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NewsGreen credentials
Green credentials: Contractor HBG has completed this £17.7m office block for developer Green Property Development in Brentford, west London. Designed by Elsworth Sykes Architecture, the steel-frame block comprises four floors of offices around a central atrium and a two-storey car park. The project team included QS Davis Langdon & Everest, ...
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Set up affordable housing agencies, MPs told
The chief executive of a leading housing association this week told MPs that the government should set up land assembly agencies to tackle the affordable housing crisis.
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NewsPitchcraft
Pitchcraft: This is architect KSS' design for Tottenham Hotspurs FC's first team training centre and youth academy in Abridge in Epping. The indoor training centre, which sits in landscaped grounds, will feature two practice pitches that match the dimensions of the club's White Hart Lane ground. There is also an ...
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NewsWestbury to rehire Prowting staff facing axe
Westbury is in talks to redeploy some of the 100 Prowting staff who will lose their jobs following Westbury’s takeover of the rival housebuilder.
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Asite blames shake-up for £8.4m loss
Construction portal Asite this week posted a pre-tax loss of £8.4m for 2001.
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Miller joins rush to open Midlands base
Miller construction has opened an office in Birmingham, making it the latest of a long line of construction firms to expand into the Midlands.
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FeaturesA man with a plan
The London Plan, which explains how the capital will cope with a population growth of 10% in 15 years, is Ken Livingstone's big chance to make a difference. But, asks Martin Spring, can he overcome five fundamental barriers to making the vision a reality?
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FeaturesDavid Fison
Just when you thought you'd never hear another good word about the PFI, along comes the new chief of Skanska UK, and he's barely able to contain his enthusiasm for it. Marcus Fairs went to meet him
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The snobs' barricade
Labour seems to have no intention of providing shelter for those unable to provide it for themselves – and one reason is that we don't really want it to
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How to stay lucky
Employer insolvency hurts – but thinking ahead can help spare contractors some of the pain
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Arbitrary justice
Be warned. If you deny the existence of a contract, you could jeopardise agreements within it, such as your right to settle a dispute through arbitration
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Local lowdown
In this month's regional forecast, Robert Smith of Hays Montrose takes a look at the state of the job market in the south-west of England
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FeaturesAppointments
ConsultantsInternational property adviser GVA Grimley has appointed Lance Taylor partner in its project management team.Stephen Buckley has joined Hoare Lee Fire Engineering, a specialist division of Hoare Lea Consulting Engineers, as fire safety engineer. He will be based in the firm's Manchester office.Nick Lloyd has joined multidisciplinary consultant Douglas Wallace ...
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A virtue of necessity
"Does it stack up?" might not only refer to the technical challenge of developing prefabricated building systems to produce modern homes.
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FeaturesMaking life a brise
Cladding an entire office block with motorised louvres to make it comply with the tough new Building Regulation posed a fiendish puzzle to the specifiers – especially as it had never been done before. Alex Smith discovered how the riddle was answered.
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Is prefabrication the solution to the undersupply of housing? - For
James Pickard is in no doubt
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Is prefabrication the solution to the undersupply of housing? - Against
Richard Hough thinks it sounds the death knell for choice