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CommentWinter warmers
As the nights draw in, hospitality and goodwill abound, from friendly Swedish engineers, an extremely generous salary offer and a kind invitation to take up residence in a caravan
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FeaturesHow I conquered the world: interview with Benoy's Graham Cartledge
Benoy chairman Graham Cartledge turned a firm that mostly designed Nottinghamshire farm buildings into a £38m global player. Here he talks to Emily Wright about ruthless calculation, creeping mortality and the phone call that changed his life
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CommentThe end of the spend
The boom in vanity projects is over. Design can no longer rule. Instead, Colin Harding asks if construction and its clients are finally ready to learn the lessons Sir John Egan taught in 1998
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CommentWebmaster review: UN website
For the official launch of building.co.uk/global, the webmaster examines the website of the Big Daddy of global organisations
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CommentDispute resolution boards in Dubai: First dabs
Resolving construction disputes in Dubai can be complex, but dispute resolution boards can help prevent such wrangles arising in the first place
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CommentConstruction products regulations: Let’s try it another way
The European commission is planning to strengthen the construction market by replacing the Construction Products Directive (CPD) with a new piece of regulation that will remove all remaining obstacles to the free circulation of construction products in the European Economic Area (EEA) on 26 May.
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Westfield bolsters Stratford team
Westfield has strengthened the team overseeing its £1.45bn Stratford City development by drafting in the former managing director of Kier Scotland, writes Sarah Richardson.
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HSE staff quit to avoid move to Bootle
Hundreds of backroom staff at the Health and Safety Executive have chosen to quit their jobs rather than relocate to Liverpool, it has emerged.
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NewsThe high meadow
This £12m seven-storey scheme for Waterloo Road in central London has been unveiled by HKR Architects.
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Workers return to fire-ravaged Bath shopping centre
Construction work has resumed on the site of Sir Robert McAlpine’s £360m Southgate shopping centre in Bath after it was ravaged by fire last week.
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NewsVirgin territory
The latest images of the world’s first spaceport, in New Mexico, USA, have been revealed by Foster + Partners.
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NewsBest practice makes perfect
Constructing Excellence has awarded demonstration project status to Elmgrove Tower, a £25m affordable housing development in Greenwich, as an example of best practice during the construction process.
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Tories pledge housing study
The Tory party is to undertake in-depth research next year into how to encourage more affordable housing, the shadow housing minister has said.
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Prices of urban development land plummet across country
The value of urban development land outside of London has fallen by a third in the past year, according to research by property consultant Knight Frank.
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NewsRaiding the RDAs
Gordon Brown’s way of paying for last month’s £1bn housing package is to raid the coffers of the regional development agencies. But many people think this will undo 10 years of regeneration – and won’t even touch the housing problem.
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FeaturesDragon's Den: Paul Tinton's building-waste disposal business
At just 28, Paul Tinton braved the heat of the BBC’s Dragons’ Den and came out with a useful £200,000 to invest in his building-waste disposal business.
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FeaturesStadium building: has football's bubble burst?
Despite the credit crunch putting the boot in to the market, there are still chances going begging in the stadium sector – it’s just a little harder to score …
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FeaturesHarnessing the wind: Bahrain World Trade Centre
Bahrain’s World Trade Centre is one of the first buildings to be designed with wind turbines as part of its structure. It sounds simple, but as Thomas Lane discovered, the problems were many and the answers elusive