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Pressure on for more prisons
The prison service has asked local authorities to identify sites for prisons in greater London as the government moves to accommodate record prison numbers.Planning consultant Paul Dickinson and Associates has been commissioned by the service to liaise with local authorities and it is understood that the firm is working with ...
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Farrell team furious as Weymouth bid is rejected
Council opts for rival bid for £90m waterfront scheme, despite initially backing Urban Catalyst–Terry Farrell team
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T&G man claims he was forced off Wembley site
A union official at the Wembley national stadium project has claimed he was sacked from the site, and has begun grievance procedures.
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Amicus names construction boss
The M&E union Amicus has appointed Bob Pagan, already a senior official, to head its construction division. He will replace Paul Corby who took voluntary redundancy in May.
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Architect jailed for manslaughter of wife
Millionaire architect Michael Morton was jailed for seven years at the Old Bailey this week after he was found responsible for the death of his wife.
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NewsEye of the needle
Developer Hammerson has been granted planning permission for a 20,600 m2 office building at 60 Threadneedle Street, London EC2.
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Bid rejected by CABE set to win £60,000 house contest
Richard Rogers understood to be on list of winners, despite being shunned by design watchdog.
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Lords committee backs Bolkestein directive
A House of Lords report has backed the controversial European Union services directive. The construction industry had lobbied against the directive on the grounds that it threatened working conditions.The Lords’ committee on the European single market has issued a report backing the proposal, commonly known as the Bolkestein directive, which ...
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North London prepares to meet threat of Stratford City
The four most northerly boroughs of London are talking to the London Development Agency in an attempt to upgrade their retail centres to meet competition from the Stratford City development.
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Music Box may start to play
The £50m “Music Box” project for the BBC, designed by Foreign Office Architects, may be about to move forward after a six-month delay.
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Birmingham tornado causes design rethink
Industry experts have warned that building design may need to be rethought to take greater account of extreme weather after last week’s tornado in Birmingham.
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Up above the streets and house
Foster and Partners has released images of the Troika development, its first luxury residential scheme in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur.
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Currie & Brown promotes McEwan
Cost consultant Currie & Brown has appointed Euan McEwan group chief executive officer after Angus McLean relinquished the position to become executive chairman of the group.
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Ben Bailey’s profit drops 20% in subdued housing market
Housebuilder Ben Bailey has reported a drop in profits of almost 20% in a further sign of the struggling housing market.
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East Thames admits defeat in hitting 10% savings targets
One of the Housing Corporation’s major partners has said it will struggle to make the 10% spending cuts required by April 2008.East Thames Group, which received £55m to build 1305 homes by next April, is expected to continue as one of the corporation’s 70 development groups for the next two-year ...
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NewsLivingstone demands T5-style deal for Olympics
Mayor in talks with T&G and UCATT over plan to force Olympics firms to offer generous pay and conditions
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Kier Regional fined 7000 after site accident
Contractor pleads guilty to two breaches of Health & Safety at Work Act after worker fell 20 m down ventilation shaft.
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Foster designs wind turbine for Man City stadium
Eighty-metre-tall SportCity Wind Turbine will power City of Manchester Stadium and 2000 homes.
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Alfred McAlpine reports 27% profit rise
Contractor confident of further growth in the utilities sector, after reporting strong half-year figures.