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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
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NewsCameron backs builders' drive for a greener industry
Tory leader praises environmental construction campaign by Federation of Master Builders
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NewsConstruction Awards Alliance unveils logo
Image stresses strength and unity of new construction umbrella skills body
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Construction boom forecast to slump
The latest forecast from Hewes & Associates is not one that will fill the faint hearted with comfort as they return to work from their Easter break.Hewes's rather bleak take on the prospects for UK construction suggests that the industry is heading for a fairly prolonged recession taking output in ...
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Government housing strategy holed below the water line
As if Gordon Brown hasn't enough on his plate at the moment, this morning he received a letter from the Home Builders Federation telling him that his housing policy doesn't stack up.The letter sent by HBF Executive Chairman Stewart Baseley warns Mr Brown that he faces stark choices between the ...
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APC Trainer: Cost Management (T010) and (T022)
This week, Cost Management of Construction, and Design Economics and Cost Planning