All Building articles in 29 July 2011
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NewsPaddington station contract £100m under budget
Skanska and Costain win the Crossrail job with price 40% below lowest estimates.
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NewsNightingale Associates unveils Malaysian hospital design
Architect reveals plans for luxury 400-bed scheme
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NewsMuseum of London plans £4.5m project
Architect sought to design extension and refurbishment of Roman gallery
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NewsNew chief executive for Infrastructure UK
Ex-HSBC man becomes head of government infrastructure body
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FeaturesMargaret Ford: After the Games
For the Olympic Park Legacy Company, the end of the Games is just the beginning - that’s when its £315m transformation of the site will begin. Chair of the body Margaret Ford tells Building about its new powers, what’s up for grabs, and about her ’crazy’ past two weeks
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NewsLife aquatic: The Olympics aquatic centre
In the week that marked a year to go to the 2012 Olympics the construction of Zaha-Hadid designed Olympic aquatics centre was completed
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FeaturesOlympics: a year to go
We’re on the last lap and so far it’s all gone rather well, with projects coming in on time and under budget. Job done, then? You’ve got to be kidding. Emily Wright looks at where we’re at and what’s still to do
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Hill appoints vice-president and managing director
As RICS benevolent fund LionHeart elects a new chair and vice-chair and appoints a chief executive
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NewsMetro Design Consultants went under owing £1.2m
Administrator’s report reveals extent of firm’s debt when it went into administration
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NewsLondon Underground sues tube upgrade lawyers for £141m
London Underground is suing lawyer for alleged negligence over PPP contract
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Construction appointments: 29 July 2011
This week, Shepherd FM, Hill International and Revitaglaze are among firms to have made new appointments
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News£90m PFI hospital on hold as trusts review finances
Viability of PFI projects under scrutiny despite last week’s announcement of £1.3bn pipeline
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NewsEC Harris to target acquisitions by end of year
Firm plans to scale up ahead of market flotation in 2014
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CommentAdjudicators: I've started so I'll finish
A referral may get ’lost in the post’ or a party may simply refuse to serve it but that doesn’t stop the adjudicator from deciding a case and making an award
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NewsAecom poaches Arup boss in latest raid on rival
Another blow for Arup as senior partner David Glover follows sports team in move to engineer
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CommentAll mapped out
Open mike The UK is in danger of losing its way when it comes to local energy generation projects. But an energy map can guide councils and landowners to a low-carbon future, says Robert Shaw