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Aylesbury estate team named
Architects Levitt Bernstein Associates and Pollard Thomas Edwards have won a competition to masterplan the regeneration of the Aylesbury estate in Southwark, south London, writes Sally Mesner.
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Still too many cowboys, says trades survey
A survey published this week concludes that one in three homeowners has been the victim of shoddy workmanship in the past year.
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NewsMancunian prize
Architect John McAslan + Partners has won a competition to be lead designer on 3 Hardman Square in central Manchester. Others to take part in the competition included Austin-Smith:Lord and Carey Jones. The 16,000 m2 mixed-use commercial building will be part of the Spinningfields development in central Manchester, ...
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NewsOld Town, new ideas
An unofficial competition has been launched for the regeneration of Cowgate in Edinburgh, part of which was destroyed by fire late last year. The organisers – Adrian Welch, of local practice Edinburgh Contemporary Architecture, and Dan Frydman, managing director of design firm Indigo Media – hope that ideas from the ...
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Comment
Cheer up, we've got super NVQs
I was sorry and saddened to read John Smith's article (22 November, page 36).
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The great training robbery
I read with interest Wayne Hemingway's column on Britain today (10 January, page 26).
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Bring on the new
It's a new year, and time to get out of that rut. Elizabeth Kinlock of the Building Recruitment Company shows how to achieve your 'change my job' resolution
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BAA aims to 'permanently improve' construction
Airports operator BAA is planning to build three training centres for workers at the £2.5bn Heathrow Terminal 5 project in west London.
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Report spotlights cavity wall fire risks
A report sponsored by the government has underlined fears that poor workmanship during construction can lead to fire risks.
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School PFI deals attacked
The audit Commission has criticised the quality of schools procured using the PFI.
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Architects named for £120m estate
Peabody Trust has appointed Jestico + Whiles and Stock Woolstencroft as lead architects for the £120m redevelopment of Hackney council's Kings Crescent estate in north London.
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NewsNext stop
This bus station, planned for Warrington, Cheshire, has received £6.3m of government transport improvement funding to go with £2.5m contributed by Legal & General. Warrington council has appointed architect Austin Smith:Lord and consultants WSP and Drivers. Public consultation on the scheme will take place over the next few months.
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NewsBest layed plan
Contractor Laing O'Rourke is due to complete construction of the £35m South East Essex College in Southend next year. The project is a rebuild of four 1960s buildings that were struggling to operate because of soaring maintenance bills. It contains 500 m2 of open-plan teaching space, divided into 25 units ...
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Retail bonanza in store after Safeway deal
Contractors were this week looking forward to a wave of supermarket work once the battle over the future of the Safeway group is decided.
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Lend Lease wins V&A deal
Lend lease has won a framework contract to oversee £150m of construction work at the Victoria & Albert Museum in central London, including Daniel Libeskind's £75m spiral extension.
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NewsLoving the alien
The Austrian city of Graz, this year's European City of Culture, is building itself this modern art gallery. The building, nicknamed the "friendly alien", was designed by British architects Peter Cook and Colin Fournier and is due to open in September. The London-based partners won an international architecture competition ...
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Skanska changes results policy
Contractor Skanska is to change the way it reports its financial results to make its performance more transparent.
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Upping the ante
The pay deal for workers at Heathrow’s Terminal 5 will have left employers and unions sharpening their swords – and electricians and firefighters gnashing their teeth