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Architect Stock Woolstencroft has been given the green light for six mixed-use buildings rising up to 43 storeys at the main entrance to the Olympic park.
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Balfour Beatty repays PFI maintenance fees to client
Guidance change may mean contractors have to stop charging fees for all but major installations
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Hyder lines up contract to protect Dubai from terrorism
Consulting engineer in talks with UAE government over strategic analysis and threat assessment
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NewsThe affordable ejector seat
Peter Smith writes: “I followed this guy at over 40mph along a busy road in Paddington. The ladder is sticking out through the sunroof!”
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NewsBehold the 60m egg whisk
Make Architects has revealed designs for a sculpture that will be the highest free-standing work of art in the UK. “Aspire”, designed by Ken Shuttleworth, will be 60m high and located on the University of Nottingham’s Jubilee campus.
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NewsSky’s the limit for students in north London
Student housing developer Unite has gained planning permission for this 13-storey block of 687 student flats in Tottenham Hale, north London.
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Banks fear housebuilders ‘telling fibs’ about prices
Banks have called in housebuilders for urgent talks over claims that they are not telling the truth about the price of properties.
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40% of small builders report fall in enquiries
The credit squeeze has pushed client enquiries to their lowest levels since 2005, according to the Federation of Master Builders.
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NewsSharewatch — Crunch!
Monday saw the credit crunch draw blood as £77bn was wiped off the stock market.
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Ringway Infrastructure Services Ltd vs Vauxhall Motors Ltd
The claimant applied for summary judgment to enforce a decision of an adjudicator. The contract between the parties was or incorporated the JCT Standard Form of Building Contract with Contractor’s Design 1998 Edition, incorporating amendments 1-5. The claimant was employed to construct a vehicle distribution centre to carry out various ...
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Tread carefully
It’s an extraordinary statistic but the Health and Safety Executive estimates that one serious slip accident occurs every three minutes in the UK.
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FeaturesWhite flooring
A former luggage shop in St Peter Port, Guernsey, has been transformed into a dazzling white, minimalist hairdressing salon with the help of Flowcrete.
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FeaturesRubber flooring
Artigo has launched its latest rubber floor covering collection, designed in conjunction with architect Sottsass Associati.
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New carpets designs
Milliken Carpet Europe has launched a collection called Line Up, featuring four designs.
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Hard wearing flooring
Addagrip is launching Deco, a decorative floor finish aimed at schools, offices and retail outlets. The company says the floor, made of a mix of coloured quartz, is seamless and hardwearing.
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Light steel frame flooring
Light Steel Frame Solutions has developed Strucmet, an engineering system that includes lightweight steel infill panels for internal and external walls, steel floor joists, structural lattice systems, factory-fitted pods and cladding systems.
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A-rated carpets
Carpet manufacturer Burmatex has launched a range aimed at the education, leisure, commercial, healthcare and public sectors.