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Homes in York
Planning permission has been granted for 154 homes in York designed by John Thompson and Partners.
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CommentA no brainer
Less than 10% of construction firms train apprentices and only eight of the 63 largest companies offer regular employment to an apprentice through ConstructionSkills.
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NewsEdens Edge
Grimshaw this week revealed the design for the £70m dome known as The Edge at the Eden Project in Cornwall.
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Government reveals plans for giant prisons
The government plans to build three giant “Titan” prisons by 2014, it said in a report published on Wednesday.
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NewsMedical campus gets the all clear
Plans for a biomedical campus in Cambridge have been given the green light.
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Two in race for Tate Modern
Mace and Balfour Beatty are understood to be vying for the role of construction manager on Herzog & de Meuron’s extension to Tate Modern.
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MPs given ultimatum on R&D
A single government body must co-ordinate industry R&D, research bodies have warned in the latest BERR select committee hearing into construction.
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Erinaceous review imminent
Beleaguered property group Erinaceous insisted this week that it would present the results of its strategic review before Christmas.
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Super-lab at St Pancras
A £500m “super-laboratory” in central London has been given the go-ahead by the government.
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NewsParadise regained
The Eden Court Theatre in Inverness has become Scotland’s largest arts centre after a refurbishment and extension project completed by Robertson Construction.
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Baqus on brink of following Sweett onto stock market
Quantity surveyor Baqus is set to become a plc in the next fortnight.
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MPs back Merton rule bill
A bill to give councils the right to implement the so-called “Merton rule” on renewable energy is to be put forward by MPs today.
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NewsThe Harlem shuffle
Renzo Piano’s $7bn (£3.5bn) expansion of Columbia university was given the green light this week by New York’s department for city planning.
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British consultant BACTEC to clear explosives in Lebanon
A British consultant has won a UN contract to clear explosives in Lebanon next year.
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Argent’s Madelin wins top award
Argent chief executive Roger Madelin won the regeneration leadership award at the 2007 Regeneration Awards this week for his work to regenerate King’s Cross.
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NewsIt’s official: London is most expensive place on Earth to build
London had the highest tender prices in the world last year, according to a report by Rider Levett Bucknall.
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Willmott Dixon poaches council boss
Willmott Dixon has recruited the head of energy and sustainable procurement at Haringey council in north London to head its sustainability business.
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NewsWallace, Gromit & Gleeds
Work has got under way on the headquarters of Aardman Animations, the creators of Wallace & Gromit.
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NewsOh, the humanities
The new humanities building at Queen Mary, University of London has been given planning permission.