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NewsThe skylon needs a home
Squint/Opera has produced a film supporting Jack Pringle's campaign to rebuild the Skylon. Where do you think it should be rebuilt?
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Legal fight over building management system
Invicta sues Ibex for £200k over £16m headquarters for Schroders
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Currie & Brown subsidiaries face £54m Welsh PFI claim
Dormant divisions of consultant that advised on troubled incinerator hit with claims of damages
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CommentExpert determination: Oi, Brünnhilde, you’re on
Overturning a decision made by an expert in a dispute-deciding ‘expert determination’ is like trying to roll a fat lady up a hill while singing Siegfried – well, anyway, terribly hard
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FeaturesSpotlight on steel
Rocketing steel prices have affected a wide range of industries – not least construction, says Brian Moone. How far are availability problems implicated in the price rises, and will contractors’ lead times be affected?
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CommentThe uses of adversity
The Great Depression brought destitution to millions. It also transformed politics and society and produced great architecture. Amanda Levete asks: could the present downturn do the same?
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Taylor Wimpey seeks private equity rescue as sector’s job losses pass 6,000
Housebuilder in plans to sell one-third of company. Net reservations fall below zero. Persimmon, Bovis and Redrow reveal scale of redundancies
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FeaturesSmoke on the water
Forty industry teams dodged the showers to compete in the 2008 Dragon Boat Challenge last week – raising more than £25,000 for charity.
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NewsKillby & Gayford sharpens act after £15m buyout
SME profile Heritage construction company aims for £88m turnover in 2008
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NewsCarillion seals contract for £400m Olympic media centre
ODA finally confirms contract win which will see media centre turned into mixed-use office and business space after Games
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NewsCity of Culture boss to speak at Liverpool Phase One event
New construction professionals should sign up now for a place at Building’s next networking event featuring Claire McColgan
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NewsWork stops on £200m Leeds tower
Developer KW Linfoot says work will resume on the 55-storey Lumiere when market conditions improve
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NewsTaylor Wimpey seeks private equity rescue
Housebuilder in plans to sell one-third of company; HBF reveals net reservations below zero, Persimmon, Bovis and Redrow reveal scale of redundancies
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CommentLegal panels: The best panel game in town
When the going gets tough, the tough get going. Obtaining better value for money from your law firm by setting up a panel is one way to ease the effects of the downturn
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CommentDivided we fell
Open mike - Never agree to a bad plan in the hope that things will turn out for the best. Martin Bishop did, and now the RICS is more fragmented than it’s ever been
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FeaturesSpecialist cost update: Services
Luxury residential and public sector projects are keeping the M&E, ICT, lifts and escalators markets buoyant but the rising costs of materials are starting to have an effect.
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NewsBoris ditches Ken’s 50% affordable target
Boris Johnson is formally to drop Ken Livingstone’s 50% affordable housing target as part of an end-to-end review of the London Plan, to begin this week.
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Construction to take seat at CBI’s top table
Major Contractors Group to be disbanded as industry reorganises to maximise lobbying firepower
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Report: Public sector ‘not the safety net people think it is’
Public sector construction work will not be enough to offset the decline in private sector spend over the next two years, research has revealed.
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Colleges must be better clients says spending watchdog
NAO report claims some colleges are under-prepared and need to set more efficient procurement practices