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When the wind doesn’t blow
You have asked for opinions on starting a new nuclear power station program (20 May, page 13).
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English: a construction skill
Your feature on immigration from the new entrants to the European Union (20 May, pages 26-29) chimes with the findings of the RICS’ UK construction industry survey earlier this year.
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CommentFlexibility is your friend
Flexible working and construction aren’t natural stablemates. Job-sharing or part-time professionals are by and large an anathema, and paid leave for new fathers and mothers is often no more than the statutory minimum.
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Prescott targets suppliers in drive to cut housing costs
Deputy prime minister indicates that bills for labour and plant are too high and need to be ‘sorted out’
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Firms shortlisted for £200m affordable homes cash
A number of leading housebuilders are understood to have been shortlisted for the government’s £200m pilot competition to give private developers social housing grants.
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FeaturesComing soon in 3D
In the world of 3D computing, architects and engineers have benefited from having their own software, whereas contractors have gone without – until now. We take a look at Virtual Construction and asks how likely the people it’s aimed at are to use it
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NewsBidders slam £60,000 house competition
The second stage of the government’s competition to build a home for £60,000 has been criticised for placing “ridiculous” demands on bidders
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NewsLend Lease in £270m swoop for Crosby Homes
Bovis set to re-establish link with housing as Australian parent buys regeneration specialist from Berkeley Group
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NewsGalloway on the warpath
The left-wing political party led by George Galloway MP is stepping up pressure on Tower Hamlets council in east London, where he was elected last month, to suspend plans over social housing
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Foster acquires office space but denies expansion plans
Foster and Partners has denied that it is expanding the size of its practice, despite taking on extra office space next to its Battersea headquarters.
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NewsCity of the future
Reid Architecture has unveiled images of its £90m regeneration project in Birmingham, involving the demolition and redevelopment of Edgbaston shopping centre, owned by Calthorpe Estates.
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NewsCoventry City may sue Laing O’Rourke over late stadium
Football club considers legal action after contractor admits £113m Ricoh Arena will be too late for season openers
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NewsElton John looks to hire London Eye architect
Musician Sir Elton John is considering using London Eye architect Marks Barfield to draw up designs for a gallery for his photographic collection at his mansion in Windsor, Berkshire.
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NewsNouvel change
Architect Jean Nouvel has unveiled plans for a landmark retail and office development at 1 New Change in the City of London, close to St Paul’s Cathedral.
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NewsGriffiths in more hot water over Bath Spa
Former construction minister Nigel Griffiths is set to face further questioning over his intervention in the Bath Spa scheme after it emerged that he had not been briefed by his department on the affair
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High Court judge to preside at TCC full time
The Technology and Construction Court is to get a full-time High Court judge in an attempt to deal with the complex and long-running disputes that arise in the industry.
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NewsWarings denies it is up for sale despite PWC document
Portsmouth contractor and Bristol firm Midas Group investigate mystery list of assets on headed paper
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Industry stands still on cost
The industry is still not doing enough to improve its record on cost and time overruns, according to this year’s annual key performance indicators, released by Constructing Excellence.
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Influential CABE figure quits
The man behind the explosion in housing reports and lobbying at CABE has quit to join a specialist housing architect.
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Taywood wins £20m East London Tube line contract
Transport for London has awarded Taylor Woodrow Construction a £20m contract for enabling works on the East London Line extension.