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NewsBomb hunt at Wembley
Police called in to inspect stadium pipework for explosives before the foundations are sealed.
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FeaturesWe have a dream …
Can new libraries really transform rundown cities, knit communities together and persuade young people of all races and classes to play and learn together? CABE's latest research says yes – and where better to test the theory than in race-riot-blighted Oldham?
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FeaturesTowers of doom
Strange but true: countries that build the world's tallest building shortly afterwards suffer an economic catastrophe. Matthew Richards examines the link between skyscraper booms and economic bust – with special reference to the USA, Dubai, China and Taiwan
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When the ref's offside
Aston Villa is playing against Arsenal and, just before the match begins, the referee declares he's an ardent Gunners fan. Does the Villa play on or blow the whistle?
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NewsBritish firms win one-fifth of Iraq subcontracts
Former construction minister Brian Wilson says reconstruction effort is key to making country more secure.
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CommentEnemies of the state
What chance of legal redress do you have if you suspect you've been the victim of an abuse of public power? Well, after Harmon, more than you may think
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Is Taylor Woodrood tucking in its napkin?
In an interview with Building last year, Taylor Woodrow chief executive Iain Napier wondered aloud about the fate of the medium-sized housebuilder. His chilling conclusion was that they "could be lunch for someone else".
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Mouchel tipped to win £500m Tube deal
Support services group Mouchel and French telecoms giant Alcatel are set to win a £500m signalling contract on London Underground – the biggest single project planned by the Tube Lines consortium.
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Housebuilders spared sound tests
Housebuilders may not have to test the acoustic insulation of homes to prove they comply with Part E of the Building Regulations, provided they use approved construction methods.
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NewsHolyrood: 300 design changes in July point to even more delays to come
The deadline for the Scottish parliament has been put back six months – but the indications are that it may slide further yet.
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NewsGehry says first UK project is better than Guggenheim
Maggie's Dundee cancer therapy centre packs punch of Bilbao into building the size of a large bungalow.
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NewsPaint to blame for latest Bath Spa delay
IT WAS CONFIRMED this week that a defective paint finish is the cause of the latest delay to the £23m Bath Spa project. The problem affects all four pool basins in the troubled Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners scheme.
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Worse yet
The smouldering row over the Scottish parliament has roared back into life after our disclosure that it won't be finished until July next year, eight months after the previous deadline. This further delay will lift the cost of the project to about £400m – either 10 times, four times, or ...
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NewsElevation
Dublin practices Craig Henry Architects and Burdon Dunne Architects have won a competition to design a tower that will include a studio for rock group U2. The scheme, for Dublin Docklands Development Authority, is situated at Britain Quay and will include shops, restaurants, bars and offices. More than 500 entries ...
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Bennetts wins contest for £50m research facility
Architect Bennetts Associates has beaten off competition from Foster and Partners, Building Design Partnership and RMJM Architects, to be preferred bidder for a research facility at the University of Edinburgh.
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Teams vie for asylum centre
Interserve and Skanska are leading rival consortiums in a race to win the contract for a controversial £80m asylum centre in Oxfordshire.
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NewsLife in the Clink
Edward Cullinan Architects has won planning permission for a six-storey residential scheme that will open up views of the rose window of the 11th-century Winchester Palace in Clink Street, south London. The western end of the historic church ruin, once the palace of the bishop of Southwark, is currently obscured ...
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Contacts
Kellogg lands MoD dealKellogg Brown & Root has been picked by the Ministry of Defence as preferred bidder for the contract to provide support services to the British armed forces. Banner rushed to hospitalBanner Holdings has been awarded a £7.1m contract by Winchester and Eastleigh NHS Trust to build a ...
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FeaturesTemporary Queens
On Saturdays, in the dense heat of the New York summer, Manhattan sophisticates make one of their rare trips cross the East River to Long Island City, Queens. Their destination is the PS1 Contemporary Art Centre, where they happily queue around the block to spend the evening drinking, dancing and ...