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NewsPre-tax profit at contractor Mace rises 20% to £6.2m
Overall turnover in group also rises 48% to £271m but chairman complains that margins are ‘still very tight'
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Architect SMC makes biggest purchase yet
Architect SMC Group has made its biggest acquisition with the purchase of architecture and design company Charter Consultant Architects.
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NewsBarratt: Give us cheap land and we'll build green houses
David Pretty calls on the government to cut cost of its sites by 25% to pay for eco-friendly technologies in homes
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Density of London's new housing rises 50%
The density of new housing developments has risen by more than 50% in the past four years, breaking 100 dwellings per hectare in London for the first time, according to official figures.
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Hone joins exodus from English Partnerships
Dennis Hone, English Partnerships' chief operating officer, is quitting the organisation to join his old boss David Higgins at the Olympic Delivery Authority, barely a month after he was appointed.
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CommentWe're going as fast as we can
Green energy has come a long way since the 1970s. More accurately, it has travelled the 120 miles that separate the hills of Snowdonia and the Palace of Westminster.
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Firms hold crisis talks to save Procure 21 framework
Four of the 11 firms on the scheme have threatened to quit unless government cuts £170,000 membership fee
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NewsViñoly's light touch
An arts centre designed by Rafael Viñoly Architects for Colchester in Essex has won planning permission.
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UK looks to Finnish nuclear finance model
The UK could look to a private finance scheme being used in Finland as a model for funding a new wave of nuclear power stations
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‘Roof tax' areas could avoid planning gain supplement
The government is considering exempting "roof tax" areas from the planning gain supplement in an attempt to allay fears that developers might have to pay both.
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NewsRooms available
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, prime minister of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Dubai, has unveiled plans for the £100bn Bawadi complex - a 10 km strip of 31 hotels.
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NewsBAA gives England flags the red card at Terminal 5
Workers furious as BAA brands World Cup flags hazardous and distracting, and bans them from Heathrow site
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Deal struck over Wembley electrical works
Wembley contractor Multiplex and M&E firm Phoenix Electrical have struck a deal to complete crucial electrical works on the site, ending a pay row that had jeopardised the final stages of the project.
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Foster's City tower delayed after cladding firm folds
Foster and Partners' landmark 51 Lime Street tower in the City of London has been delayed by three months by the demise of its cladding contractor.
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NewsClients slam London mayor's ‘over-ambitious' energy plan
Plan to double the amount of on-site renewable energy to 20% criticised by both clients and green lobby
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NewsWind power to light up London
The Greater London Authority and Transport for London are in talks to station a series of wind turbines along the Thames
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Pilot estate brings sustainability to the suburbs
Architect Feilden Clegg Bradley has designed a scheme that could provide a model for a new generation of sustainable suburban housing estates.
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Green Londoners may get tax incentives
Londoners who have an eco-friendly home and recycle a certain proportion of their household waste could pay less council tax, according to green incentive schemes being developed by London mayor Ken Livingstone.
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Oxford steps up security against animal rights activists
Court ruling raises level of protection for all university contractors rather than just those working on research lab