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Three women join CABE's board of commissioners
Design watchdog CABE has appointed four new commissioners, including three women, to its board.
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Laing and Serco tipped to be PFI pioneers
The Treasury is looking to infrastructure groups Laing and Serco to pioneer "project delivery organisations", a PFI concept that would transfer some of the public sector's management responsibility to private firms.
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NewsSquare deal
Northern Irish developer McAleer & Rushe has lodged a planning application with Westminster council for this hotel-led mixed-use scheme, to be built on the site of the Swiss Centre in Leicester Square, central London.
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UK firms may bid for nuclear power stations
UK contractors could soon be lining up to form consortiums with foreign nuclear specialists to bid for a new generation of nuclear power stations.
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ODPM ‘afraid to take on building sector', say MPs
A committee of MPs has criticised proposals for a sustainable homes code, accusing it of setting low standards and being afraid to take on the building sector.
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NewsThe ends justify the means
The Balornick Bowling Club in north Glasgow is one of 29 prize winners in this year's Civic Trust awards.
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Director quits as LDA gains new powers
Tony Winterbottom is to leave the London Development Agency after a restructuring designed to accommodate mayor Ken Livingstone's new planning powers.
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Alsop agrees £1.8m sale
Will Alsop has agreed to sell his design practice to quoted architect SMC Group for £1.8m.
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Barratt unveils strong interim results
Shares in Barratt Developments rose 2%, or 21p, on Wednesday when it indicated that the spring housing market would be strong enough to drive its growth targets.
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Carillion to offload Mowlem's Australian arm
Carillion was this week in talks with Australian companies, known to include Bovis Lend Lease, to sell Mowlem's Australian business Barclay Mowlem.
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White Young Green snaps up QS Tweeds for £11m
Chief executive promises no radical change as 150-strong surveyor becomes consultant's 28th buy
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Features
Sustainability: Recyled content
Jobran Hammoud of Cyril Sweett examines the opportunities for, and costs associated with, increasing the use of recycled materials in construction
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Comment
A positive step, but a small one
I have read the five proposals in your Reform the Regs manifesto (17 March) and I wholeheartedly agree with them.
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Old joke, new punchline
There is an old joke about engineers being good with numbers but remaining illiterate.
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The wrong guests
Before you get too excited about the Building Regulations "summit", let's get back to earth.
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London lags behind
In London there is still confusion over the London Building Act and the national Building Regulations.
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One careful owner?
The Home Information Pack is yet another area where the government is introducing poor quality legislation. It should be repealing regulation by the tonne, not introducing it.
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Too many umbrellas
Construction Confederation = representative body for medium-sized and large contractors