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CommentThe sober truth
Dopers are no longer welcome at this column, which has adopted a demeanor almost presbyterian in its unsmiling seriousness. Which makes its neon-pink roller-skating tomato that much odder …
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FeaturesThe ultimate networking event
More than 200 attend Building’s reception for decision-makers in government and industry
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FeaturesSafer Skyline is now backed by 20 of Britain’s top 30 contractors and housebuilders
This is in addition to the 65MPs who support us …
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Davis Langdon opens office ‘hubs’ to attract staff
Consultant Davis Langdon is to open a network of small “hub” offices across the UK that will operate alongside its main bases and enable staff to work closer to home.
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Light manufacturers charge ahead as heavy goods flounder
Construction product makers have upped capacity by 10% over the past two years and expect it to rise by a further 9% over the next two, according to a members’ survey by the Construction Products Association.
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Grimshaw converts to LLP
Architect Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners has become a limited liability partnership.
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McCarthy & Stone diversifies to double output by 2012
McCarthy & Stone is to diversify its business as part of a plan to double output by 2012.
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NewsSharewatch — Housebuilders on high as interest rates hold
Housebuilders put in a strong performance on the stock exchange last week following news that interest rates will be held for another month.
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NewsHarlow, mon amour
The fourth phase of the Newhall development in Harlow, Essex, has been launched by Peter Ainsworth, the shadow environment secretary.
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GPE bows to Ken’s demands
London mayor Ken Livingstone has lifted his threat to veto a Great Portland Estates (GPE) scheme after the developer agreed to triple the amount of affordable housing contributions.
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Brownfield bonus
The amount of brownfield land in London has jumped 18% over the past year, says the National Land Use Database published last week.
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Windmill sails again
Barton Willmore has secured consent to redevelop a grade II-listed windmill as a zero-carbon home.
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Lovell heads to Herts
Lovell has won a £4m contract to build 41 units in Hitchin for registered social landlord North Hertfordshire Homes.
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NewsPeninsular possessions
Foreign Office Architects has unveiled designs for this higher education college at Greenwich Peninsula, east London, including Ravensbourne College (pictured) on Peninsula Square.
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NewsGetting better all the time
Paradise Park Children’s Centre in north London, Bridge Arts Centre in Glasgow and Dalby Forest visitor centre in North Yorkshire are among the 18 outstanding buildings shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award.
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CommentThe art of realpolitik
Few projects have inflamed passions more than the 2012 Olympics. The process of marrying the aspirational and the practical has put some sectors of the industry and the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) at each other’s throats.
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Stewart McColl holds on to SMC’s slumping shares
Stewart McColl, the former SMC chief executive who resigned from the firm two weeks ago, will not sell his stake in the firm.
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Aiming high
Cyril Sweett’s shareholders have voted in favour of its proposed flotation on the Alternative Investment Market.
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Lafarge promotions
Lafarge promotions Building materials company Lafarge has appointed vice-presidents, Jean-Carlos Angulo, Thomas Farrell, Gerard Kuperfarb and Eric Olsen to its group executive committee.