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Beijing special
Beijing boomsThe people’s palaceLong day’s journeyA television quizArup in ChinaThe thoughts of Chairman Martin
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NewsHenry Boot braces itself for a bumpy ride
Contractor–developer warns of volatility in fortunes because of exposure to uncertain commercial market
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FeaturesMake my day
Duncan Innes, the director of English Partnerships, is seen as John Prescott's enforcer for the all-important task of building houses in the South-east. But it would be difficult to imagine a more mild-mannered Dirty Harry, as we found out.
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CommentInnocence and experience
If an adjudicator sees something they shouldn't, is there any way that they can escape a charge of bias? Here's how one adjudicator tackled the problem
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NewsAlsop set to get green light for £330m Birmingham station
Meeting due to decide on proposed redevelopment of New Street Station to design by Alsop Architects
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FeaturesThe government is evolving the ideal eco-friendly home for the 21st century. But can we afford it?
A leaked report has revealed how the government is planning to put the burden of its demanding environmental policy on housebuilders. We look at the plans and their implications
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FeaturesThere's a visitor for you
That alien spaceship over there is the bird flu virus, and its favourite place to be is in modern hospitals, because they seem to have been specially designed to help it infect its victims. We look at how engineers and microbiologists are fighting back
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NewsBroker's notes: We're all going to Dye
Oooohhhh! I'm sooooo scared! Dr Doom has declared that the housing market is about to collapse!
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Comment
Food for thought
We invite you to chew over the main issues arising from the proposed review of the Construction Act, while he helps himself to a large slice of humble pie …
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NewsBritish firms stay put in Iraq despite panic over security
UK guidelines remain unchanged but France and Germany recommend their nationals leave country
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Administrator launches probe at Miletrian
The administrator of fit-out contractor Miletrian is investigating actions taken before and after the firm collapsed last year
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NewsCourt of Appeal upholds ruling against 'unconscionable' Mace
Judges find construction manager knowingly allowed subcontractor to sign misunderstood payment agreement
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Homes key to Reading Gateway
A joint venture between developer St James and landowner Thames Water is to deliver the residential component of the proposed Reading Gateway development
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RICS says Prescott's housing renewal plans 'lack clarity'
Report criticises ODPM for lack of joined-up thinking and says it has not checked if schemes offer good value
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NewsSeven-storey slab completes Manchester's urban oasis
Allies and Morrison's No 1 Piccadilly Gardens is the focal point of the city centre's public square regeneration
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NewsWales gets Gehry's second cancer centre
Architect Frank Gehry is to design his second Maggie's cancer centre in Britain, this time in Swansea, South Wales.
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Bath council launches into fresh row with industry
A scheme for one of Europe's largest regeneration sites, Western Riverside in Bath, has become bogged down in a dispute between its developer and Bath and North-east Somerset council.