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    Four years later

    2005-09-16T00:00:00Z

    I write as the author of the DTI/Bovis Lend Lease report on the Mid City Place project in London, which was referred to in your article “Driving us crazy”, (2 September - see related articles). Although it is pleasing to see that Mid City Place still being held up as ...

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    Why can’t we be more German?

    2005-09-16T00:00:00Z

    The article on logistics in the UK is timely. If our recent experience as a small firm of architects is anything to go by, our German cousins beat us hands down. We needed eight 250 kg L-shaped pre-cast concrete units for a client near the M25 and found that British ...

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    A logistical twist

    2005-09-16T00:00:00Z

    There is far too much carbon dioxide-emitting traffic on the road, and the government is trying to address the issues through initiatives such as EcoHomes. But one is tempted to think that the authors of such systems have never been outside the Home Counties. Certainly, they do not appear to ...

  • Comment

    Park life

    2005-09-16T00:00:00Z

    For the record, your description of the CABE campaign due to launch next month was pretty wide of the mark (Hansom, 12 August, page 25 - see related articles). People who work in parks are often park rangers or wardens already. So it would be odd to hit the streets ...

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    Local jobs for local people

    2005-09-16T00:00:00Z

    In the 12 August issue of Building there is an article entitled “Ethnic minority firm gets helping hand in Burnley” (page 18 - see related articles). The implication of this article – the same implication as contained in a separate recent article in Building about social enterprises – is that ...

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    An eye to the future

    2005-09-16T00:00:00Z

    I would like to point out that the South Bank Centre is not seeking to increase the rent for the BA London Eye from £65,000 to £2.5m as stated in your issue of 2 September (page 15 - see related articles). The South Bank Centre and Bromley council, which has ...

  • Tom Broughton
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    The pursuit of youth

    2005-09-16T00:00:00Z

    This week Building unveils its first ever Graduate Advisory Board to inform the industry of the pertinent issues that are facing young people working across the sector.

  • News

    Mersey magic

    2005-09-16T00:00:00Z

    Liverpool is expecting to have a £130m development on its Princes Dock waterfront in time for the city’s European Capital of Culture celebrations in 2008.

  • Features

    Heron gains altitude

    2005-09-16T00:00:00Z

    Developer Heron has submitted a revised planning application to the Corporation of London to add four storeys onto the proposed tower at 110 Bishopsgate EC2.

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    Wates stops work at Urban Catalyst job

    2005-09-16T00:00:00Z

    Developer Urban Catalyst’s £60m scheme for a public library in Barking, east London, has been put on hold after contractor Wates stopped work this week.

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    Client group joins Constructing Excellence

    2005-09-16T00:00:00Z

    The Construction Clients Group has left the British Property Federation to join Constructing Excellence.

  • Conran: Moving from catwalk to site hut?
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    Conran talks about swapping dresses for houses

    2005-09-16T00:00:00Z

    Fashion designer Jasper Conran aims to follow in the footsteps of Wayne Hemingway and begin designing buildings.

  • News

    London 2012

    2005-09-16T00:00:00Z

    We bring you all the latest new affecting the construction of the London Olympics

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    Kier records 13th successive year of profit growth

    2005-09-15T08:44:00Z

    Strong performances across the Group don’t stop here, says chairman.

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    Controversial rugby school of excellence gets go-ahead

    2005-09-15T12:28:00Z

    Objections kicked into touch as councillors approve redevelopment scheme in Leeds.

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    Miller Group pre-tax profits up 63%

    2005-09-15T09:42:00Z

    UK’s largest private housebuilder flourishes despite slow market conditions nationwide.

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    Ashford Construction wins £3.6 m contract

    2005-09-15T10:26:00Z

    Donington Park contract is the pits (and the paddocks, and a new media centre).

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    Capita Symonds/Mowlem consortium preferred bidder for Cardiff transport scheme

    2005-09-15T10:51:00Z

    Consortium ready to take on project to create a world-class transport network for Welsh capital.

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    BPB makes defence against hostile bid

    2005-09-14T15:39:00Z

    Plasterboard maker claims it has been fundamentally undervalued by Saint-Goban

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    Mowlem and Costain win £429m motorway deal

    2005-09-14T09:36:00Z

    Contractors team up to widen 16-mile stretch of M1 under Highways Agency contract.