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NewsRoom with a view
Persimmon Homes has secured approval for an £89m scheme in Redcar, north-east England.
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Basildon regeneration
Basildon council in Essex has tendered for a developer to carry out the £1bn regeneration of its town centre. The authority advertised in the EU’s official journal for a strategic partner. It hopes to seal an agreement by next May.
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Galliford in Devon
Galliford Try has been appointed preferred partner to redevelop a 500-home estate in Devonport, Plymouth. Westco, part of Devon and Cornwall Housing Association, selected the company to redevelop the estate as a mixed-tenure scheme.
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South-east housing
The South East of England Regional Assembly claims enough homes are being developed in the region to support economic growth. A report it published last week said the 33,000 home completed last year were sufficient.
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CommentHow hard can it be?
Heart transplants are routine, information can cross the world in milliseconds and modern aviation lets us fly anywhere for a pittance. So why can’t we build half as many houses as we did in the sixties?
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FeaturesDirector’s cut
When Sydney Pollack first saw the Bilbao Guggenheim, it moved him to tears. The great director tells Martin Spring how it also inspired him to make his first documentary – a journey into the mind of its creator, Frank Gehry
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NewsRegeneration Awards 2007
Now in their fourth year, the Regeneration Awards are more relevant than ever and continue to recognise excellence in creating vibrant, sustainable and successful communities
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FeaturesDans army
These days the Territorial Army isn’t so much about playing at soldiers as training them for actual combat. Still, it finds time to run ‘executive stretch’ weekends, where future managers find out a little about leadership. Dan Stewart joined a group from the construction industry for two days of fake ...
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CommentWonders & blunders
Charles Graham-Marr celebrates the glory that is Greece but bemoans unenlightened additions to the Edinburgh streetscape
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Back issues — June 2000
Not with a bang but a wobble: sign of the times at the Millennium Bridge
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Six courts to be built as justice ministry overhauls the service
Six courts are to be built after a £400m investment by HM Court Service was announced by Lord Falconer, the justice secretary, this week.
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MPs attack £500m of ‘waste’
An important government procurement agency is wasting £500m, a report from the parliamentary public accounts committee (PAC) claims.
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Misleading advert
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has judged that an advertisement for the British Association of Reinforcement, published in Building, was misleading.
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Station upgrade
Tube Lines, the company rebuilding the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines, is overhauling Highgate station in north London as part of its station upgrade programme for 2007/08. Work has just begun.
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NewsHousing and energy set to get a boost with Brown at No 10
The industry was this week hoping for a continuation of strong public spending under Gordon Brown, who replaced Tony Blair as prime minister on Wednesday.
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Olympics debt
Ken Livingstone and Tessa Jowell have agreed that the £675m to be drawn from the National Lottery to pay for the 2012 Olympics will be paid back when the London Development Agency sells 68ha of the Olympic park site.
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Manslaughter delay
The corporate manslaughter bill has been delayed after the Lords voted for an amendment to widen its scope to cover deaths in custody. This means that the bill may not be passed before parliament rises next month.
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Towers in Brum
Urban Splash has announced a joint venture with Birmingham council to redevelop three tower blocks on the Birchfield Estate in Perry Barr. The scheme will be designed by architect David Adjaye.
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NewsWater, water, everywhere
The industry has been called upon this week to carry out emergency work on the parts of northern England hit by this week’s floods.
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An appealing decision
This was an appeal from an order that an adjudicator’s decision be enforced summarily. The first instance judgment is dated 17 March 2006. A dispute arose between the parties in respect of fees. That dispute was referred to adjudication. The adjudicator decided that certain fees were due and owing. The ...