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Climate change: Adapt or die
News analysis: Adaptation is not as sexy as prevention but defra's new website is an early sign that it is going to be just as important
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Haringey council fined after worker falls through skylight
Court fines council £10k after plumber falls 10ft injuring his spine
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Sir Howard Bernstein to head up Blackpool regeneration body
Manchester city council chief exec will step down from Olympic Delivery Authority board
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NewsHousebuilders to issue gloomy trading updates
Persimmon, Bovis Homes, Redrow and Barratt to report disappointing figures to the City this week
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NewsProposals invited for 2014 athletes' village in Clyde Gateway
Expressions of interest sought for 38.5ha scheme to become 1,000-home community after Commonwealth Games
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NewsFarrell scheme wins planning on Newcastle's Quayside
George Wimpey development will feature a 13-storey residential tower and a four- to six-storey office building
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NewsGreen flooring: Technik Floor
Panelised stone flooring system behaves as a single-surface layer and replaces cementious screeding
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NewsLet's follow America's LEED
BREEAM should make way for the US green standard, argues the Property Merchant Group chief executive
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NewsJeremy Clarkson’s dream home?
Dubai’s ambitious rotating skyscraper is parading its eco qualities, but it also seems to be encouraging some fuel-thirsty additions…
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NewsHealth & Safety special
This week we have a bumper crop of cover-your-eyes moments from around the world.
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NewsUpdated with new images: RSPB Visitor Centre
East London sustainable scheme had to be vandal proof and be an eco-education centre
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CommentMisery: Crest Nicholson vs Mr & Mrs Western
So you buy a new house, find some flaws, get nowhere with the builder and go to arbitration. At which point your troubles really begin …
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NewsBouygues UK casts net wider for acquisitions
New boss Madani Sow looks at new sectors as the company makes finding right target a priority
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CommentEastern promises
The UK’s own history makes it uniquely placed to partner China in transforming old industries and leading the world in putting eco principles into practice, says John Prescott
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FeaturesHow is that possible?: Beijing’s CCTV Tower
Arup and OMA’s gravity-defying overhang on China’s television headquarters had to be joined without the legs toppling over. Stuart Macdonald reports on the surprisingly simple solution
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NewsMaking the cut: Polish pavillion at the Shanghai Expo 2010
The exterior of this steel-framed building, designed by Wojciech Kakowski, will be in laser-cut plywood
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Banks order Taylor Wimpey to sell Taywood
Lenders insist on disposal of housebuilder’s construction arm after it fails to raise £500m in capital
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FeaturesThe road to recovery: Rebuilding after China’s earthquake
British engineering and construction firms are on the front line of China’s efforts to repair the devastation left by May’s earthquake. Stuart Macdonald reports
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CommentPFI: Opportunity still knocks
Although PFI disaster stories receive a fair bit of publicity, they haven’t dissuaded contractors from signing up
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Withholding notices: Aedas Architects vs Skanska Construction UK
This dispute arose out of works done on contracts to renovate some schools in Midlothian. The claimant sought periodical payments but was met with refusal because the Defendant claimed that it had large and on-going contra set-offs which were much more than what the claimant was pursuing.The claimant argued ...