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NewsJames Nisbet dies aged 89
Founder of James Nisbet & Partners developed the elemental cost plan as a QS
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NewsHouse prices rose 1.2% in May
Annual rate of decline eased from 15% in April to 11.3% in May according to Nationwide
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CommentTell them a bedtime story: Public sector tendering
If you’re a public authority inviting tenders, you should treat bidders like small children, eager to learn how you will judge them – and for heaven’s sake make sure they do learn
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CommentThe general purpose specialist
If we want to make it through the recession with our highly trained staff intact, we have to carry on doing what we do well, and start doing a lot of things that we don’t
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NewsWestfield told to ramp up Olympic security at Stratford
Stratford City developer is urged to install blast-proof glass on shop windows at massive cost
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NewsCapita Lovejoy shines in Jewellery Quarter design competition
Birmingham City Council selects winning design for £1.5m Golden Square
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NewsLondon faces new-build housing shortage
There is no oversupply of new-built apartments in the capital according to Savills
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NewsVideo: Hemp home stars at BRE's Insite
The house of timber, hemp and wool aims to achieve level four of the Code in its basic form
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Burning questions: Waste disposal strategies
Paul Mansouri and Mark Berry As Costain’s £398m waste project in Manchester confirmed, muck and brass are as linked as ever. The link between muck and renewable fuel is more recent
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NewsEco-ventilation health scare prompts regulation change
Government to issue guidance in Part F as draft BRE study finds widespread failure to maintain filters
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NewsNG Bailey moves into forestry … and finds God
Eco-nunnery is among first clients as M&E firm starts up woodchip business for biomass boilers
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NewsFriendly bus station falls on Slough
Bblur’s exciting new design ensures Berkshire town is on the architecture map
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NewsDubai government to slash business charges 30%
Plan to stimulate economy will aim to reduce effects of downturn
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NewsPersimmon appoints Fairburn as executive director
Housebuilder appoints northern chief executive to the board
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NewsMergers and acquisitions fall 96% on 2007
The mergers and acquisitions market ground to a virtual halt in the first quarter of 2009, according to data from researcher Corpfin
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NewsThree pre-qualify for £500m Glasgow hospital redevelopment
Contractors Balfour Beatty, Brookfield Europe and Laing O’Rourke are all in the running for the £500m job to redevelop the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow
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NewsSustainability Now: Battle and Siantonas on embodied energy
Tony Siantonas and Guy Battle of carbon and sustainability consultants decarbon8 discuss the increasing importance of embodied energy at Sustainability Now
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Portsmouth council set to found its own housebuilder
Trailblazing scheme aims to capitalise on assets, including bomb shelters, to construct 2,000 homes
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News£50m Glasgow shortlist revealed
Seven architect teams have been shortlisted for the new £50m Glasgow School of Art building, perhaps the most eagerly awaited design contest this year
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NewsRogers’ Chelsea Barracks design on thin ice
The future of Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners’ designs for Chelsea Barracks was hanging in the balance as Building went to press on Wednesday