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Free-range children
Delighted to see that Kingsmead Primary School has 50% lower running costs than a typical school (18 March, page 16). Pity it looks as though it is a farm building for rearing chickens.David Bevan, director, Troika Contracting
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FeaturesTeam captains
The Olympics are about training, dedication and beating the odds. The 2012 bid team need the same qualities as the athletes – and vision besides …
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FeaturesFast breeder
The nuclear power industry will spend at least £60bn over the next 30 years, and a lot more if, as seems increasingly likely, it starts building new reactors. So how can contractors join the new atomic age?
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FeaturesThe scottish experiment
Scotland’s Building Regulations have always been a bit different from the rest of the UK, but they’re about to become very different indeed. We report on the changes planned, and explains why Whitehall is taking an interest.
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HBF axes five staff to be ‘more responsive’ to members
The House Builders Federation has shed at least five staff in a major shake-up of its role.
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NewsSouth London estate votes ‘yes’ to housing transfer
Residents vote for £565m redevelopment of 1998 homes through community-led housing association
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Skills shortages in industry drop to a 29-month low
RICS report says workers from enlarged European Union in central and eastern Europe have eased the crisis
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Heron given five weeks to decide on Crest
The row between housebuilder Crest Nicholson and its biggest shareholder, Heron International, stepped up a gear this week as the London stock exchange’s takeover panel imposed a five-week deadline on Heron to state whether it was going to make a takeover bid.
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News10 Downing Street to host regeneration summit
Senior officials to discuss post-election policy with industry bosses, as government races to sign off pre-election PFIs
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Housebuilders’ warnings to Laing O’Rourke
Housebuilders this week warned against potential conflicts of interest after Laing O’Rourke signalled its entry into the sector with the purchase of a site in Kent
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Jarvis shares dive again after it borrows £17m
Shares in Jarvis plunged almost a third on Tuesday when it revealed it had been forced to borrow a further £17m to stay afloat.
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Report reveals gender bias
The apprenticeship system and poor careers advice are preventing girls from pursuing careers in construction, an Equal Opportunities Commission report has found.
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NewsLofty Liverpool living
Architect AFL has designed its second residential tower development at Princes Dock, Liverpool. Commissioned by Millennium Estates, the £22m project is at the southern corner of the original entrance to Princes Dock and Half Tide Dock.
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NewsJubilee Line six hope for fresh start after acquittals
Defendants in fraud case over Tube line extension must now rebuild their lives after a 21-month ordeal
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NewsCABE under fire for panning Cornish scheme
CABE’s design review process faced fresh criticism this week when a firm of architects fought back after a poor CABE report by saying its scheme had not been properly reviewed
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Iconic St Pancras hotel books £150m restoration
Planners in Camden, north London, have granted permission for the £150m restoration and refurbishment of the former Midland Grand Hotel at St Pancras Station, now known as St Pancras Chambers.
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NewsGovernment must refund PFI bid costs, says RICS
Study says financial risks are putting firms off PFI, as RICS pre-election manifesto calls for standard cost reports
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Pension provider calls for compulsory schemes
Construction industry pension provider B&CE has called on the major political parties to introduce compulsory pension schemes, if elected to government.