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Executive jailed for theft
A former marketing director at housebuilder Crest Nicholson has been jailed for nine months for stealing almost £45,000 from her employer.
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Livingstone demands half Wood Wharf be affordable
London mayor Ken Livingstone intends to insist that the eventual developer of the £2bn Wood Wharf scheme next to Canary Wharf guarantees that more than 50% of the accommodation is affordable housing.
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NewsPFI maths: Five schools = one campus
Contractor the Kajima Corporation has started work on site in Darlington, County Durham, on a £34.9m "education village". Designed by architect RyderHKS, the campus is to be built at Haughton community school. It is the first facility in the country to embrace primary, secondary and special education under PFI. The ...
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Green tests planned for public building
Buildings constructed for government departments must now meet energy efficiency standards
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NewsHBG admits liability for man killed in 1997
A worker who died after he was struck by a concrete lintel was the victim of a "series of systematic failures", a court heard on Friday.
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NewsFoster introduces Swiss Re to the world
Lord Foster this week compared the design of the newly completed Swiss Re tower to a bomber and one of Sir Christopher Wren's designs for St Paul's Cathedral.
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NewsHealthcare, but not as we know it
Architect HOK has designed a £22m diagnostic and treatment centre in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. The 8500 m2 building combines outpatient clinics with operating theatres and short-stay wards. A circular main entrance and a central concourse doubles as a waiting area and is designed to avoid the institutional feel of most healthcare ...
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Festival of Europe
The British public may have ambivalent feelings about 10 new states joining the EU this week, but for the construction industry, which is crying out for skilled labour, it could be a godsend - if only a temporary one
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Vital surface issues
This was an appeal by the claimant from the first instance decision dismissing a claim for damages arising from an accident. A child, K, was playing in a communal garden controlled by Portsmouth City Council. She tripped on stone in a gravel path leading to the garden and sustained an ...
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Get Cracking
"I don't know much about coding," one housebuilder told me as I researched this issue's cover feature. Lucky man.
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FeaturesDoorstepping
Miller Homes has come a long way from its Edinburgh roots. So far, in fact, that it added a southern division to its seven regions at the start of the year. Ian Beal, former regional managing director with Wilson Connolly and Redrow, is heading the new operation
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FeaturesDesigning by Numbers
Design codes are like Huntley & Palmers biscuit tins: people see different things in them. In fact, the only thing everyone agrees about is that they are here to stay. We get to the bottom of the argument.
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An Investment Opportunity?
The government is consulting with industry over the introduction of property investment funds. the director of FPDSavills Research, answers key questions about the proposals for residential PIFs and how they could affect the housebuilding industry
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Fact File
Planning approvals A definite quickening of pace is evident in the data for last month, with Scotland and north-west England leading the race to build. However, Yorkshire, Wales and Northern Ireland are experiencing a development hiatus, and activity is low in Greater London New-build completions Completions in the private sector ...
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Outside: Expert Eye
We unveil the future of high-tech individualised prefab – and two manufacturers create it
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>Inside - products and services
Whirl of mid-price spas The latest range of Whirlpool baths from Hansgrohe's Pharo brand is set at a medium price range. The 200 series is made from acrylic and comes in sizes suited to UK bathrooms such as 170 cm length and 70 cm width. There are seven different models ...
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FeaturesBeijing booms
With £20bn of preparation for the 2008 Olympics alone – not to mention all the spin-off developments – the capital of China has exploded into activity. Our man in Beijing has this report
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FeaturesBoss of the year
Balfour Beatty's impressive rise over the years has been down largely to the talents of one man: Mike Welton. Little wonder, then, that he wowed the judges at Tuesday's Building Awards and came out clutching the accolade for inaugural chief executive of the year, sponsored by KPMG. We assess his ...