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    Housing slump deals blow to Welsh scheme

    2008-06-06T11:06:00Z

    Redevelopment of listed former hospital in North Wales no longer viable because of falling housing market

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    UK body to advise New York after tower crane deaths

    2008-06-06T01:00:00Z

    Strategic Forum offers ‘hand across the water’, as latest accident brings death toll to nine since March

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    Countryside to slash build programme by third

    2008-06-06T01:00:00Z

    Countryside Properties will this year cut its development programme in half in the North, according to chairman Alan Cherry, writes Joey Gardiner.

  • The investigation into the accident is focusing on human error and equipment failure
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    Bridge accident delays East London Line upgrade for ‘weeks’

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    Balfour Beatty and Carillion’s East London line scheme halted pending review of rush-hour incident

  • Comment

    Construction recession looks likely this year

    2008-06-06T11:49:00Z

    On the face of it things look fairly steady in construction land. Thanks to a strong showing from publicly-funded work and a timely rise in private non-housing repair and maintenance, construction output remained steady in the first quarter of 2008, despite falls in private housing and commercial work.It is no ...

  • Nick Ridley
    Features

    What a difference a year makes

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    Twelve months after the last BCO conference, the issues dominating thinking in our market – climate change and sustainability within the built environment – remain the same.

  • John Plender
    Features

    The economist

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    John Plender, Financial Times sage and chairman of Quintain, predicts the future of the market at this year’s BCO conference. Interview by Claer Barrett. Portraits by Dominik Gigler

  • Features

    Double trouble

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    Analysts predict a double or even triple dip for the UK’s office market as the credit crunch deepens. Claer Barrett reports

  • Features

    Europe on the brink

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    A contagion of European Union legislation could be enough to push office markets throughout the continent into crisis. As the BCO gathers in Brussels – the capital of Europe – for its annual conference, Mark Shepherd weighs up the threat. Illustration by Noma Bar

  • Lucy Scott
    Features

    Crunch without frontiers

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    The health of the occupier remains a concern for global property markets, says Lucy Scott

  • Features

    No base like home

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    Occupiers such as BT are increasingly seeing the benefits of home and flexible working. Is this the end of the office? Lydia Stockdale reports

  • Features

    Salmaan Hasan: Minerva’s city battle

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    Having taken a battering on the stock market, Minerva chief Salmaan Hasan is ready for a new fight – against a possible takeover.Claer Barrett reports. Portraits by Mischa Haller

  • David Chipperfield
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    The courage of David

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    Stirling Prize-winning architect David Chipperfield has a fast-growing reputation in the offices world. Interview by Elaine Knutt. Portrait by Michael Collins

  • Features

    Construction in chaos

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    After a fat few years, falling order books, rising materials prices, a skills shortage and volatility on world markets are a recipe for a perfect construction storm. Katie Puckett reports

  • Trading spaces: the huge carbon footprints of most dealing rooms are at odds with banks’ corporate social responsibility policies
    Features

    Power crazy

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    How can banks’ trading floors, with their walls of power-hungry heat-generating screens, reduce their carbon load? Katie Puckett reports

  • 3 Hardman Street
    Features

    The nations' state

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    Negative sentiment surrounding commercial property tends to focus on the City of London, where fears of job losses, oversupply and falling rents are dominating the headlines.But what about the regional office markets? Will they, as some suggest, lag the London market by six months? Or will they prove more resilient ...

  • Hearst Tower, New York
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    Global preoccupations

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    Richard Kauntze takes us on a whirlwind tour of the world’s best buildings – for occupiers

  • Comment

    My favourites ... Justin Farmer

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    This week

  • loggerheads with Unesco over whether its proposals for the £397m Gazprom tower in St Petersburg will fit with the city’s world heritage site status
    Features

    Country focus: Russia

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    With spending on construction rising rapidly and the Winter Olympics on the horizon, Russia is a happy hunting ground for building opportunities. Just beware the risks involved, says EC Harris’ Mike Pearce

  • News

    Holloway White Allom sale ‘scuppered by tax fears’

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    Private equity groups pulled out of talks to buy luxury contractor Holloway White Allom (HWA) owing to proposed changes to the tax status of non-UK residents, it has emerged, writes Tom Bill.