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NewsGrainy shot
Manhattan Loft Corporation has completed the first phase of its £50m redevelopment of Ealing studios in west London. Phase one consists of three flexible office buildings, each between 1250 m2 and 1500 m2. The look is dominated by an exposed steel-frame and side-walls clad in cedar boarding. The ...
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FeaturesThe siege of Edinburgh
A cost increase that took the Scottish parliament building 10 times over budget has prompted MSPs and the tabloids to launch a vicious attack on the project team. But are the politicians trying to divert attention from their own failings?
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CommentWonders & blunders
We explore the life and death of urban public space in England and Italy. Guess which country gets the thumbs-up …
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Raising a stink
Taylor Woodrow (the defendant/first Part 20 claimant/third Part 20 defendant) was engaged to carry out improvement works to sewage treatment works owned by Yorkshire (the claimant). Taylor claimed to have appointed Biwater (the second Part 20 defendant/third Part 20 claimant/third Part 20 defendant) as its subcontractor on the terms set ...
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Devil in the details
As the row over the Holyrood cost overruns rumbles on main contractor Bovis puts its side of the story
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Canary Wharf retail: Shop smart
It’s not all about the offices or even about lunch for the people in them. Canary Wharf is now a retail destination – complete with 51,000 m2 of high-street favourites and stylish boutiques
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The simple seven
Tinkering with construction's outdated payment practices is not good enough. So here are a few straightforward steps to radically improve the situation
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FeaturesAfter the floodgates open
The biggest dam in the world, the Three Gorges in China, has started to turn the Yangtze into a 480 km long reservoir. As the water rises, Building considers the tasks still facing the Chinese: completing the dam and building three cities for 1.2 million displaced people
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Amey chairman will face job review in six months' time
Chief executive Mel Ewell speaks for first time since the Ferrovial takeover, and outlines plans for Amey
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FeaturesTower of Babble
As the Swiss Re tower nears completion, the public is busy picking holes in the design and construction work. Building looks at how the erotic gherkin's dominant presence on the London skyline has inspired a wave of urban myths...
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NewsSex offenders free to work on high-risk airport sites
Secret documents reveal that the anti-terror clampdown will not apply to those convicted of bestiality
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The small matter of consent
The respondent, Christian Braun, had successfully overturned, on appeal to the administrative court, a decision by a planning inspector to dismiss his appeals against a listed building enforcement notice in respect of alterations to the interior of his house. He had also overturned the dismissal of his appeal against the ...
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Government may axe skills card in favour of national ID
Home Office believes Construction Skills Certification Scheme could provide model for a national identity card
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NewsHigh-profile banks start to pull out of PFI funding
Abbey National and Bank of America close PFI teams, leaving the sector open to pension fund investment
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Brown: Planning bill is vital for euro entry
Any delay in introducing the planning bill will undermine the chancellor's attempt to make the housing market less volatile, considered vital before euro entry is reassessed next year
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Housebuilders in buyout spree
Persimmon, Alfred McAlpine and Carillion have all made acquisitions in the past week