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Corporation to cut red tape
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
Transport ministers have given a boost to the regeneration of Corby by arranging for it to be equipped with a train station.
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CommentNot bad for government work
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
Report by Sir Neville Simms criticises school building programme, as government pledges to go carbon neutral
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NewsLook alive …
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
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
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NewsThe towers of Byzantium …
Atkins has revealed its designs for this 165 m tall five-star hotel in Istanbul, Turkey. It will offer more than 100,000 m² of luxury accommodation over more than 40 floors.
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NewsSavoy hotel plans full-scale £85m refurbishment
John Rowan & Partners tipped to win project management role in revamp of 117-year-old London landmark
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Davis Langdon rolls out carbon index service
Leading cost consultant Davis Langdon has pledged to provide a carbon index to all of its clients as part of its service. Davis Langdon is taking the initiative to encourage clients to think about sustainability.
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Stansted plans could be cut
Spanish contractor Ferrovial's bidding team is thought to be planning cuts to BAA's £2.7bn expansion of Stansted airport.
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NewsMCG focuses on Olympics skills shortage
The Major Contractors Group is forming a steering group to stave off a skills shortage in the run-up to the Olympics
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Partnerships for Schools reveals city academies shortlist
Contractors Alfred McAlpine, HBG and Kier are among the construction companies that have made it on to a shortlist of bidders for the city academies framework.
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McCarthy & Stone bidding war
Retirement home specialist McCarthy & Stone is at the centre of a £1bn bidding war between Augusta Capital and private equity group Permira.
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Barratt buys Surrey-based developer for £25m
Housebuilder Barratt has acquired Guildford-based developed Squire Bridge for £25m.
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Workers sacked on London sites after alcohol tests
Random testing at King's Cross and Terminal 5 exposes alcohol use on site by workers
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Blair promises to reverse Lords' asbestos ruling
Prime minister Tony Blair has pledged this week to overturn a controversial House of Lords decision that deprived thousands of asbestos victims and their families the right to full compensation.
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NewsMuseum piece
The organisers of Luxembourg and the Greater Region Capital of Culture 2007 have unveiled the €19m (£13m) Grand-Duc Jean Modern Art Museum.
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Multiplex wins another case …
Wembley contractor Multiplex has followed its legal victory over Cleveland Bridge with a £1.28m win in a dispute over its residential tower 1 West India Quay in London Docklands.
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… as man who built it dies at
Multiplex has this week paid tribute to its founder John Roberts, who died last Thursday aged 73.
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NewsTake me t' kasbah …
A £180m scheme to redevelop Barnsley's markets was signed by developer 1249 Regeneration (a joint venture between Wilson Bowden, Ashcroft Estates and the Guildhouse Group), Yorkshire Forward and Barnsley council last week.