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NewsThe art of science
For a state-of-the-art interactive science centre in the German town of Wolfsburg, Saxony, Zaha Hadid has come up with a futuristic magic box designed to awaken curiosity and the desire for discovery.
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Pay benchmark for Olympics
THE TUC is to use Wembley stadium and Heathrow Terminal 5, among other large projects, to benchmark the terms and conditions of Olympic contracts.
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NewsLost at sea
Lost Town, one of four Landmark East projects sponsored by the East of England Development Agency, has switched sites to Walton-on-the-Naze in Essex.
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RICS pushes for EU recognition for surveyors
The RICS is to push for greater freedom for UK building surveyors to work in mainland Europe.
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NewsToon tower
Reid Architecture has unveiled this design for an £8.2 m control tower at Newcastle Airport.
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NewsLondon Olympic team sets aside £275m for stadium
Figure used in bid presentation is revealed for the first time, but Beijing stadium architect predicts price will rise
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NewsKBR set to offload civils consultancy arm
Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg Brown & Root is poised to sell its civil engineering consultancy arm to fellow American engineer Jacobs Babtie.
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Midlands contractor Thomas Vale breaks £100m barrier
Midlands contractor Thomas Vale reported that it had broken through the £100m-turnover barrier in its latest annual results.
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Tribal posts healthy interims
Tribal Group has posted improved interim results for the six months ended 30 September.
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Mansell promotes Waite to managing director
Mansell has promoted executive director Steve Waite to the post of managing director.Waite, who has been at the contractor for 35 years, takes over from Mike Peasland next month. Peasland in turn takes over from Alistair Wivell, who is retiring from the post of group managing director of Balfour Beatty, ...
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Balfour Beatty regains top spot with £395m contracts
Roads contract worth £171m helps contractor re-establish itself at top of October’s monthly league
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NewsDocklands skyscraper hits planning problems
Architect Sheppard Robson lobbies London mayor and council to change planning policy on Isle of Dogs
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NewsGalloway ‘scaremongers’ over housing transfer
George Galloway MP has been accused of scaremongering over council plans to transfer housing stock to registered social landlords in the part of east London that he represents.
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Gateway looks to Europe
The Housing Corporation is to team up with CABE to apply lessons learned on the design of regeneration projects in Europe to the Thames Gateway.
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Sellers’ packs will put brake on the market, says NFB
The introduction of packs for house sellers will undermine development, the National Federation of Builders has warned.
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NewsToxic chemicals halt Birmingham schemes
Regeneration schemes in Birmingham are facing delays caused by a toxic chemicals store, writes David Blackman.
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NewsData New-build completions in October
Completions and private registrations have slowed slightly over the past 12 months but daily sales are ahead
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CommentAnd he’s off …
Congratulations to English Partnerships’ boss David Higgins, who has finally been persuaded to take the job of building the stage for the largest sporting extravaganza ever to be seen on our shores.
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Consultants urge LDA to buy British
Consultants competing to win the contract to programme manage the London 2012 Olympics are urging the London Development Agency to use British firms.
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Essex lures Chinese team
A Thames Gateway regeneration agency trying to persuade the Chinese Olympic team to use south Essex as its training base for the 2012 Games.