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NewsPinnacle contractor admits delays
Keltbray says demolition work on site of 300m tower will be held up by at least two months
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Bovis bounds to top – with a little help from the Beeb
Business barometer £351m Salford Media City takes contractor to number one in January
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CommentTelling the truth to young people
Open mike When it comes to a career in construction, it’s hard to get talented youngsters interested. Which is especially frustrating because they’d love it if they could just get on site
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NewsSocial housing plans face a £2.5bn shortfall
Pricewaterhouse Coopers says funding has failed to keep pace with development targets
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Laing tipped to beat Bovis in Elephant race
Laing O’Rourke is now expected to win the contract to build a 44-storey tower in Elephant & Castle, south London, ahead of Bovis Lend Lease.
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NewsLivingstone's on-site energy plans 'inefficient'
London First hits out at mayor for piecemeal approach to renewables and for ignoring the existing estate
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NewsPlanners reject Sheppard Robson mega-church
Plan for 9,500-seat church is not suitable for local community says London Thames Gateway Development Corporation
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NewsF+A buys airports QS for £1m
Franklin + Andrews, Mott MacDonald’s quantity surveying arm, has bought QS Needlemans for an estimated £1m in shares.
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NewsZaha Hadid’s first project in England is scrapped
Land Securities pulls £5m Architecture Foundation HQ after contractors fail to agree a price
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NewsMore specialists face the axe amid insolvency fears
Subcontractors furious as Costain, Wates and Morgan Ashurst cut supplier lists
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NewsWeekly Green Gauge Feb 15th
Some of the frutiest stories on the web this week were our bitter Valentine, up to the ears with Charles and the most complicated sustainable transport project since Boston's Big Dig.
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NewsForest Hill crane wreckage removed
Collapsed crane will be taken to the Health and Safety Laboratory in Buxton for testing
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NewsPrime green
Here is a sneak preview of HTA Architects’ design for housebuilder Barratt’s zero-carbon housing development in Britain at Hanham Hall near Bristol.
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McDonough spells out plan for Greater Carillion
As the £554m takeover of Alfred McAlpine is finalised and its top management tier resigns, Carillion’s boss tells Building what happens now
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NewsSocial housing plans face a £2.5bn shortfall
Pricewaterhouse Coopers says funding has failed to keep pace with development targets
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NewsAngel of the North marks birthday with spectacular light show
Antony Gormley is illuminated for the first time in years to celebrate its 10th anniversary
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NewsNow audit office to probe BSF
Parliament’s spending watchdog is to carry out an investigation into the £45bn Building Schools for the Future programme.
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NewsPinnacle contractor admits delays
Demolition on the site of the 300m Pinnacle tower in the City has been delayed by at least two months amid continuing legal wranglings.The work by subcontractor Keltbray was due to end in February, but will now continue while enabling works, which have also been put back, begin in April. ...
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Roll-out of apprentice scheme gets under way
At least 10 big projects, including £311m PFI hospital and £250m Tyne tunnel, pencilled in
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NewsSo what if it’s raining?
Housebuilders need to look beyond the dismal economic weather and make arrangements for the future if they are to deliver 3 million zero-carbon, cost-effective homes by 2020.