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FeaturesCost study: Warwick University International Manufacturing Centre
Partnering and value engineering helped slice 5% off time and cost on the third phase of Warwick University’s International Manufacturing Centre. This Movement for Innovation demonstration project is reviewed by Warwick University, Edward Cullinan Architects and Northcroft
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Making progress
Where can young engineers sort out any worries they have about their careers and talk about their futures? Roger McLaughlin has the answer
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FeaturesAppointments
ConsultantsBLB Architects has made five appointments. Simon Blakemore, Diana Earls, Chantal Cudd, Anthony Doughty and Sarah Dancaster have joined the Redditch office. In addition, Suzanne Clark (left) joins as marketing manager.Bristol-based building consultant Osmond Tricks has appointed Chris Miles, previously with Watts and Partners and Vincent Cochran, formerly with Parsons ...
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FA will sign Wembley deal ... but not until August
FA agrees £420m loan with German bank, but work will not start on national stadium until deal is closed.
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NewsSporting circles
Sporting circles: Regent’s Park, London, is to get a circular sports pavilion designed by David Morley Architects, Building’s young architect of the year. The scheme will be the centrepiece of a £3.5m masterplan for the Royal Parks, which will rationalise the grade I-listed northern playing fields and introduce more meadowland. ...
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NewsSOM makes London its European headquarters
Staff numbers double as US architectural giant makes London office focus of European ambitions.
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FeaturesRio grandeur
More than 1600 attendees were given a taste of the Brazilian carnival at last Wednesday’s Building Awards, held at the Grosvenor House Hotel. Rory Bremner was there in flesh, and Prince Charles in spirit, to present 18 industry prizes – including a lifetime achievement award to Sir Frank Lampl
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FeaturesRobert Ashmead
The House Builders Federation may have softened its antagonistic approach to negotiations, says Elaine Knutt, but since president Robert Ashmead roared on to the scene on his Harley Davidson six months ago, you know it still has attitude.
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NewsBlow to housing quotas as firms drop Lambeth scheme
Manhattan Loft and St George walk away from Lambeth project because of costs of providing social housing.
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NewsWillmott expands fit-out division
Willmott Dixon has added a design and space-planning arm to its fit-out division to create a more comprehensive service, writes Gordon Jon Thompson.
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CABE and Prince launch hospital design panel
New hospital PFI schemes will be reviewed for their design quality by a panel led by architecture watchdog CABE.
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‘Predator ‘Westbury defies pressure to buy
Housebuilder Westbury says it will not be rushed into making an acquisition, despite City pressure on the sector to consolidate.
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NewsHistoric buildings to get Part L escape clause
English Heritage guidance says extensions should not have to comply with new thermal regulations.
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Europe's first plastic bridge system to get road test
Oxfordshire bridge will use revolutionary Mouchel-designed ASSET system to slash build time and costs.
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Developers line up for £400m Canada Water plan
Persimmon, St George, Wimpey, Amec and Urban Catalyst bid for south-east London docks scheme.
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Crest Nicholson still hunting buyer for Pearce
Crest Nicholson is understood to be seeking more bids for contracting arm Pearce despite receiving offers for the business in late March.
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Insurer wavers on quality mark
Insurer Royal & Sun Alliance has delayed a decision about supporting the government's anti-cowboy quality mark scheme on the grounds that its own contractor vetting process is better.
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A fiasco in extra time
'Ere we go, 'ere we go, 'ere we go – again. It came as no surprise to the construction or soccer fraternities that the latest round of the epic Wembley Stadium fixture slipped into extra time this week (page 11). As the government's 30 April deadline passed, a German bank ...
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Arsenal guns for stadium sponsorship deal
Arsenal FC is considering raising money for the £300m stadium in Islington, north London, by naming it after a company.
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NewsLight exercise
Light exercise: This Feilden Clegg Bradley-designed sports science centre for the University of Gloucester has received government funding for its solar roof. The scheme is one of 18 projects to be awarded a share of the £4m grant. The £9.25m centre will comprise teaching facilities, a sports science building and ...