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Linden regional boss
Chris Coates, the former managing director of Linden Homes in the South-east is to leave Galliford Try, the firm that took over Linden in March last year.
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Tescos Wear plan
Tesco is in talks with Sunderland council over proposals for a retail park to the north of the river Wear.
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Atomic Zog
English Partnerships has appointed Zog Brownfield Ventures (ZBV) to redevelop its Atomic Energy Technology Centre in Dorset.
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Moseleys accord
Moseley & District Churches Housing Association will join the Accord Housing Group in the autumn.
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Zero-carbon deal
Inbuilt Consulting and Ecofirst Consult will provide sustainability advice to Gladedale Consortium on its bid to build a zero-carbon community of 450 homes in Peterborough.
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NewsFit for a king (and The Guardian)
Kings Place, a limestone-clad building that will house a public concert hall, sculpture gallery and the offices of The Guardian, is nearing completion.
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Trade unions express amazement as ODA rejects T5 pay deal
Unions have expressed amazement at the Olympic Delivery Authority’s refusal to adopt the same pay deal offered to electricians at Heathrow Terminal 5.
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NewsFirst class honours
Faber Maunsell’s City Campus East for Northumbria University has scooped the new-build project prize at CIBSE’s Low Carbon Awards.
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Developers miss housing grant
Private developers are to receive just 3% of the government’s £3.3bn allocation of grant for affordable housing.
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BAA boss resigns
Stephen Nelson, chief executive at BAA, has resigned amid criticism over falling service standards.
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Casino rumpus
Howard Bernstein, chief executive at Manchester council, said the council “reserved the right” to sue the government over this week’s decision by Gordon Brown to ditch plans for a supercasino.
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Trillium may be sold
Land Securities has said it may sell its outsourcing Trillium business for a reported £1.5bn.
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NewsIt’s a bit pokey …
What Foster + Partners says is the world’s largest building has opened after four years of design and construction work.
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Training body raises apprenticeship grants by £1,000
ConstructionSkills is to give employers an extra £1,000 for each apprentice taken on.
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Former John Laing chair dies at 90
Sir Maurice Laing, former chair of contractor John Laing, has died aged 90.
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NewsBlack outlook
Aukett Fitzroy Robinson has won outline planning consent for a 93,000m2 mixed-use apartment and hotel scheme in the Russian city of Sochi on the Black Sea coast for developer Parus.
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Skills shortages set to grow as Poles lured back by higher pay
Pay for site labour in Poland has risen by about 20% in the past year, a development that is likely to lure workers in the UK back to their native country. The pay for professional staff has risen by between 10% and 20%.
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NewsFit for purpose
Cambridge university’s department of architecture has spent £3m refurbishing its premises and developing a studio building alongside it.