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CommentA bad case of the wobbles
We’ve known for some time now that 2008 is unlikely to be as golden a year as 2007.
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CommentRoot of the matter
I was intrigued by the construction of the courtyard and buildings around the giant plane tree at the Larmenier & Sacred Heart primary school in west London (2 November, page 58).
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Reasons to be fearful
The article “Big drop in construction orders puts housing plans at risk” (9 November, page 12) reported that an 8% fall in construction orders and 12% decline in the housing sector has cast doubt over whether Gordon Brown will hit his ambitious housebuilding targets.
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Not in front of the readers …
Will Alsop and Roger Madelin may well have used the words credited to them (9 November, pages 11 and 27) and we may well all work in a robust industry and hear them every day.
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NewsNouvel in New York
French architect Jean Nouvel has been appointed to design of a new tower to be built adjacent to the Museum of Modern Arts in New York City.
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Manchester set to win housing super agency head office
The government is working on plans to move the headquarters of its soon-to-be-launched housing super agency to Manchester, according to a senior Whitehall source.
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NewsThe Vol-au-vent is set to rise
The 2012 Olympic stadium shall henceforth be known as the Vol-au-vent, Building’s readers have decreed.
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Plan to cool the tube in doubt after collapse of Metronet
Plans to cool the tube and upgrade stations are in doubt after the collapse of the Metronet consortium, it emerged this week.
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ODA bans open flames on site
The Olympic Delivery Authority has suspended all work involving open flames or high temperatures on Olympic sites after last week’s warehouse fire.
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NewsLeading lights of South America
These images of the three towers constituting Los Faros de Panamá (The Lighthouses of Panama), designed by Chapman Taylor, were unveiled at the Mapic international retail property exhibition in Cannes last week.
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Best specialist contractors honoured at awards ceremony
The winners of the Specialist Contractor awards were announced on Tuesday evening at the London Hilton hotel.
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Anger as pilot GCSE is axed
The pilot GCSE in construction was scrapped last week after political pressure in favour of diplomas, said a senior education source.
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NewsQuarry takes shape
Land Securities has won planning consent for the largest section of its first housing development.
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Carillion sets limit of £15m a year for PFI bid costs …
Carillion has set an annual limit of £15m a year for PFI bid costs amid continuing concerns over the cost of the procurement method.
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… as labour row breaks out
The government has been called on to intervene in a row over labour at Carillion’s £236m PFI hospital in Portsmouth.
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Architects campaign to ease visa restrictions
Architects from outside the EU could have their British visa constraints relaxed, if an industry campaign proves successful.
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NewsInto the valley
Developer Gazeley UK is to build a £50m eco-friendly business park in Staffordshire.
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NewsHeritage prefabs
Architect Snell Associates has designed a modular building system for visitor pavilions that the National Trust can roll out on its sites across the country.