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    The truth about Birmingham

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Having read your article on Birmingham (26 May, page 44), it seems appropriate to ask whether your reporter actually visited the city when researching her piece? If she did, it is strange that she fails to mention many of the "high-profile" projects that, far from being stalled, are progressing and ...

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    Let's stick together

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    How refreshing to read David Mosey's article on the use of peer pressure rather than big sticks to manage a project schedule (2 June, page 49). My experience of partnering and collaborative ventures in the industry over the years is that peer pressure is a powerful tool for one simple ...

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    An accident waiting impatiently to happen

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    The shots were taken on a housing development site in Camberley, Surrey. There's nobody around … so that'll be alright then!

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    Rogers and Piano lead the pack at London Biennale

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Architects prepare to herd 60 sheep across Millennium Bridge, as Architecture Week events are held across UK

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    RIBA members cast their votes for next president

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Voting for the next RIBA president started this week after ballot papers were sent to all 32,000 members.

  • A freakishly reptilian tower block is one of the latest science-fiction buildings to be featured in an exhibition at the Barbican Gallery in London.
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    Monster from the deep

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    A freakishly reptilian tower block is one of the latest science-fiction buildings to be featured in an exhibition at the Barbican Gallery in London.

  • Ray Phillips
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    Wonders & blunders

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Two exemplary buildings are chosen by Ray Phillips, one an elegant Weimar beauty, the other a confused Catalan concoction

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    Back issues: May 1989

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    The embryo of the PFI is implanted, and housebuilders are on the rack …

  • At developer Stanhope’s 14,300 m² Chiswick Park, west London, buildings are clustered and retail outlets brought within the office shells to create a mini-community
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    Cost model: Business parks

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Business parks are back, but this time they need to be sustainable and mixed-use. Neal Kalita of Davis Langdon examines how developers can meet the evolving needs of planners and occupiers without breaking the bank

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    Timber shortages may lead to 20% rise in prices

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Weather and increased demand combine to create steepest price hikes since the 1970s

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    Hyder Consultancy trebles profit to £8.3m

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    International engineering consultant Hyder Consultancy has trebled its profit to £8.3m from £2.6m over the past year, it reported this week.

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    Land Secs vies for Leeds BSF

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    A joint venture between Land Securities Trillium and Mill Group has made it to the last two in the competition for Leeds council's £250m Building Schools for the Future programme.

  • Kelly: Giving councils freedom
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    Elite councils win greater freedom to invest in housing

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Demand in social housing sector set to be boosted by plans to let councils sell assets to increase investment

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    Design codes ‘make no difference' to planning

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    THE use of design codes has failed to speed up the planning process or improve community consultation, according to research commissioned by the government.

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    Corporation to cut red tape

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    The Housing Corporation is looking at ways of making it easier for the private sector to bid for public money to build affordable homes.

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    180 years after first rail service, Corby gets a station

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Transport ministers have given a boost to the regeneration of Corby by arranging for it to be equipped with a train station.

  • Denise Chevin
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    Not bad for government work

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    We've become so drenched by the shower of initiatives and targets emitted by New Labour that when a truly significant idea comes along, it doesn't always register.

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    Schools for Future warned for ignoring sustainability

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Report by Sir Neville Simms criticises school building programme, as government pledges to go carbon neutral

  • Sheppard Robson has won a limited design competition to design a £33m biological sciences building for Bristol university.
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    Look alive …

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Sheppard Robson has won a limited design competition to design a £33m biological sciences building for Bristol university.

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    More firms join flight from Procure 21

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    The Department of Health's controversial Procure 21 framework programme received another blow this week as Taylor Woodrow and Amec became the latest contractors to resign from it