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Report calls for 200 mph railway network
The Commission for Integrated Transport has called for government ministers to start planning for a network of high-speed railways across the UK.
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NewsGood Reading
Architect Jestico + Whiles has won planning consent for this £7m mixed-use building on the landmark Queens Road island site close to the centre of Reading. It provides 77 homes in three blocks rising from five storeys to eight. Other project team members include Montagu Evans as planning consultant, Watts ...
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NewsAnything you can design …
Richard Rogers Partnership has joined the skyscraper race by submitting a planning application for a 48-storey office tower in the City of London for the British Land Company. The skyscraper would face the architectural practice’s award-winning Lloyd’s Building across Leadenhall Street but rise to 225 m, more than twice as ...
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Colchester PFI deal closes – at last
The £2bn Colchester Garrison PFI scheme reached financial close this week, more than four years after a preferred bidder was appointed.
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Beginning in sight for Battersea Power Station
Construction work on the £600m redevelopment of Battersea Power Station is to start next year, according to Bovis Lend Lease.
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CommentWonders & blunders
James Sunley takes his hat off to the wonders of the Michelin building, then thumbs his nose at David Wilson's anonymous estate
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Housebuilders fight back
HBF warns Kate Barker against ‘rigging’ the land market in favour of office developers or housing associations
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FeaturesYou do the honours
In the wake of construction's dismal showing in the honours, we invited readers to name their own winners
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NewsMultiplex warned 'safety is a serious concern with PCH'
Directors were told of worries over concrete contractor PC Harrington before fatal accident on Wembley site
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CommentPerformance driven
They're nice little runners – quick, reliable, easy to handle … But the only way to be sure adjudicators are roadworthy is to put them through their MOT
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FeaturesJarvis digs deep
When your clients and your suppliers join with the media, the HSE and City analysts to attack you, you need to come up with a pretty good survival plan. We report on Jarvis' struggle to regroup
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Forcing the issue
There had been a long running dispute between the long lease holders of County Hall and the owner/operator of the art gallery housed in part of the first floor of the building known as the Versace Gallery. The first defendant, Danovo Ltd enjoyed a 20 year sub-lease from the sixth ...
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NewsCrest aims for 20% sales increase
Crest Nicholson is aiming to sell 2400 homes in the current financial year – 24% more than the previous 12 months
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NewsJarvis dismisses speculation that Hyde is about to leave
Troubled firm denies rumours of imminent departures after last week's £12m profit warning
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New rules for the blame game
Remember the architect who got blamed for a fire because he specified the wrong panels? The Court of Appeal has just poured cold water over that decision
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Mouchel Parkman board announced
Recently merged support services group Mouchel Parkman has announced the results of its management restructuring.
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Overseas firm tipped to buy Peterhouse
City experts have used a process of elimination to conclude that the mystery bidder for infrastructure group Peterhouse is from overseas
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Marks Barfield has Eye on international market
Architect Marks Barfield, the designer that shot to fame with the London Eye, is working on a cheaper variant that could be sold across the world.