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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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Traffic plan clears the road for Ebbsfleet scheme
The body overseeing regeneration in the Kent stretch of the Thames Gateway has removed a big obstacle to Land Securities’ scheme for the single largest development in the region.
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NewsWill Alsop’s Walsall shops
Urban Splash has teamed up with architect Will Alsop to develop seven buildings on Walsall waterfront.
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Office of Fair Trading probes recruitment agencies
Hays and AndersElite questioned by OFT over alleged breaches of competition law
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NewsOh, what a delivery!
Capita Ruddle Wilkinson has revealed this image of its design for Redrow’s Hemisphere apartment development, which overlooks the Edgbaston cricket ground in Birmingham.
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Building Services
This week, Sonia Soltani reports on an aesthetically stimulating lift shaft that helped a teaching centre meet access requirements while also cutting its budget 25%. Plus we have boilers, air-conditioning and other unsung heroes of the products world
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NewsMcInerney Holdings buys Bowey Homes for £23.6m
McInerney’s says acquisition of northern housebuilder is part of plan to accelerate growth in UK