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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.
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Speedy acquisition
Speedy Hire has announced the proposed acquisition of Hewden Tools, the tool hire division of Hewden Stuart, for £115m.
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McDonough role
John McDonough, chief executive of construction company Carillion, has been appointed as a non-executive director of global engineering and manufacturing group Tomkins with immediate effect.
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Brick firm takeover
Austrian brickmaker Weinerberger is in control of Baggeridge Brick after winning over 50% of its shares and raising its offer price to 247p per share. Michelmersh has said it will not make its mooted rival bid.
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Chalcroft buy-out
Contractor Chalcroft Construction has undergone a buy-out led by operations directors Paul Morley, for King’s Lynn, Steve England, for telecommunications and renewable energy, and Scott Wilson for Pershore.
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Revamp beefs up tenants’ role
Social housing tenants could get the power to sack their landlords, Ruth Kelly, the communities secretary, told the Chartered Institute of Housing in Harrogate.
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Housebuilders urge councils to support pre-planning talks
The Home Builders Federation (HBF) has hit out at councils that refuse to hold pre-planning talks with housebuilders.
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Bechtel man to head Olympic cost watchdog
The government has appointed a senior executive from Bechtel to lead the government body overseeing the 2012 Olympics.
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Kier closes on deal
Kier has reached financial close on a £37m project to renovate Middlesex Guildhall in central London by March 2009.
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Four PFI projects
Willmott Dixon has won four PFI leisure projects valued at £35m as part of a team selected by Rotherham council to design, build, operate and maintain the centres over 32 years.