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InteriorExterior boss quits within a year
Contractor InteriorExterior has lost its managing director less than a year after he took over the post from founding director Ivan Millar
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NewsRaising Xanadu
Foster and Partners’ additional work to the six-storey Hearst Building in New York has been topped out.
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Arup backs ‘technically strong’ London 2012 bid
The London 2012 Olympic bid has been given a clean bill of health in an independent study by engineer Arup.
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Deadlock over T5 travel pay
M&E employers and union representatives from the Heathrow Terminal 5 site were locked in talks to prevent industrial action over travel pay, as Building went to press.
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NewsJarvis banks to sell £250m of debt to US syndicate
Group led by Bank of America buys debt at a reduced price with the option of obtaining a sharehold in the firm
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NewsReport pinpoints causes of Paris roof collapse
The collapse of one of the terminals at the Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris last May was caused by structural faults, said a commission appointed by the French government.
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NewsName that bridge
Mayor Ken Livingstone’s London Development Agency has launched a competition today to name the footbridge in Wembley, which will link the national stadium to the town centre.
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Bath Spa decision in red tape ‘for months’
Bath and North-East Somerset council (Banes) may take more than three months to decide whether or not to hand the troubled Bath Spa project over to contractor Mowlem
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CABE slams Sunderland regeneration masterplan
CABE has criticised architect Howarth Litchfield Partnership’s design for a Sunderland regeneration scheme, claiming the proposals “lack character”.
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NewsGovernment must do better on safety, says minister
Health and safety minister to tell summit departments can be exemplary clients by hiring only safe contractors
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Yorkshire agency creates model for regeneration
Regional development agency Yorkshire Forward is to draw up a combined architectural and economic charter for the area.
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Competition for York homes
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is sponsoring a competition to design affordable suburban housing, which it hopes will provide inspiration for a development in York.
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Hamilton beats HOK over Birmingham masterplan
Architect Hamilton Associates has taken over from HOK International on a large masterplanning project in the centre of Birmingham.
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Crane collapse kills two men
The Health and Saftey Executive has closed a Willmott Dixon school site in West Sussex where two construction workers were killed in a crane accident last Friday
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Hackney seeks contractor to repair Clissold
The London borough of Hackney has started to look for a contractor to carry out at least £5m of repairs on the troubled Clissold leisure centre.
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NewsGuernsey takes off
A terminal building for Guernsey airport, designed by architect Kensington Taylor, has been completed.
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NewsThree-pronged approach
This design by architect Wilkinson Eyre for the Hacking Ferry Bridge in Lancashire is at planning stage.
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Stakes raised to £500m in bid for Leeds supercasino
City One developer in talks with casino operators to create £500m mix of Las Vegas glitter and regeneration
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King’s Cross sets off on £400m
The department for Transport this week gave the green light for a £400m expansion plan at London’s King’s Cross station.
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NewsThe height of fashion
Architect Squire and Partners has beaten off competition from Allies and Morrison and Make to design a headquarters and flagship store for Reiss clothing.