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NewsFoster replaced on Kazakhstan scheme
Foster + Partners is no longer working on Aldar Properties’ Abu Dhabi Plaza in Astana, capital of Kazakhstan, despite being chosen as designer in November 2007
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Latest construction appointments - 9 January 2009
Nottingham Trent University's head of construction management is appointed RICS fellow
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NewsTied into Notts
Capita Architecture has been appointed to design the £13.1m rebuild of a Nottingham primary school as part of the city’s £90m Building Schools for the Future programme
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Strategic Forum to debate national tower crane register
The possibility of a national register for tower cranes will top the agenda of the first meeting of the Strategic Forum’s Plant Safety Group, despite continued resistance from the Health and Safety Executive to the idea
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ODA backs down over media centre
The Olympic Delivery Authority has backed down over plans to make the 2012 media centre a wholly temporary venue, under pressure from MPs and the London Development Agency
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NewsAirship-shape
An airship shed frame restored by Julian Harrap Architects was given grade II listing this week by culture minister Barbara Follett
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NFB quits confederation
The National Federation of Builders (NFB) has become the latest trade body to leave the Construction Confederation, following in the footsteps of the Major Contractors Group and the National Contractors Federation
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FeaturesBSF schools: Why is it so difficult?
Alistair Darling might be accelerating spending on Building Schools for the Future, but that won’t necessarily mean more schools get built, as this exemplary story of a scheme in Greenwich demonstrates
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Styles & Wood looks to Middle East as retail slump hits profit
Retail fit-out specialist Styles & Wood is planning a push into the Middle East in an attempt to offset the economic slump in the UK
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John Sisk appoints UK managing director
John Sisk & Son has appointed Paul Wilson managing director of its £250m-turnover UK operation
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CommentBuilding on Flickr
We’ve set up a Flickr group for the best in architectural and construction photography
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CommentWebmasters glossary: Mashup
A mashup is a web resource that combines information and web services from two or more sources
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CommentMy digital life: Simon Barnes
What’s your favourite website? Cyclingnews.com, to keep in touch with worldwide cycle racing and the BBC iPlayer
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NewsFoster dragged into Wembley row
Brookfield, the firm formerly known as Multiplex, has issued a writ in the High Court to force Foster + Partners and HOK Sport staff to divulge information they hold on the Wembley stadium project
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CommentHansom: A fresh start
It’s a brand new year, and we’re giving up being gloomy, sowing discord, drinking champagne and getting people’s company names wrong. Starting next week, of course
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NewsStock Woolstencroft Stratford apartments: Gold, silver and bronze
These are the first images of a trio of mixed-use apartment blocks overlooking London’s Olympic park, which have just been submitted for planning
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CommentHappy new year (yes, really)
Sorry, folks, but joyful prospects for 2009 are thin on the ground
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NewsCapita wins £13m exemplar primary school rebuild contract
Southwark Primary School is part of Nottingham Council’s £90m BSF programme