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  • Coming soon in 3D
    Features

    Coming soon in 3D

    2005-06-10T00:00:00Z

    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

  • One in 33 chance: The shortlisted bid from a consortium of HTA and Barratt Developments
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    Bidders slam £60,000 house competition

    2005-06-10T00:00:00Z

    The second stage of the government’s competition to build a home for £60,000 has been criticised for placing “ridiculous” demands on bidders

  • Chamberlain: Will oversee Crosby
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    Lend Lease in £270m swoop for Crosby Homes

    2005-06-10T00:00:00Z

    Bovis set to re-establish link with housing as Australian parent buys regeneration specialist from Berkeley Group

  • Galloway on the warpath
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    Galloway on the warpath

    2005-06-10T00:00:00Z

    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

    2005-06-10T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • City of the future
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    City of the future

    2005-06-10T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • Extra time: Laing O’Rourke has hit delays on Coventry’s Ricoh Arena
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    Coventry City may sue Laing O’Rourke over late stadium

    2005-06-10T00:00:00Z

    Football club considers legal action after contractor admits £113m Ricoh Arena will be too late for season openers

  • Elton John looks to hire London Eye architect
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    Elton John looks to hire London Eye architect

    2005-06-10T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • Nouvel change
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    Nouvel change

    2005-06-10T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • Griffiths: Branded council ‘client from hell’
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    Griffiths in more hot water over Bath Spa

    2005-06-10T00:00:00Z

    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

    2005-06-10T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • Warings chairman Andrew Gay
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    Warings denies it is up for sale despite PWC document

    2005-06-10T00:00:00Z

    Portsmouth contractor and Bristol firm Midas Group investigate mystery list of assets on headed paper

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    Industry stands still on cost

    2005-06-10T00:00:00Z

    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

    2005-06-10T00:00:00Z

    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

    2005-06-10T00:00:00Z

    Transport for London has awarded Taylor Woodrow Construction a £20m contract for enabling works on the East London Line extension.

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    CSCS may be made compulsory

    2005-06-10T00:00:00Z

    Industry bodies have called on the government to use the CDM regulations to make CSCS membership compulsory in trades with high responsibility for site safety

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    Tsunami recovery work hit by Indonesian tax hike

    2005-06-10T00:00:00Z

    British firms hampered on projects as government imposes 80% import duty on construction machinery

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    Suppliers issue warning on ‘pay as you drive’ plan

    2005-06-10T00:00:00Z

    Government plans to introduce a road pricing system will only cut traffic if accompanied by strong investment in infrastructure, construction suppliers have warned.

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    Heathrow to get Terminal 6

    2005-06-10T00:00:00Z

    Airport operator BAA has unveiled plans to build a sixth terminal at Heathrow Airport, in order to support the proposed third runway.

  • As designed by Page & Park, Maggie’s Highland in Inverness is clad in strips of green-patinated copper
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    Fourth Maggie’s Centre turns confusion into calm

    2005-06-10T00:00:00Z

    Cancer counselling centre in Inverness uses landscape designs of Charles Jencks, husband of cancer victim Maggie