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Hammerson announces £584m rights issue
Retail-led developer reveals loss of £1.6bn in 2008 and postpones construction on all major schemes
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Foster's Las Vegas tower 'cut in half' after construction blunder
Its 49-storey hotel has to be topped out at 28 storeys after 15 storeys of rebar is installed incorrectly
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QSs losing jobs faster than any other profession
Numbers from the profession joining dole queue quintupled from a year ago
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Dubai economic growth expected to slow to 2.5%
Emirate's chief economist expects growth to fall by two-thirds in 2009
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Government to reveal green makeover for 7m homes
Plans to be revealed at launch of consultation on heat and energy efficiency
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Developer drops out of eco-town programme
O&H Properties to follows regional planning progress instead
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Rok reveals £164m of framework deals in 2009
Firm has won eight framework agreements already this year worth £164m in total
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RIBA launches search for UK’s most romantic building
Fourteen buildings shortlisted for “emotive power and dating potential”
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Union win for building workers paid below minimum wage
Recruitment firm forced to increase rates paid on Brookfield Construction's Peterborough PFI site
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Galliford Try wins £36m London contracts
Contractor to build a school in Dulwich and a hotel in Waterloo
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20,000 Indian workers leave UAE
Construction firms block-book flights to relocate or repatriate staff as downturn hits the Gulf
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India to invest $500bn in infrastructure
Consultant PricewaterhouseCoopers predict massive spending in next three years as economy continues to grow
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Eta plants bomb near Ferrovial Madrid office
Basque separatist group targets firm building train link through region
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Dam blamed for scale of Chinese earthquake
Pressure from Zipingpu dam could have amplified Sichuan quake that killed 70,000
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Comment
10 ways to avoid dispute in the Middle East
The Middle East has traditionally seen few disputes. In boom times contractors have always had alternative ways to recover their losses. But the credit crunch appears to have changed that, and now more disputes are erupting. So, how can disputes be avoided in the present market?Assess the impact of local ...
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Beacons of hope in times of trouble?
There is currently much excitement being generated about the probability of construction starting on some of the much-talked of copse of towers planned to slice through the skyline of London.If that prospect smacks of confidence it is in stark contrast to the general prospects for commercial construction in London and ...
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A phrase I wish I'd coined
As I was giving the recent Rightmove consumer confidence poll a hard time last week, the Bad Science column in the Guardian kept coming to mind.So it was a bit spooky when I read the latest offering from Dr Ben Goldacre.If I was superstitious I would have read rather a ...
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Features
Expat survival guide to Ukraine
As Europe's second largest country, Ukraine is decent place to take your career, but be prepared for it all to be lubricated by torrents of cheap vodka
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More Building Awards 2009 shortlist announced
Outstanding companies and projects join the list of contenders for construction's most prestigious awards
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Oxford blues: burrowing under Queen's College
Adding an extension to Queen’s College required a delicate juggling act, as site access, potentially unstable foundations and history itself put the contractor to the test