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NewsKing's Cross scheme taken to High Court
Judicial review set for May as opponents of £2bn scheme attempt to reduce its size and protect Victorian buildings
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Network Rail fined £4m for Paddington crash
Company admitted that inadequate signalling lead to the accident at Ladbroke Grove which killed 31 people
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NewsGovernment sets 2008 deadline for energy certificates
Energy Performance Certificates will be required for all buldings constructed, sold or let from October 2008
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NewsBovis rings the changes at troubled northern division
National shake-up continues as Coleman replaces Colin Harvey with Australian Peter Varga
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CommentHow to fund a revolution
Last year, I proposed the formation of construction city academies to combat the lack of basic skills in young people. Now, here’s how we should finance them ...
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Shark-infested contracts
Artworks often provide the centrepiece for a development. No problem, you might say. Until you know that Damien Hirst’s shark was commissioned for £50,000 and sold for £7m. There’s a lot of room for negligence writs there …
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Barnet to sell off playing fields to fund school building
North London borough hopes to raise £60m to finance primary schools’ renewal programme
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Vinci shares rocket amid takeover rumours
Billionaire investor Pinault may bid for ownership of French construction group
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NewsTaylor Wimpey: the deal of the decade
It is the merger that has been tipped, on and off, for the best part of a decade, but few would have thought that a £5bn deal between Taylor Woodrow and Wimpey to create the UK’s largest housebuilder would finally be hatched in a “dingy roadside cafe on the M40”.
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NewsBlue cocktails and Bingham welcome Phase One professionals
Building's networking event for new professionals attracts over 200 guests at its first event in East London
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NewsWillmott Dixon builds model for zero-carbon schools
BRE to showcase exemplar as Partnerships for Schools makes pledge to go green
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CommentSeconds out
The second adjudication in HG vs Ashwell demonstrates exactly what’s wrong with adjudication: the people who dispense it must be better regulated.
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NewsBDP says it is ‘on target’ despite fall in profit
Profit at Building Design Partnership (BDP), one of the UK’s largest architectural practices, has fallen a third because of changes to an employee payment scheme.
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NewsBlockbusters
Company focus Hurley Palmer Flatt’s energy service involves more than just its clients ...
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NewsHLM to design emergency jail at Belmarsh
HLM has been appointed to design a prison next to Belmarsh jail in south-east London. The move is part of home secretary John Reid’s urgent drive to expand prison accommodation in the UK.The firm is working on a project, which will hold 700 prisoners, as part of an Interserve-led consortium ...
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Bovis rings the changes at troubled northern division
National shake-up continues as Coleman replaces Colin Harvey with Australian Peter Varga
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Red tape victory for Building
The government has launched plans to modernise the Building Regulations, following pressure from the industry, led by Building magazine.
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NewsWillmott Dixon builds model for zero-carbon schools
BRE to showcase exemplar as Partnerships for Schools makes pledge to go green