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Tender of the day: £50m Victoria interchange
New-build and demolition job starts in early January 2012
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On the receiving end
“I would think very hard about working in Dubai again. It has done us a lot of damage.” So says David Marks, the co-founder of architect Marks Barfield. Anyone reading about what happened to him after his client in the emirate quietly stopped paying its bills will find it easy ...
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GDP figures stick with estimate of 2.2% fall in Q2 construction output
No surprises in the GDP figures out today, after the savage revisions made to the previous quarter.Things aren't quite as bad as first thought. GDP was revised up gently from a drop of 0.8% in the second quarter to a drop of 0.7%. This was down to a more favourable ...
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FeaturesHackney-sur-Mer: Levitt Bernstein’s Queensbridge Quarter
Dalston, a less-than-glorious corner of east London, is beginning to look as if it might be able to tempt well-heeled Londoners to give it a go – thanks in part to Levitt Bernstein’s Mediterranean-styled Queensbridge Quarter
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What consultation?
Are other readers, like me, disgusted and frustrated at the so-called consultation on Parts L and F of the Building Regulations
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Fighting the good fight
The worrying figures in your article “Small Steps” on women in industry (31 July, page 3) are no surprise to me
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As a matter of fact
John Stewart (14 August, page 32) points out a couple of alleged errors in my column of 7 August.
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CommentOld panels for new
Your feature on the Grosvenor Waterside buildings by Make (Building 7 August) showed that the patterned aluminium walling has quality when seen up close
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White Young Green plots £40m share issue
Consulting engineer White Young Green is preparing a share issue of about £40m to cut its £90m debt pile, according to sources close to the situation
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Good neighbours
Eco-towns should help neighbouring settlements become more green, the government says
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£2.75m Lewisham job
Hexagon Housing Association has permission to build 15 homes for affordable rent in Lewisham, south-east London
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£35m Craven scheme
Craven council has chosen a Lovell and Maple Grove Developments partnership to develop a £35m scheme to create 220 homes and some shops in Skipton, North Yorkshire.
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Turnover drops at Rok
R&M firm Rok’s turnover fell by a third in the first half of the year after it scaled back new-build work
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Sheppard appointed
Clyde Gateway Urban Regeneration Company has appointed Sheppard Robson Architects to lead an integrated urban infrastructure study in the Dalmarnock area of Glasgow.
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NewsMaking Strides: Stride Treglown student accommodation in Liverpool
This Stride Treglown scheme for a £45m halls of residence for the University of Liverpool was this week submitted for planning permission
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NewsHousing stats: New-build sales and completions in July 2009
This month’s data shows that average sales are still well down on last year …
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NewsBlazing saddles
Hopkins won Building’s second track cycling event at the historic Herne Hill velodrome in south London last week
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More job cuts feared following exodus of directors at DTZ
There has been an exodus of directors from property agent DTZ over the past month, Building has learned, as the company refused to rule out making redundancies