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NewsBCIS forecasts tender price rise will outstrip inflation
Latest BCIS Tender Price Index is positive investor’s confidence should return in 2009
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Green code ‘raises carbon’
Developers highlight electric heating loophole in Code for Sustainable Homes
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NewsWillmott buys ‘undervalued‘ Inspace back for £148m
Willmott Dixon boss says 32-month flotation failed to reflect social housing group’s real worth
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FeaturesGoing bananas on the DLR
When Consarc Consulting Architects set out to design a ‘landmark’ station for the Docklands Light Railway in a dreary part of east London, it took the unusual approach of topping it with a 32m white banana. And the even stranger thing, writes Martin Spring, is that it works …
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NewsWarren Porter’s postcard from Dubai
The WSP principle fire engineer watches AC Milan play the UAE as construction keeps on booming under the sizzling winter sun
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NewsGleeds wins framework for Network Rail
Consultant appointed cost and project manager on four-year framework
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FeaturesEco-friendly flooring: Down to earth
What you see before you is not a luscious field but an eco-friendly carpet. And judging by the way the industry is heading, very soon all your flooring could be as green as grass.
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FeaturesConquistadors in Kensington
While French firms were dazzling us with their hefty turnovers, the Spanish have sneaked in and established themselves as the next big thing in European construction.
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CommentLiving in harmony
The Olympic park can be completed on time and without conflict between the sectors – but the strategies to ensure good relations must be sorted now.
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Gladedale joins victims of credit crunch with closures
£660m-turnover housebuilder to shut two offices in attempt to reduce overheads
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NewsFit for humans now?
3D Reid has unveiled designs for this cultural centre as part of English Partnerships’ £400m regeneration plan for the town centre of Slough, Berkshire.
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NewsLiverpool FC reveals new HKS stadium design
HKS and Ramboll Whitbybird's new design is selected for new football stadium
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NewsWinning engineer and architect for Sheffield bridge revealed
Engineer Ramboll Whitbybird beats Arup to win RIBA design competition for footbridge in Sheffield
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CommentWhat’s yours is mine
A retention may be held by an employer, but the money does not belong to it. This inconvenient fact is often overlooked by clients and main contractors – it’s so good for business, you see
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CommentA tale of three cities
Rome, Mumbai and Marrakesh each have much to tell us about how cities work, how they fail and the possibilities they offer to those who live in them.
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NewsSteve Morgan signs Redrow man for Bridgemere
Former head of David Wilson Homes takes over reins at property business
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NewsSales of new homes drop 15% in a year
Sales of new homes in the last three months of 2007 were 15% lower than they were during the same period in 2006.
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Work stops on £300m Chester development
A £300m HBG mixed-use scheme in Chester has been mothballed as a result of financial instability.