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News£4bn plan for Brent Cross
Hammerson, Multiplex and Standard Life have started a public consultation process on plans for the £4bn regeneration of Brent Cross and Cricklewood in north-west London.
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Lemley warns of WW2 bombs on Olympic site
The head of the body responsible for delivering the Olympic games has expressed fears over unexploded bombs buried deep in the ground under the Olympic park in east London.
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Large projects snub CM
Construction management is no longer a popular contract form on larger schemes, according to the RICS’ latest Contract In Use survey.
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NewsWhich slide are you on?
Artist Carsten Holler, whose work is on show at the Tate Modern, has commissioned public realm consultant General Public Agency (GPA) to conduct a feasibility study into how slides could be used on sites across London.
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Skills academy’s fate to be decided by end of month
The government will announce at the end of this month whether plans for a national construction skills academy will go ahead.
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NewsGreen agency hit by £5.3m VAT bill
The government’s green agenda suffered a setback this week after an energy-efficiency agency was slapped with a £5.3m tax bill, forcing it to restrict its activities.
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Utilities delays ‘threaten social homes target’
Delays to projects caused by utility companies are endangering the government’s affordable homes target, the country’s biggest housing association has warned.
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NewsLaying down the law
Architect Sheppard Robson has won planning permission for this project at Leeds Metropolitan University.
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Energy price rises have cost industry extra £1.6bn
The UK’s high energy prices are costing contractors billions of pounds and threatening the government’s construction programme, industry bodies warned this week.
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CommentWonders & blunders
David Bellamy worships the Natural History Museum where he learned about botany, but rails against City Hall for its swarms of security guards
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NewsTories hold 2012 Olympic summit
Conservative shadow ministers meet construction trade bodies today to discuss delivery and legacy issues
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NewsPlans revealed: £200m Thames Gateway scheme
An outline planning application has been submitted for PRP's 1,650 home redevelopment in Basildon
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NewsConstruction workers' memorial unveiled in Tower Hill
A sculpture was unveiled yesterday to commemorate the lives of workers who have died on construction sites
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NewsLicence fee threat to BBC’s Manchester move
Director general warns that 1800 staff will not be relocated to Salford if government does not meet licence fee demand
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NewsGiant wind turbine planned for London Olympics
The symbolic structure will provide energy for housing and street lighting for about 20 years
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Plans unveiled for Clyde waterfront homes
Plans have been released for a £245m new community on the Clyde that will include 2000 homes
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NewsCalling all PFI gurus ...
Want to be in charge of billions of pounds of PFI procurement and have a say in the country's future hospitals, roads and schools? Well, there's a job going at the Treasury - the only snag is that none of the front-runners seem interesting in applying
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MoD's PPP boss joins Deloitte & Touche
Nick Prior was widely tipped to take on PFI role at Treasury but instead becomes senior corporate finance partner at finance giant
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NewsThe balcony makes a perfect ladder
At least the hi-vis jacket means this worker will be easily spotted when he falls