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Growth points to go nationwide
The government has outlined plans to extend its “growth point” initiative, while promising that investment in housing regeneration will be steered away from big cities.
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NewsGoing, going, going – up
Architect Ian Simpson’s 52-storey tower at Blackfriars, south London, was this week given the go-ahead by Southwark council.
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NewsCrisis calls for measured response
Flood defences are only part of the answer. Design and drainage play their part, too.
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Hull beefs up regulations
Developers will be required to meet stringent rules for all housebuilding in Hull after the city agreed pioneering design guidelines with the Environment Agency in the wake of last month’s floods.
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NewsODA accountant on £2,500 a day
An accountant who was standing in as director of finance at the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) was paid more than £2,500 for each working day.
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Visa victory for QSs
The Home Office has agreed to add quantity surveyors to the list of professions that are facing skills shortage. This means that UK companies ought to find it easier to obtain work visas for QSs from abroad.
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New railway stations
Stations will be built in Birmingham and in central London, and the £3bn Thameslink across London will get the go ahead, under plans in the transport white paper.
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Withheld payments
The House of Lords decision in Dundas vs Wimpey has had its first impact on the construction industry.
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Alfred McAlpine’s slate ‘underpriced’
The alleged “financial irregularities” that led to 128 redundancies at Alfred McAlpine’s Welsh Slate subsidiary this year referred to products sold at half their break-even price, it has emerged.
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NewsTusk force
Lend Lease has been chosen as preferred developer for the £1.5bn regeneration of Elephant & Castle in south London.
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Stadium planned for Maze site
The Northern Ireland Executive is to pursue the business case for a £80m, 42,000 seat multisports stadium designed by HOK Sport on the site of the Maze prison.
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Buildings at risk register
English Heritage has made 52 new entries on its buildings-at-risk register for 2007.
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Safety forum planned
Peter Hain, the work and pensions minister, has announced the creation of a forum to improve site safety.
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Union conditions warning
Ucatt has warned that government policies may deny workers proper employment rights after it was disclosed that 76,000 applied for a temporary CIS4 card last year.
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Apollo on Haringey framework
Property services company Apollo Education has been appointed to the framework for an £85m Building Schools for the Future programme in Haringey, north London.
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3.2m contract for Inspace
Inspace’s interior design business has secured a £3.2m contract from accountant and consultant Mazars to design and fit out its 35,000ft2 London office.
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Cabe criticises South Bank tower
Cabe has refused to give its backing to a scheme on London’s South Bank because of the impact a 144m high tower would have on Somerset House across the river.
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NewsMajor success
John McAslan + Partners has received planning permission for this redesign of the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, south-east London.