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NewsISG snaps up Pearce Group
Analysis: ISG strengthens its retail presence in deal worth up to £20m
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NewsMediaCity developer secures £360m funding
Peel Holdings seals £360m deal with Bank of Scotland to develop future BBC site in Salford, Manchester
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NewsPoll says less than 50% are happy with progress on Olympic venues
A government survey reveals only 42% of UK adults are confident in the progress made on building the 2012 Games
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NewsEnergy minister opens £60m wood-burning power station
The UK's first power plant that burns woodchips has opened in Teesside, aiming to save 200,000 tonnes of CO2 a year
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NewsAsbestos found in aftermath of Olympic fire
Fire crews are still at Stratford this morning as the Health Protection Agency warns people not to touch material on site
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NewsDavid Higgins announces investigation into Olympics site fire
ODA chief executive says initial indications are that the fire in a disused warehouse was an accident not arson
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NewsParliament's green energy plans revealed
A study by BDP says the Palace of Westminister could cut CO2 by using the tide as well as wind turbines and ground source cooling
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Newsleit-werk to illuminate Blackpool with new sculpture
Architect's New Horizon sculpture of mirrored steel will sit at heart of £3.5m redevelopment of St John's Precinct
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Introduction
Retail has never been a sector for the fainthearted. For construction firms, it means slashing your prices so your client can keep slashing theirs, working round the clock, and around milling customers with absolutely no impact on sales, or pulling off a flawless finish against an immovable deadline.
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NewsWell stocked for greens
Some of the UK’s largest retailers are introducing fabulous new ranges of sustainable building practices. Eleanor Harding finds out what four of the biggest stores are doing differently and what this means for their suppliers.
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Paper round: house price inflation slows
Plus planning delays for new homes and taxes hurting small firms that go green
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NewsThere’s life in the old girl yet …
Marks & Spencer’s Bournemouth branch is one of its ‘old ladies’ a typical forties-built high street shop that, in carbon terms, is a relic from a bygone age. They could have quietly closed it down and built a nice green ‘eco store’, complete with wind turbines and solar panels. But, ...
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NewsDawn of the shed
There’s something nasty lurking in the industrial wilderness, but it’s nothing that a bit of natural light and rainwater harvesting can’t sort out. Chris Wheal reports on the greening of the nation’s distribution centres
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FeaturesThe outdoors type
Jon Emery, the man behind Hammerson’s redevelopment of the Birmingham Bullring, is repeating the trick in Bristol and Leicester. He tells Lucy Handley why the era of the indoor out-of-town shopping centre is over and why he doesn’t enjoy spending time at Bluewater
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NewsBack to the future
The heyday of the high street may be about to return, as developers turn against out-of-town retail parks and head back to the centres of places like Oxford, Bristol, even Cricklewood. But will it be just like the old days? Well, not exactly …
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NewsA cast of thousands
The trend towards retail-led, mixed-use schemes in city centres can be an organisational nightmare. With as many as 40 parties involved in some schemes, they need strong leadership, close collaboration and a lot of very careful planning.
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NewsPhase One visits Glasgow
Glasgow had two reasons to celebrate last week: winning the Commonwealth Games and hosting Building's event for new professionals
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NewsHOK's Olympic stadium fly-through
HOK's designs for the 2012 stadium have met with a mixed reaction by Building's readers. Watch the official animation to decide whether it is worthy of the Games
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NewsThe venues for Glasgow 2014
Foster's design for the Commonwealth Games netball arena is among pictures