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NewsGovernment bails out NHS trust with ‘PFI supplement’
Health department sets precedent by giving London hospital £45m extra to meet cost of new PFI facilities
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Morrell plans school delivery forum
Paul Morrell, the president of the British Council of Offices, is looking to set up a similar industry forum to facilitate the government’s £5bn school building programme
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Pringle manoeuvres to curb power of ARB
Jack Pringle, the RIBA president-elect, is planning to use the government’s pledge to cut regulation to lobby for changes to the 1997 Architects Act.
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NewsA postcard from Waterloo
This mixed-tenure housing development, designed by architect John Thompson & Partners for Waterloo Housing Association, has received planning permission from Birmingham council.
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‘Arrogant‘ RICS bosses face vote of confidence
Construction faculty chair calls for extraordinary meeting to press for reform of ‘empire shielded from reality’
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HSE draws a blank over cause of crane accident
A three-year Health and Safety Executive investigation into a crane collapse that killed three men has concluded there was “no conclusive explanation” for the incident.
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Liverpool demolition stalls
Plans to demolish hundreds of homes in Liverpool have been put on hold after public opposition.
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Inspector rejects plans to demolish Camden market
Camden market has been saved from demolition after deputy prime minister John Prescott endorsed a decision to block the redevelopment of Camden Tube station.
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Industry faces £9bn vibration bill
Construction employers will be liable for billions of pounds of claims as a result of vibrations legislation that comes into force next week
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NFB on course to repay debts by 2007
The National Federation of Builders says it is on course to repay its debts by 2007 after reporting a surplus of almost a quarter of a million pounds for the past year.
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NewsThe curtain rises
Architect Stanton Williams’ £10m redevelopment of the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry has gone on site.
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NewsDarwen’s evolution
IWA Architects has received planning consent for this development of 17 apartments and houses on a 0.25 ha site on the outskirts of Darwen in Lancashire.
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London prepares to make the best of Olympic failure
Councils draw up alternative masterplan for Lower Lea Valley for use if London fails to win 2012 games
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RIBA prize to include new emissions yardstick
THE RIBA is to judge entrants for this year’s sustainability award, part of the Stirling prize ceremony, against a new energy and emissions declaration scheme designed by Edge Group, an environmental body.
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NewsCABE lets public in to see design review in action
Architecture watchdog conducts public review of Levitt Bernstein’s Shrewsbury theatre and Farrell’s national park
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CommentSuch a waste
In terms of amount of work, construction is performing well – but look at the all-important productivity data and it’s clear resources are still being managed inefficiently
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FeaturesA sunny reception
Building’s annual meeting of politicians, peers and top executives at the House of Commons
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CommentWonders & blunders
Stuart MacDonald loves the 1960s and says we should reclaim its brutalist architecture from ham-fisted embellishments
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FeaturesA profession on the rise
Five years ago, project managers were regarded as pen-pushers – now they are seen as indispensable. So how much work is out there and who is winning the bulk of it?