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Glasgow appointment
Ian Manson has been appointed chief executive of the Clyde Gateway Urban Regeneration Company.
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Hospital site plans
Architect John Thompson & Partners has been appointed to work on plans for the latest of the former hospital sites being brought to market by English Partnerships.
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Osborne in Croydon
Osborne has been appointed main contractor for the £2.3m Sumner Gardens scheme for 13 homes in Croydon.
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Greening Coventry
Lovell is to build 55 homes in Coventry in partnership with Jephson Homes Housing Association.
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Sharewatch - There’s trouble at t’ rumour mill
It was Bovis Homes’ turn to play the harbinger of doom this week, a role it fulfilled by announcing a 30% fall in reservations since January.
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McLean takes hit
David McLean posted a 2007 pre-tax loss of £4.9m after taking a hit on two problem jobs.
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Wren makes loss
Retirement housebuilder Wren has announced a £393,970 loss in the six months to 31 January 2007 after failing to sell a house.
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Aukett chairman
Architect Aukett Fitzroy Robinson has named Tim Hodgson non-executive chairman.
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Balfour buys airport
Balfour Beatty has bought Blackpool airport for £14m from Northern Irish developer Mar Properties.
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Abu Dhabi to launch green code
Abu Dhabi is set to release its own code for sustainable buildings in the next few months.
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Government warned some new towns are ‘not financially viable’
The government is in danger of trying to get “new towns on the cheap” by trying to push the funding for infrastructure onto developers, according to the new chief executive of the British Urban Regeneration Association.
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Thinkers of our time
Paul King, chief executive of the UK Green Building Council, told the Think08 conference on Wednesday about the difficulties of achieving a zero-carbon future.
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Put the shark in there…
The Orchid House, designed by Sarah Featherstone for the Lower Mill Estate near Cirencester in Gloucestershire, has been sold for £7.2m.
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Sainsbury’s seeks guarantees on anti-competitive practices
Sainsbury’s has sent letters to contractors in its supply chain asking them for assurances that bid rigging has been stamped out.
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NewsTrust campaign gathers pace
Building’s Rebuilding Trust campaign gathered momentum this week as Bovis Lend Lease and Kier pledged their support.
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Architecture Foundation head goes after Zaha cancellation
The head of the Architecture Foundation, who faced criticism after a Zaha Hadid project was scrapped earlier this year, is to leave the role next month.
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Tidal power project
A consortium led by US engineer Parsons Brinckerhoff has been appointed by the government to carry out a strategic environmental assessment on a proposed tidal energy generator in the Severn Estuary.
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MDA wins London job
The London Area Procurement Network, a procurement club for Almos, has appointed MDA Consulting to its procurement register for quantity surveying, employers agent and partnering advice services.