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NewsFirst Base raises £250m for mixed-tenure flats
Developer First Base has secured £250m of funding for four projects containing a total of 900 units.
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NewsBrikho’s challenge to sell building division
Samir Brikho, the chief executive of Amec, has made it his mission to “end the uncertainty that has been hanging over this company for too long”. But that may prove difficult while doubts remain over its financial position and the future of its construction business.
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NewsMultiplex loses Wembley claim
Judge rejects Multiplex’s attempt to bring forward trial with M&E firm Honeywell
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NewsCallcutt departs EP to join sustainability taskforce
Former Crest Nicholson boss leaves regeneration agency to advise housebuilders on going green
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DoH considers refund on amended PFI scheme
The Department of Health (DoH) is in talks with a John Laing-led consortium over refunding its original bid costs on the revised Leicester hospitals PFI scheme.
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NewsIndustry reacts to Kelly's green measures
Construction industry broadly welcomes Code for Sustainable Homes and zero carbon homes
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NewsPolice swoop on security firms
Merseyside police crackdown on protection rackets on Liverpool construction sites
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Multiplex loses Wembley claim
Multiplex has lost a battle in its attempt to tie a key subcontractor at Wembley stadium to a fixed completion date.
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NewsNew image: Foster in Kazakhstan
Architect unveils entertainment centre in the country made famous by Borat
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NewsGovernment answers BSF critics with green schools
Three exemplar schools to counter criticism that programme fails to meet sustainability targets
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Construction poised to escape DTI
Construction industry leaders this week welcomed the likely abolition of the DTI if Gordon Brown succeeds Tony Blair as prime minister next year.
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PFI social housing schemes put under the microscope
Treasury is concerned that new-build projects cost more than traditional grant-funded housing
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NewsTimber-frame firms defend their corner after blaze
Sales unaffected by July’s Colindale fire, say manufacturers – and safer systems are on the way
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Features
Laing O’Rourke strikes it rich in Bedfordshire
Contractor dominates November league with £120m social housing deal
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Housing feeding frenzy predicted
Housebuilding could be dominated by five or six companies this time next year if the expected sale of Wilson Bowden leads to another round of consolidation.
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CommentTwilight of the Gods
Colin Harding is fed up of architects with a god complex going on about iconic design. When it comes to the Olympics, thou shalt worship none but design and build
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Comment’Tis the season …
… to plan your next step towards world domination, attempt to make stadiums out of ice, spend extraordinary amounts of money on garish knitwear and be miserable in Norfolk. Apparently.
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Comment
One step at a time
In response to your article “Hadid’s aquatics centre fails environment test” (1 December) the updated concept proposals we presented at last week’s media launch are an early step in the process of developing a design for the aquatics centre. However, the environmental and sustainability audit you refer to relates to ...