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NewsPidgley optimistic despite 20% sales drop
Tony Pidgley, the chief executive of Berkeley Group, says his firm is performing better than he feared, despite a 20% slump in sales in the four months to 31 January 2008.
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Development bodies in doubt
A senior civil servant at the communities department has refused to guarantee the future of development corporations set up to aid the construction of 160,000 homes in the Thames Gateway.
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Report slams Scottish school building programme
A third of schools in poor condition and new schools reveal design problems, despite £3.9bn investment
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NewsAxe hangs over Minerva's Croydon mall
Lend Lease deal 'to stall' on Park Place redevelopment featuring John Lewis store
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Reinwood vs Brown: You again?
The highest court in the land has just given its second decision on the Construction Act. Never mind the parties, it’s two wins out of two for the JCT…
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CommentIcon, you con, we con, they con …
Open mike To say you’re going to produce an iconic building is an act of hubris, a confession of illiteracy and a good indication that you don’t really understand design.
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NewsHousing gloom after US bank crashes
Housebuilders prepare for tough market conditions as lenders tighten mortgage criteria
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£130m rail upgrade put on hold
Basingstoke resignalling project held up as resources are diverted to West Coast mainline works
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Wembley cases to drag on into 2009
The multimillion-pound legal rows that have dogged Wembley stadium will still be rumbling on in 2009, 10 years after Lord Foster’s design was first unveiled, experts have predicted.
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NewsCostain hopes for return to glory days after £20m profit
But return of UK’s oldest contractor to the ‘premier league’ could fuel takeover speculation
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Bowmer & Kirkland highest paid director receives £8.6m
Unnamed director is one of seven taking home a total of £19.8m in 2007
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Shortlisted bidders flee from EP flagship zero-carbon scheme
Viability concerns drive half the shortlist to ditch Carbon Challenge scheme in Peterborough
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NewsFoster revamps Zurich hotel
Luxury 19th-century hotel redesigned in collaboration with local architect Itten & Brechbuehl
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CommentSupercasinos: Manchester’s legal gamble
Manchester council says it may sue over the decision to axe the supercasino. But will it succeed? And what are the wider questions for construction?
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Thames tunnel planned to link Essex and Kent
Rail crossing expected to take millions of freight miles off the road each year
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Crossrail could rejuvenate project bank accounts
Talks under way to use central payment system rejected by Olympic Delivery Authority
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NewsColas fined £90k after two workers killed by overhead powerline
HSE issues warning after contractor pleads guilty to breaching Health and Safety at Work Act
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Lords to debate architecture for first time in four years
Richard Rogers will join fellow peers in debating architecture and design quality
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NewsThomas Telford's bridge reopens after repairs
National Trust completes conservation work on 182-year-old Conwy suspension bridge