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NewsBurj Dubai now world’s tallest building
Developer will not reveal final height as skyscraper hits height of 512m after 1,276 days of construction
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NewsMultiplex backs Brookfield buyout
Directors recomends £1.82bn takeover for Wembley contractor by Canadian asset management group
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NewsODA reveals 2012 infrastructrue shortlists
Balfour Beatty is named on all four Olympic Park shortlists. Winners will be announced in early 2008
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NewsLatchways sees rise in demand for wind power products
Firm declares healthy order books and seeks further acquisitions
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NewsGleeds sponsors graduate design event
Plymouth university student Jemma Ham wins New Designer award
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NewsGleeds wins mediacity:uk contract
Peel Media appoints consultant to cost manage phase one of Salford scheme
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NewsShakespeare brings Kirkstall Abbey to life
Purcell Miller Tritton and Arup sponsor As You Like It preview in Leeds
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NewsTurner & Townsend staff join London Run
Dressed as a gorilla and Winnie the Pooh London staff raise money through charity run
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NewsRider Levett Bucknall targets Midlands hotel market
Cost consultant is working with Alfred McAlpine on a number of large hotel schemes
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NewsRidge announces new promotions
Mark Richards and Mark Astbury promoted to partners at consultant
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NewsFaithful+Gould announces new promotion
Michael Cracknell to lead the team at new London property team
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NewsTony Douglas quits BAA for Laing O’Rourke
Surprise move sees Tony Douglas take up post of chief operating officer at Terminal 5 builder
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FeaturesGordon Brown wants 3 million new homes by 2020.
If they are ever to be built, Britain’s planning system needs radical change. The planning white paper, now out to consultation, aims to streamline applications. But critics claim it does little to stop councils playing politics with housing.
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CommentAllow me to present your bill
The Construction Act consultation has acknowledged that companies need payment certainty, but it is not tackling the surreal arrangement whereby the payer decides what the payee is owed
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CommentFellow travellers
The construction industry has gone cycling mad this year, with events like Cycle to Cannes and the Olympic velodrome designs being released.
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CommentWho goes there?
One of the odd things about private equity firms is just how unprivate they have become of late.
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NewsMore departures at Costain after centralisation drive
Rob Drury, southern regional director, follows his counterpart in northern arm out of the door
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NewsBrown drops ‘Communities England’ tag
Prime minister to choose fresh name for super agency to emphasise its role in housing provision, while he works on three policies to carry it out
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NewsAudit office raises fears over Olympic cost plan
Parliament’s spending watchdog warns about risk of cost rises and urges greater accountability