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Local labour boost
Councils should make better use of planning agreements to secure jobs for local people, MPs have said.
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HCA appointment
The former chairman of Lend Lease Europe has been appointed to the government’s new housing agency
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NewsCitywatch: Strange but true …
… last month Barratt and Taylor Wimpey both outperformed the FTSE 100. Some may argue that when your share price is so low, any slight movement will produce a big percentage swing
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CommentGet the mechanics right
The delays to the Learning and Skills Council’s £5bn programme to upgrade further education colleges is a stark reminder of the reality gap between the government’s desire to accelerate public programmes and its ability to actually make this happen
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NewsThe bright lights of Norfolk
Great Yarmouth council has given the green light to a £35m leisure complex, designed by architect ColladoCollins.
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Passivhaus shows up sustainable code failings
The world’s leading energy-efficient house design fails to measure up to minimum Code for Sustainable Homes standards, a sustainability consultant has alleged.
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...as it sues clinic for 4m
Developer Bovis Lend Lease is suing the London Clinic after the hospital failed to return £4m in delay charges to the contracto
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Vinci snaps up Pettifer bosses
Chris Pape, Pettifer Construction’s former managing director, has joined Vinci to run two of its regional contracting operations
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NewsSlide show: Suffolk sliding house by dRMM
Architect dRMM has created this unique Sliding House in Suffolk
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NewsTesco demands 20% fee cuts from architects
Tesco has asked the architects of its stores and property developments to reduce their fees by as much as 20%.
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Manchester council may share framework
Manchester council is in talks about extending its £140m building framework to other local authorities around the region.
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NewsWaterworld
Architects at Bovis Lend Lease have released designs for a sustainable floating house they hope to market as a solution to global warming.
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NewsCentral station
Newcastle’s £22m, four-storey mixed-use Hub over the Haymarket metro station is nearing completion.
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Atkins faces £900k Welsh waste claim
A developer has issued a writ claiming £900,000 from Atkins in a dispute over the disposal of contaminated waste at a former dock in Swansea.
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Latest construction appointments - 23 January 2009
Kay Elliott Architects has appoints new director
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Boss leaves Dubai developer over downturn strategy
The British chief executive of Dubai developer ASGC Real Estate has left the company after it shelved all new developments for at least a year.
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NewsDodgy Clutch goes forward
Ryder Architecture has designed this community theatre for the people of Tyhume Valley in South Africa’s Eastern Cape.
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Features
Building intelligence Q3 2008: Orders down 18%
New orders for the third quarter of last year fell 18% – just a flavour of the gloom to come, you might think. But actually, it’s not all bad news. Experian’s Business Strategies division sees mixed prospects
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