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Foster to design cultural quarter on St Petersburg island
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.
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NewsCABE guide sets the style for neighbourhood healthcare
Two weeks after health secretary Patricia Hewitt announced a £4bn-a-year shift from acute hospitals to healthcare facilities closer to home, CABE has published a design guide for local healthcare buildings.
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NewsPFI firms diversify as health work dries up
The UK's leading PFI healthcare architects are being forced to look overseas and to other sectors as UK public spending dries up.
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Colchester Garrison PFI could be ready six months early
The first phase of the Ministry of Defence's £2bn Colchester Garrison PFI could be ready six months early, and the £5bn Allenby and Connaught barracks PFI should finally reach financial close in the spring.
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Asda seeks contractors for £130m expansion
Supermarket chain Asda is searching for up to eight contractors and two quantity surveyors for a £130m store building programme.
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NewsMayor plans pay rise for Olympic workers
Ken Livingstone considers raising minimum wage for 2012 construction workers
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EC Harris wins five years in court
Consultant EC Harris has been appointed on a five-year deal to provide construction services to the Royal Courts of Justice, the UK's main civil court.
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Spanish firm eyes Plymouth PFI
Spanish construction giant FCC is set to follow Ferrovial into the UK market with a bid for a £200m PFI hospital scheme in Plymouth.
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NewsRiviera regeneration
Architect Building Design Partnership has completed this waterside park in La Seyne sur Mer, near Toulon in the south of France.
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Allies finishes Barking plan
Olympic Park masterplanners EDAW and Allies and Morrison have drawn up plans for the future of Barking town centre in Essex.
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RICS launches training in asbestos, fire and energy
The RICS has unveiled plans for five accreditation schemes to be introduced in the next year.
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Foreign Office Architects' profit breaks £1m barrier
Profit trebles to £1.1m at the husband-and-wife practice that is working on the London Olympic stadium
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NewsVictoria beckons
Architect Benoy has secured planning permission for this £500m mixed-use regeneration scheme at Victoria Harbour in Hartlepool.
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NewsSupersheds
Shed giant Gazeley has unveiled its vision for the future of distribution sheds with these designs for a carbon-neutral warehouse.
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NewsSt Modwen nabs Land Secs director and wins £100m job
Birmingham developer celebrates as it poaches Tim Seddon from Land Securities and lands Jaguar business park
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Kier in the frame as buyer for Barr Holdings
Kier Group was this week understood to be the frontrunner in the race to buy Scottish construction group Barr Holdings.
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Jarvis' fortunes set to turn as FM contracts sale begins
Interested parties to receive documents detailing the work up for grabs, including Wirral and Liverpool schools
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NewsMiliband seeks to allay fears over planning gain tax
As deadline for consultation into planning gain supplement approaches, a Building special report reveals united opposition from industry, councils, academics - and former housing minister Nick Raynsford
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Projects update: Project management
Our regular round-up of tools to help you work smarter looks at an innovation from the oil industry and a software program to maximise profit from mixed-use schemes
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Lead times
The latest lead times may not look like much has altered, but the current increase in order books will change all that, says Paul Dalton of Mace.