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    The levy won't break

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Your report "M&E skills levy plan under threat" (3 February) inaccurately states that the government is rethinking the wisdom of the levy systems as a result of a decline in support for the CITB-ConstructionSkills levy.

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    Safety blunders

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    As long as there are at least three of us balancing on this door, it should be alright …

  • Visualisations showing the entertainment district outside the arena.
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    Return of the dome

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    London's most famous white elephant is being reborn as an American-style entertainment behemoth complete with cinema, bars, clubs and an arena that can range from 3500 seats to 23,000.

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    The Eurovision house contest

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Welcome to Europan, the competition in which young European architects design housing schemes for 74 sites across the continent. Here are the designs that triumphed in the UK

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    Hansom

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Who got pipped to the post by David Higgins? Who wants to take over the world? And which QS cowered before our sporting prowess? Answers below …

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    An unexpected Spanish acquisition

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Ferrovial, Spain's most aggressive construction company, has shocked the UK industry by revealing its intentions of buying British airport operating giant BAA. But is it really that much of a surprise, asks Mark Leftly - and can the matador win its fight?

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    McCarthy & Stone sells more freeholds for £11.4m

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Retirement home specialist McCarthy & Stone has continued its sell-off of property freeholds with an £11.4m deal.

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    Evans to join Linden Homes

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Linden Homes has appointed David Evans technical and commercial director for its operations in the South-east.

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    Consultants link up for northern expansion

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Construction consultant John Rowan & Partners and Walker Sime, a project manager and quantity surveyor, have formed an alliance.

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    Treasury bullish despite failure of past land taxes

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    The Treasury has dismissed fears that the planning gain supplement is unworkable despite the failure of three similar land taxes since the Second World War.

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    Much pain for little gain: regeneration experts slate PGS

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Regeneration experts and academics have lined up to criticise the government's proposal for a planning gain supplement.

  • Denise Chevin
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    The new conquistadors

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    "If the Spanish come storming ashore, it will be the most audacious foreign bid for a British company in history."

  • Architect Watermans has been selected to masterplan the latest Chinese megaproject, the 53 km2 Tianjin Bin Hai New City.
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    City break

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Architect Watermans has been selected to masterplan the latest Chinese megaproject, the 53 km2 Tianjin Bin Hai New City.

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    PFI expert bids for CTRL firm

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Former top PFI adviser Sir Adrian Montague has launched a bid to buy London & Continental Railways, the company behind the Channel Tunnel Rail Link.

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    Potential partners contact Ferrovial over BAA bid

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    A host of potential consortium partners have this week been linked to Spanish contractor Ferrovial's possible bid for airport operator BAA.

  • Nuclear operator: BNG runs the Sellafield plant
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    Atkins joins race to buy nuclear waste body

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Consultant Atkins is to join Amec in the race to acquire British Nuclear Group, the decommissioning arm of the government's nuclear body, British Nuclear Fuels.

  • Bracknell Forest council has granted planning permission for this £750m regeneration of Bracknell town centre in Berkshire
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    The hanging gardens of Bracknell

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Bracknell Forest council has granted planning permission for this £750m regeneration of Bracknell town centre in Berkshire.

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    BBC called to account over high White City costs

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    The House of Commons' Public Accounts Committee this week attacked the BBC for overpaying developer Land Securities Trillium for its headquarters development at White City. The committee also found that the offices were no longer fit for purpose.

  • Woolliscroft: Left after row
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    Procure 21 team attacked for ‘ineffective' management

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Leaked independent review of the Procure 21 framework criticises management team at NHS Estates

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    Foster to design cultural quarter on St Petersburg island

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Foster and Partners this week won a competition to design the redevelopment of a 7.6 ha island bounded by canals in the centre of St Petersburg.