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In the shadow of the gun
Suicide bombings, aggressive security, rising tension, paranoia … Just how tempting does the money have to be to persuade British firms to work in the Middle East? Building examines the risks and rewards
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Let's not go to Austria!
Want to avoid adjudication by inserting a clause into your contract that any dispute must be settled in another country? Don't pack the passport quite yet...
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The end of the lines
The government's promise to plug broadband pipes into every new home in the UK looked like forward thinking a few years ago. Now it seems hopelessly out of date. Building keeps pace with the wireless revolution
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The ice queen
Zaha Hadid has broken free from restraints of architecture with this sinuous, arctic installation in a Viennese gallery
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David Curry
The government is thinking of awarding social housing grants to private builders. Cue gasps of disbelief from housing associations
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Construction firms top the great unloved
Construction companies are among the most undervalued on the stock exchange, according to a report by business adviser RSM Robson Rhodes
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Just the job
Barbara Irwin of Turner & Townsend explains how she went from PA to project manager
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Kier scores eight to take first place in April
Contracts worth £55m help Kier to the number one spot, but Bovis Lend Lease dominates the yearly results
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Laing sues over disabled access
Developer John Laing Partnership is suing structural engineer SDP for £800,000 after wheelchair ramps it designed for a housing project in south London were found to be too steep and narrow
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Design champion for South-east housing
Regional design champion the Kent Architecture Centre is to open two branches in south-east England
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NewsBig science
Pascall + Watson Architects has received planning permission for these two neighbouring buildings for the London Metropolitan University. One is a science centre, which will house the largest flexible teaching laboratory in the UK; the other will contain the National Archive for Voluntary Action. QS is Davis Langdon & Everest, ...
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Up ladder, down snake
In this month's Tracker, Building reports that although growth in activity picked up between February and March, it is expected slow down over the next quarter
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Focus on the regions
A closer look at activity levels and order books in 11 regions around the UK, from the sunny spots of the South-west, the East Midlands and Scotland, to the chill winds of Northern Ireland and the South-east.
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NewsFreestyle design
S&P Architects has drawn up a series of scenarios for how London might accommodate swimming competitions at the 2012 Olympics. These include (from left to right): a new-build adaptable stadium that can transform itself from a football pitch to an Olympic pool format; a temporary pool installed in an existing ...
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NewsCatching the breeze
Architecture, engineering and design group Aukett has submitted a detailed planning application on behalf of Trent Developments for a 66,714 m2 urban quarter on the seafront at Folkestone, Kent. The 7.1 ha site will incorporate 600 flats, a cinema, and 80,000 m2 of retail space. The curved, sail-like facades of ...
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Union warns on corporate killing law
The government's proposed corporate manslaughter bill will be undermined by lack of funding, the safety inspectors' union warned this week
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NHS whittles hospital teams down to 16
NHS Estates has narrowed the field for its £1.4bn-a-year national Procure 21 hospital building programme
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Procurement chief Roche to quit Laing O'Rourke
Contractor Laing O'Rourke is to lose group procurement director Gus Roche
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LandSec denies boss move
Developer Land Securities has quashed rumours that director John Anderson is to join rival Chelsfield