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NewsHip to be square
Foster and Partners’ design for Bishops Square in Spitalfields was this week named joint winner of best built project at the London Planning Awards.
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NewsCarillion writes down £120m in £291m Mowlem takeover
Contractor set to become £4bn-turnover giant in league of Amec and Balfour after snapping up troubled rival
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MP calls for update on act review
The DTI was this week urged to clarify its progress on the review of the Construction Act after claims that it would delay announcing its findings until next year.
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Urban Catalyst changes tack
Urban Catalyst is to repackage itself as a consultant after becoming exasperated at the “frustrating” regeneration process.
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NewsJumbo tower
Architect Hamilton Associates wants planning permission for this 42-storey tower at Elephant & Castle, south-east London.
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Unions in T5 benefits row
Eastern European fit-out workers on Heathrow Terminal 5 are being prevented from receiving their entitlement of travel and accommodation benefits, unions have claimed.
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Coverite sues Shepherd over £3m Leeds contract
Roofing and cladding contractor Coverite has launched a legal battle against Shepherd Construction after being thrown off a £20m project in Leeds.
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NewsBuilding wins campaign to Reform the Regs
ODPM agrees to develop process for updating regulations in a ‘simpler, more transparent manner’
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Industry attacks Brown’s plans for housebuilding
Planning gain supplement is attacked as ‘unworkable’, while PPS3 revives controversy over council powers
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CPA warns industry that recession is imminent
The Construction Products Association has warned that the construction industry is heading for recession
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NewsSustainability code slammed
Senior industry figures have slammed the government’s long-delayed draft code for sustainable buildings, saying it falls well below current standards and that the ODPM went behind their backs to produce it.
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Councils freed to build social housing
The government has lifted its long-standing embargo on council house building as part of this week’s package to increase housing supply.
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DfES pledges to cut bid costs of Schools for Future
The leaders of the government’s Building Schools for the Future programme have admitted that bid costs are unacceptably high.
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Gleeds gives Redgrave new Olympic challenge
QS signs up Olympic legend Sir Steve Redgrave as company ambassador for the 2012 Olympic programme
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NewsTicket to Ryde
Marks Barfield Architects has unveiled this design for the £6m Ryde transport interchange on the Isle of Wight.
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House prices to rise – just
Average house prices are forecast to rise 1% over 2006, according to housing research company Hometrack.
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Wembley costs cause £2.7m blow to profits for Quintain
Developer Quintain has taken a £2.7m hit on its pre-tax profit after paying for a temporary replacement for the Wembley Arena.
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John Laing latest firm to receive takeover approach
Companies thought to be interested in PFI specialist include Spanish firms Acciona and Ferrovial
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NewsRoom for one more up top on live-in buses
Double-deckers converted to short-term housing, and Routemasters could be next.
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Rem Koolhaas to design Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2006
Gallery commissions Pritzker-winning architect for seventh pavilion.