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FeaturesMy kind of town
Why waste time designing a mere building when you can create your own city? When you're done, you can stroll through the boulevards, or even shoot 300 m into the air for a bird's eye view. Andy Pearson ponders on the practicalities of playing God
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NewsMajor players fare badly in housebuilders' league
Housing Forum remains positive about survey's success, despite few improvements on 2000 ratings.
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HSE tests ground for industry health scheme
Pilot studies into practicality of national scheme will examine issues such as stress and asbestosis.
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Bishopsgate listing could stop East London Line plans
The listing of a viaduct in central London would almost certainly kill off the extension of the East London Underground Line, according to a leading engineer on the project and a Strategic Rail Authority report.
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NewsO'Rourke trials system-built package on Dartford HQ
New offices to be test-bed and showroom for component-based prefab system aimed at developers.
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Bexhill to be mini-Barcelona
As much as £400m could be pumped into the run-down south-coast resorts of Hastings and Bexhill to transform them into a vibrant mini-Barcelona.
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Wimpey: no further acquisitions imminent
Housebuilder Wimpey has ruled itself out of mergers or acquisitions in the short term, claiming it is concentrating on integrating McAlpine Homes into the group. Wimpey bought the company for £463m last October.
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NewsReaching out:
Reaching out: Ulster University’s community outreach centre recently opened as part of the £70m Springvale Education Village, the university’s fifth campus which is being developed to house 4500 students. The £4m centre in north Belfast includes a library, cafeteria, performance space, seminar rooms and offices, and covers 2200 m2. The ...
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CABE defends plans for BBC revamp
Government design watchdog CABE has hit back at Westminster council’s criticisms of proposals for the £200m redevelopment of the BBC’s Broadcasting House in central London. In a planning meeting two weeks ago, Westminster council told architect MacCormac Jamieson Prichard it would have to change its designs if the scheme was ...
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BAA to update Heathrow
BAA has begun talks with airline federation the Star Alliance which could lead to the redesign of Terminals 1, 2 and 3 at Heathrow.
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Falling profit margins hit industry
Building contractors and civil engineering firms have been hit by declining profit margins, according to the latest figures released by the Construction Confederation.
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HSE cracks down on south coast sites
The Health and Safety Executive stopped work on 20 sites in Poole and Bournemouth during a two-day blitz last week.
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NewsSafe bet
Safe bet: A public exhibition for this £15m casino project in Guildford has just ended. Architect Scott Brownrigg + Turner was chosen by an unnamed local client to develop the project, which is expected to benefit from likely liberalisation of licensing and gaming regulations. Structural engineer on the project is ...
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Contracts
Gleeson wins Bellway dealMJ Gleeson has won a £5.8m contract from housebuilder Bellway Homes to build 87 apartments on West Street and Trippett Lane in Sheffield.North Midland gets sewage jobCivil engineering firm North Midland Construction has been awarded a £6.8m contract by Severn Trent Water to work on phase three ...
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NewsA beautiful Seoul
A beautiful Seoul: Architect Kohn Pedersen Fox has been chosen to design a cultural centre for Ilsan, in north-western Seoul, South Korea. The 54,000 m2 site will include a 2000-seat opera house, 1500-seat concert hall, library, exhibition hall and sports centre. The design-and-build project, undertaken in conjunction with Samsung Construction, ...
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New head for DTI’s construction division
The civil servant who oversaw progress on the troubled quality mark scheme has been appointed the new head of the DTI construction division.
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Grosvenor bags £1bn Bath regeneration deal
Grosvenor, the Duke of Westminster's property company, has been selected as the development partner on the largest regeneration project outside London – the £1bn Western Riverside project in Bath.
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FeaturesThe talented Mr Ripply
An open air museum in Sussex has charted timber-frame from Tudors and traditional cottages to arrive at a new architectural idiom for the countryside
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Carillion is greenest contractor, says survey
Carillion is the most environmentally friendly contractor, according to a survey published this week.