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FeaturesAnd the winner on the line is …
The four contenders for the £5.2bn contract to deliver the 2012 London Olympics have just made their final presentations to the Olympic Delivery Authority. Emily Wright looks at who they are, and what they had to say
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FeaturesDon’t get spooked
Does the legal world seem like a spectre of impenetrable jargon and terrifying fees? Well, that’s because it is. But as long as you know how to use your lawyer, you don’t have to be a scaredy cat.
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CommentWonders & blunders
Eco-builder Will Anderson remembers a Finnish house that was a sight for sore (and hungover) eyes. A west London hospital, however, just makes him sick
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Back issues — August 1963
Industrialised building, prefabrication and off-site production all the rage
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FeaturesWhat to specify: building services
We’re getting down to basics this week: boilers, lights, radiators, air-conditioning, plus the latest news in building services
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FeaturesWhat it costs: water softening
You can treat hard water with chemicals or condition it with electricity but one thing’s for certain – if you want to meet Part L1, you’re going to have to do something about it. Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans counts the costs of the various options
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FeaturesA one-stop services shop
Who fits it — Bailey, the M&E division of NG Bailey, has developed its off-site capability but is increasingly to be found at the heart of a project.
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CommentRoom at the top
Jason Millett dodges the rumour mongers (even though they’re just trying to find him a job), Olympic heavyweights slug it out for the title, and we have a new contender for the world’s tallest building
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NewsThames Gateway UDC plans new Docklands bonanza
Development corporation argues that more wharves should be released for redevelopment
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EP to spend £100m on house buying spree
English Partnerships is offering to buy a share of homes being built by private developers in order to speed up the provision of homes for first-time buyers.
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Developer beats bird ban
A Surrey developer has successfully defied conservation quango English Nature’s ban on housing over 300 square miles of south-east England.
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CABE gives green light to Liverpool demolitions
Community secretary Ruth Kelly has given the go-ahead to demolish thousands of homes in Liverpool after CABE withdrew its objection to the schemes that will replace them.
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CommentWho should win the Olympics?
It is arguably one of the most important and prestigious construction contracts ever to have been tendered in the UK.
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Kier Group snaps up £50m Lincolnshire housebuilder
Contractor and housebuilder Kier Group has bought regional housebuilder Hugh Bourn Developments for more than £50m.
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Paddington plan shelved
Network Rail has shelved plans by Sir Nicholas Grimshaw to redevelop the east end of London’s Paddington Station after the government refused to allow a grade I-listed vault to be demolished.
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NewsNew New Islington
Architect Broadway Malyan has unveiled these images of Islington Wharf in Manchester.
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Davis Langdon wins £1.5bn African rail job
Davis Langdon has been appointed project manager on a £1.5bn rail project in South Africa.
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