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  • Viñoly’s debut
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    Viñoly’s debut

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Architect Rafael Viñoly has released the latest images of his first project in the UK, the Performing Arts Centre in Leicester.

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    Controversial £190m PFI hospital in doubt

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    The first single-bidder PFI healthcare scheme to be granted outline permission may be blocked by the Scottish executive

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    Balls cites transport, housing and skills as main challenges

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Transport, housing and skills are the main challenges facing the UK economy, according to Ed Balls, the man who acted as Gordon Brown’s economic adviser for more than a decade.

  • End of the affair: The Building headline in April
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    Serious Fraud Office drops Bickerton investigation

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Decision to end inquiry into Hertfordshire contractor after three years follows collapse of Jubilee Line case

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    Yeang to take lead role in design of Dubai metro

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Malaysian architect Ken Yeang is to head the Llewelyn Davies scheme for a metro system in Dubai, after his shock move to the British firm.

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    Lovell in fight for PFI costs

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Housebuilder Lovell is gearing up to fight the council for the estimated £3m costs that it has ploughed into bidding for the failed 500-home PFI scheme in north-east Derbyshire.

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    Cemex sheds 750 RMC jobs after takeover

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Mexican company Cemex, the new owner of concrete company RMC, has made 750 former RMC staff redundant – more than 10% of its workforce

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    HSE to call for safety review into Arsenal stadium collapse

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    The Health and Safety Executive is set to demand a review of risk assessments on the Arsenal stadium project after the collapse of a wall at the site on Ashburton Grove, north London, last week.

  • Foster is first past the chequered flag
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    Foster is first past the chequered flag

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    The McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, Surrey, designed by Foster and Partners, has won the Royal Fine Art Commission Building of the Year Award.

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    CABE steps in to northern housing renewal schemes

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Cabe is to intervene in the housing market renewal pathfinder schemes in the north of England by launching a best practice guide on how to develop public spaces.

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    Industry output to slow over next two years, says forecast

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Construction Products Association cuts growth predictions and says private housing output will fall 7% next year

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    ODPM axes housebuilders’ league

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    The government has decided to withdraw funding for the Customer Satisfaction Survey for housebuilders

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    Contractors dig in over payment reform

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    The Construction Confederation has attacked the reform of payment practices being contemplated in the present review of the Construction Act. The confederation is arguing that the DTI’s proposals are “misconceived” and will drive up costs.

  • Northern light
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    Northern light

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Client CTP Property Holdings has released images of its £21m Aurora scheme in Princess Street, Manchester.

  • Old Hall renewed
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    Old Hall renewed

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Architect RHWL has unveiled images of its development in Liverpool for the English Cities Fund.

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    Foreign Office to overhaul its estate procurement

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    A contractor is to be appointed ‘strategic partner’ on overseas projects, as consultant frameworks are revamped

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    ‘Design tsar’ set to join Cabinet this autumn

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    The government is to appoint a Cabinet-level “design tsar” in the autumn to monitor the design standards of public buildings.

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    Clients demand CSCS card

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    The Highways Agency and the County Surveyors Society have become the latest clients to demand all workers on their sites hold the CSCS card or equivalent.

  • The stand in action at this week’s Tsunami Appeal Twenty20 charity match between an Asia XI and an International XI
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    Making a stand

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    The five most eagerly awaited cricket matches for a generation are about to begin at Lord’s and will reach their climax at the Oval – which has been splendidly revamped for the occasion.

  • A mouse that recognises fingerprints
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    Techtopia

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Wireless networking is taking over the world, and as this gadget round-up demonstrates, it’s getting smaller, lighter, faster, more powerful and easier to use. Not only that, it can read your fingerprints and knows what music you like. Thomas Lane takes us to the land of tomorrow