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Stansted to double
BAA has submitted plans for a £2.5bn terminal at Stansted that would open in 2015 and double the size of the airport.
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Martin Pawley dies
The architectural critic Martin Pawley has died aged 69 after a long battle with dementia.
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Argent subsidiary
Argent has formed a subsidiary, Argent (UK Developments), to run most of its UK projects.
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Surveyor training body asks employers for extra £2,000
The Chartered Surveyors Training Trust has hiked the cost to employers for taking on trainees by two-thirds, amid concerns over funding.
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£750m eco-city for Bradford
Plans for a £750m zero-carbon student village in Bradford backed by developers and two higher education institutions were launched at Mipim.
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FeaturesBurj Dubai four months behind schedule
Dubai's flagship development, the $4.1bn (£2bn) Burj Dubai, might not be completed by the end of this year, the original deadline.
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Construction’s best employers named
A quarter of the top 100 employers in the UK come from the construction, housing and property sectors, according to The Sunday Times’ 100 Best Companies to Work.
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NewsNo place for dinosaurs
The Natural History Museum in London has signed up to a scheme encouraging the capital’s companies to make their buildings more environmentally friendly.
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NewsWalking on water in Dubai
Construction will begin this month on the headquarters of the Road & Transport Authority in Dubai, designed by Zwarts & Jansma Architecten.
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Profit leaps 122% at demolition firm
Demolition firm Keltbray has reported a 122% jump in pre-tax profit to £7.3m for the year ended 31 October 2007.
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Interserve boss bullish as turnover soars to £1.7bn
Support services and building hybrid Interserve has reported a 23% jump in turnover from £1.4bn to £1.7bn in the year ended 31 December 2007.
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Amec posts £150m profit
Amec has posted a pre-tax profit of £151.6m for the year to 31 December 2007.
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NewsSharewatch — Fluctuating fortune
Last week Sharewatch bought £100 of imaginary shares in construction-related companies to see which way the wind would be blowing this year.
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Clare tops bill at two-day forum
Mark Clare, chief executive at Barratt Developments, will top the bill at a two-day housing conference being put on by Building magazine in May.
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OFT industry survey delayed
Publication of an investigation into the housebuilding industry by the Office of Fair Trading is to be delayed until the autumn.
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Pinpointing London’s eyesore brownfield sites
A list of every brownfield development site in London is to be compiled to help developers and councils tackle eyesores across the capital.
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FeaturesSnug as a bug in rug
When the Natural History Museum decided it needed to house 20 million insect and plant specimens within one structure, building a giant shiny, ivory coloured cocoon seemed to make perfect sense. Thomas Lane buzzed over to find out more …
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The tracker: Cracks emerge
Responses to this month’s survey were more downbeat than usual, with uncertainty in the wider market starting to make its presence felt, says Experian Business Strategies