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Battle McCarthy expands into the USA
Consulting engineer Battle McCarthy will open its first overseas office in New York this spring as part of a US expansion.
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Housebuilders' fury over flood levy
Housebuilders have reacted angrily to a government proposal to introduce a levy for flood defences on new homes on brownfield sites.
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Triple bill
Triple bill: Chetwood Associates has received the go-ahead for three regeneration projects, including this £90m development for J Sainsbury in Maidenhead, Berkshire. It includes 8400 m2 of office space, more than 100 residential units, IT training accommodation and public transport facilities, built around a piazza. The other two projects involve ...
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NewsRogers' £150m Paddington office is put on ice
Market jitters stall £150m Grand Union scheme, and half-built £50m FA centre runs out of money.
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Three in race for Roche's £60m Welwyn HQ
Three construction managers are understood to be competing for the contract to build a £60m headquarters for pharmaceutical firm Roche in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire.
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NewsFate of collapsed Brighton pier hangs in the balance
Owner warns that if latest reconstruction plans are not approved soon, West Pier may have to be demolished.
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London developers team up
Developers Hammerson and Pillar Property are planning to to link their projects on neighbouring sites in north-west London.
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Cardiff stadium could create 1500 jobs
Holder Mathias Architects has submitted plans for a football stadium for Cardiff City FC to Cardiff council.
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NewsCrane awarded CBE in honours list
Rethinking Construction chief Alan Crane headed the list of construction professionals rewarded in the New Year's Honours List
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Glass junction
Glass junction: A 46,500 m2 building designed by Ryder Architects has been completed on the Cobalt 15 business park in north Tyneside . The four-storey building, constructed by Interserve, has a two-wing structure and is joined by a central linking atrium. Structural engineer on the project was Billinghurst George, civil ...
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Contracts
Overbury lands £12m contractOverbury, the fit-out arm of contractor Morgan Sindall, has won a £12m contract to refurbish central London offices of financial consultant Deloitte & Touche.Mansell wins £10m MoD workContractor Mansell has been awarded three contracts worth £10m by Defence Estates, the property arm of the Ministry of Defence. ...
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Corner-cutting
Corner-cutting: Architect Rem Koolhaas’ design for the £385m headquarters of the Chinese television corporation in Beijing has been revealed to the public. Koolhaas’ practice, Office for Metropolitan Architecture beat off 10 competitors to win the project, including Dominique Perrault, Kohn Pedersen Fox and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. The 230 m ...
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Wimbledon venue set to join world-class tennis league
All England Club considers redesigning Centre Court to bring it to the standard of other grand slam stadiums.
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Amec snaps up Mowlem's construction boss
Steve Bowcott makes 'amicable' departure to take over troubled contractor's infrastructure division.
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Comment
Our apartheid
Britain today is characterised by a selfish elite living in exclusive communities indifferent to the miserable lives endured by everyone else
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FeaturesRichard Saxon
As the Egan era draws to a close, the chair of construction think tank Be is ready to take over as the industry's helmsman. And, as he tells Marcus Fairs, his aim is to create an industry that has more self-confidence, more self-knowledge and more self-control.