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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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Design for Manufacture Competition
The Design for Manufacture Competition aims to demonstrate that it is possible to build a high-quality home for a construction cost of 60,000. It was launched in April 2005 by the Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott, to address the major increases in construction costs in recent years. ...
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Offices
Specifier this week looks at the high-pressure world of office construction and fit-out, complete with the latest products, who to buy them from and pitfalls to avoid. First, though, we tell the story of the Japanese electronics company that wanted to upgrade its British headquarters and got an unpleasant ...
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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.
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NewsLaing O'Rourke worker dies in T5 accident
A second worker remains seriously injured after 20 m fall from work platform at Heathrow site yesterday afternoon.
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HSE names new chief inspector of construction
Stephen Williams will head up Health and Safety Executive's construction division.
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NewsBPB rejects £3.6bn takeover bid from Saint-Gobain
Slough-based materials supplier spurns 720p-a-share cash offer from French giant.
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Tube Lines completes Piccadilly line repairs
Tube line will reopen on Thursday following extensive repairs to bomb damaged track and signals.
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Hanson increase profit to 172.3m despite sluggish UK
Strong performance in the US and UK aggregates arm enables Hanson to ride out downturn in UK housing sector.