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FeaturesCommunity consultation award: Winner broadway malyan
Broadway Malyan wins this Barbour Index-sponsored award for its imaginative and accessible approach to community consultation
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FeaturesPlacemaking Award: Winner Kew Riverside, entered by St James
In a tightly fought contest between very strong contenders, St James claimed the award for this distinctive example of landscaping
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FeaturesBest planning and land regeneration strategy: Winner Barratt developments
The scale and consistency of Barratt’s national operation edged it up into the top spot. The award was sponsored by English Partnerships
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T5 steelworkers go on strike
Amicus union members walked off the Terminal 5 site today after failing to secure a £1/hour bonus from employers.
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NewsGleeson rides out £51.6m losses
Group says underlying performance is strong after selling loss-making contracting division.
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Interest rate unchanged at 4.5%
Housing market shows signs of reawakening as high street sales continue to wobble.
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Europe’s biggest construction training centre opens in Birmingham
College courses over-subscribed as students opt for vocational training.
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Mountrange plans £180m make-over for Edinburgh
Waverley Valley masterplan could give old town facelift.
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NewsSt James scoops two awards at Communities awards
Housebuilder wins private housebuilder of the year and placemaking award and Barratt, Bellway and Persimmon are among other prize winners.
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News£110m contract for Carillion and Balfour Beatty
GTBB joint venture awarded rail electrification deal for West Coast Mainline.
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Mouchel Parkman lands £2m Yorkshire Water contract
Consulting engineer to advise on areas that most need improvement work in three-year deal.
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NewsBPB given time to fight Saint-Gobain takeover bid
UK plasterboard firm to delay publishing new information about Saint-Gobain’s hostile bid until 25 November so it can appeal to shareholders to reject the deal.
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Developers announced for £500m Telford community
George Wimpey UK, Persimmon Homes and Barratt Homes will team up to build 70 ha urban development in Lawley, Telford, after winning contract from English Partnerships.
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Costs: Kitchen furniture
Kitchen furniture needs to look good and, even more importantly, withstand a lot of wear and tear. Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans assesses the options and their whole-life costs
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FeaturesResidential
A sophisticated prefabricated timber system that helped unlock a particularly awkward infill site in central London has been shortlisted for a Wood Award.
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NewsOlympic staging body formally established
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games, or LOCOG, was officially set up yesterday at the first meeting of its transition board, chaired by Sebastian Coe.
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ISG InteriorExterior wins fit-out for 1 Bankside
Contractor lands deal for 450,000 ft2 IPC Media headquarters on London's South Bank.
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Carillion-led venture wins £350m BT contract
Monteray, a joint venture between Carillion, Haden Building Management and Reliance Integrated Services, extends facilities management contract until March 2009.