash to increase security of permanent venues is announced as transport budget soars by £18m in three months
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NewsHousing market shows bounce in asking prices
Hopes of recovery boosted as Rightmove reports 0.6% rise in July, ending June's brief return to decline
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NewsObservation 103 floors up
Sears Tower in Chicago is fitted with an observation area jutting 1.4m from the building
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NewsMortgage lending jumps 17% in a month
But lenders attribute strong rise between May and June largely to seasonal factors
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NewsBuilder jailed for three years for death of 15 year old worker
Victim, who was crushed to death by a collapsing wall in absence of employer, said to be youngest killed on construction site