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NewsBattersea remembered
Today marks the second anniversary of the Battersea crane disaster, which killed two people
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NewsPrasad: only two or three eco-towns should go ahead
A key government adviser on eco-towns told a Labour conference fringe event this week that only two or three of the plans were good enough to be developed.
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NewsPlaces for People homes near Milton Keynes Trying times
Housing association Places for People (PfP) is to offer 20 of these new homes in Wolverton near Milton Keynes to customers on a “try-before-you-buy” basis in order to beat the credit crunch.
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CommentSupersizing Cabe
Cabe is happy to condemn the work of ‘commercial’ practices but seems rather reluctant to do the same for the A-listers, such as Rafael Viñoly’s Walkie-talkie
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Consultants named for £750m government shortlist
Twenty consultants have been shortlisted for a place on a £750m government framework
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Ibstock cuts jobs in brick crisis
The UK’s second biggest brick maker, Ibstock, is to make up to 136 redundancies as the continued housing slump forces it to close two plants and mothball a third.
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Four teams vie to build £245m Commonwealth Games village
Four consortiums have been shortlisted to develop the £245m Commonwealth Games village in Glasgow.
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FeaturesWelcome to the machine: Le Corbusier’s Unité d’Habitation
Of all Le Corbusier’s buildings, perhaps the most influential is Marseille’s Unité d’Habitation. As a major exhibition of the great man’s works opens in Liverpool, Martin Spring visits this communal ‘machine for living in’ to see what lessons it has for us
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NewsFire in Bath
Sir Robert McAlpine’s £360m Southgate shopping centre in Bath was evacuated after a fire broke out on Tuesday afternoon
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NewsMillett to oversee Olympic venue construction
Jason Millett, the former head of Bovis Lend Lease UK, is to oversee the construction of the main Olympic venues, writes Dan Stewart.
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NewsPitch perfect
Building Design Partnership has revealed its plans for a radical redevelopment of Old Trafford cricket ground in Manchester.
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NewsRevealed: Four consortiums bidding for £245m Glasgow Athletes Village
Davis Langdon, Mace, Gladedale and Broadway Malyan compete to build 1,500 homes in east Glasgow
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FeaturesExpat survival guide to New York
New York is awash with work, but beware: going topless is permitted, but smoking near a public building isn't
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FeaturesRisk mitigation overseas: why a hard hat isn't enough
For contractors active overseas, meeting their duty of care to workers requires a much wider assessment of risk - including natural disasters and insurgent attacks
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FeaturesExpat survival guide to Libya
Tourism and retail are set for a development boom, but leave your tight trousers at home – and stay off the roads
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FeaturesExpat survival guide to the UAE
It’s the world’s biggest building site, a tank of petrol costs under a tenner and your salary comes tax-free
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FeaturesExpat survival guide to India
Never offend by refusing your host's offer of food, even if you're full – luckily, burping is encouraged
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NewsOFT clears housebuilders but raises zero-carbon fears
Year-long inquiry into house pricing finds ‘little evidence’ of malpractice, but says eco targets could affect competition
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NewsNo new coal plants without carbon capture
Environment Agency says carbon storage technology should be a planning requirement for all new coal power stations
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NewsVideo: Holland's vision for an airport in the North Sea
Royal Haskoning's proposal for a floating airport would see Maglev trains whizzing passengers to Schiphol