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Spurs let off the hook on affordable homes
Council report wipes £16m in payments from Tottenham and deletes requirement to provide affordable homes as part of stadium redevelopment
Shepherd Construction chief executive walks out
Richard Vining third boss of £250m turnover business to depart since 2008
BIM adoption rocketing, survey finds
NBS industry survey shows almost a third of professionals now using BIM
Work to secure Olympic park green legacy complete
Environment Agency hails completion of its work with the Olympic Delivery Authority to create new urban park
RCA appoints two heads to School of Architecture
Charles Walker and Ab Rogers join Alex de Rijke as part of the London college’s expansion plans
Profits soar at Foster + Partners
Architect sees profit rise from £1.6m to £10.9m with most work stemming from Far East
Green light for Sheppard Robson's £750m Fitzrovia scheme
Developer offers council extra £2m for affordable housing
Laing O'Rourke's head of UK south moved to HR
The change means two top jobs in Laing O’Rourke UK combined into one
Berkeley and DSDHA housing scheme approved
Luxury £60m residential scheme in Westminster is architect’s biggest ever project
Lawyers warn of illegal retention clauses
Subcontractors are still receiving contracts with illegal payment retention provisions
Council pension fund invests £25m in housing
Manchester council hopes to put in place a pipeline of institutional investment
Willetts backs construction internship campaign
Universities minister supports industry initiative the Pledge
Kier wins £100m Derby housing deal
Kier agrees deal with Homes and Communities Agency and Derby council to create around 700 new homes in Derby.
Miller scoops £129m police PFI project
Contractor named preferred bidder for Avon and Somerset police accommodation scheme
Saudis seek fresh deal to restart Pinnacle
Saudi backer of Pinnacle tower looks to sell a stake in the project in order to restart construction
No marketing rule ‘just needs imagination’, says ODA chairman
Sir John Armitt says contractors can work around Olympic no marketing protocols
OPLC to procure £95m Olympic stadium rebuild
Legacy company will ask interested contractors to pre-qualify ‘before Easter’
Government relaxes carbon targets for new homes
Limiting carbon reduction target on new homes to 8% rather than 25% will lower costs for housebuilders, ministers say
Four shortlisted for MoD's £950m training estate contract
Babcock and Serco on shortlist for contract for the management of MoD training areas, camps and weapons ranges
RMJM voices regret for salary delays
Move by firm follows criticism by former design director Paul Stallan
Glasgow Games village hit by £35m funding gap
Private-sector consortium calls on Glasgow council to back pension fund deal to help make up shortfall on Commonwealth Games village
Balfour and Thales bag £335m Danish rail contract
Balfour Beatty and Thales have won a £335m contract to transform Denmark’s rail signalling system
Richard Diment leaves FMB
The director general of the Federation of Master Builders has left the trade body after an ongoing dispute
Green light for construction on £340m Broadgate job
Contractor Mace set to begin main construction work after British Land rubber stamps tenancy deal with UBS
Arcadis chief executive steps down
Leader of EC Harris deal Harrie Noy to depart after 37 years at the firm
Sheppard Robson's £750m Fitzrovia development at risk
Dispute between developer and council over level of affordable housing on ‘Noho Square’ site puts plan at risk
Housing stats: New build sales, starts and completions in December
The end of the year saw registrations down 31% on 2010 across all sectors
Buro Happold and 3XN unveil Odenplan station entrance
Proposed structure in Stockholm will have curved concrete amphitheatre over underground concourse
Building to host Construction Summit 2012
Summit will feature key ministerial speakers and include sessions on government spending and BIM
RICS fee rise sparks social media backlash
Members took to LinkedIn, Twitter and Building’s website to complain about increased RICS fees and Sean Tompkin’s £98,700 bonus
Shepherd loses first round of High Court case
In a judgement made last week the ruling went against Shepherd, which has launched legal claim against own lawyer Pinsent Masons
Ramboll joins chorus of disapproval over schools BREEAM cut plan
Secretary of state for schools receives third letter of outrage this week
Prince of Wales rebrands his built environment charity
Heir to the throne visits London’s Waterloo to launch the Prince’s Foundation for Building Community
Henry Boot says profit will beat expectations
Contractor issues upbeat trading statement ahead of preliminary results in March
Three Scottish companies fined after fall from height
Electrician’s labourer and athlete left with serious injuries after Dundee fall, court hears
Higgins waives £340k bonus
AGM postponed as Network Rail chief executive pledges money to level crossing safety fund
Green light for £60m Glasgow business development
Bowmer & Kirkland to build 170,000ft2 office block
Escalating delays hit £2bn school building programme
Launch of contracts likely to be put back after scheme is swamped with high volume of bids for funding
Glasgow council approves Games village pension fund plan
Council to act as guarantor under plan by a private-sector consortium to make up £35m funding gap
UK’s first light-weight solar panels open up markets
Carillion becomes first in UK to install lighter form of solar panels that could be used for a wide range of roofs
New finance model to attract £250m into affordable homes
Private company will raise money from investors for affordable homes
Major work on King's Cross station completed
John McAslan + Partners’ lattice-work roof incorporates 1,000 tonnes of steel
Part L changes will fail to boost Green Deal
Industry says loopholes in regulations will enable homeowners to avoid energy improvements
Liverpool trumpets £130m 'city deal'
Three to four ‘city deals’ handing new powers and financial levers to cities expected in March
McLaren on course for 75% increase in turnover
Contractor reveals secured projects of over £380m and attributes growth to new business strategy
Gove has 'ulterior motive' for scrapping BREEAM
Move to scrap green standards for schools driven by the free schools agenda, public procurement chief says
Balfour Beatty workers vote for strike action
Results of Unite ballot of sparks immediately challenged by contractor with High Court hearing next week
Bam Nuttall bags £76m Olympic park rebuild job
Appointment comes as legacy company prepares to procure £95m stadium rebuild
Call to raise green standards of Olympic legacy housing
New Mayoral Development Corporation told current plans will fail to be beacon for sustainability
Scott Brownrigg to design Cardiff's International Sports Village
Architect has won job along with team led by developer Helium Miracle 113
Balfour Beatty strike ballot result expected
Result of Unite ballot due tomorrow as protest mounted in Leeds
HCA fast-tracks 18 schemes for funding
Homes and Communities Agency brings forward 18 housing schemes through Get Britain Building programme
Olympic media centre re-fit to cost £100m
Legacy company real estate boss flags huge redevelopment job post-Games
Morgan Sindall bags £28m waste-to-energy deal
Contract for Yorkshire Water in joint venture with consultant Grontmij
Olympic construction workers recreate masterpiece
‘Bathers’ pose for photographic recreation of 19th century painting
Mitie wins £10.5m Derwent London office job
Scheme at Clerkenwell Green will redevelop 7,500m2 office as Mitie points to ‘buoyant’ work pipeline
Government unveils energy efficiency plans
Minister says new Part L regulations will encourage Green Deal take-up
Energy sector to drive global construction growth
Almost half of industry leaders say the best opportunities are in energy sector
House prices remain flat with market 'dogged by uncertainty'
Hometrack survey shows no month-on-month increase in house prices for 18 months
Exclusive: 13 firms to share £320m HS2 work
Full details released of 13 consultants that will share £320m worth of work on first phase of new high speed rail line
Mace announces roll out of US cost consultancy business
Division will be based in New York and headed up by new managing director Greg Parker
Ramboll to fast track growth through global expansion
UK managing director says global expansion and acquisitions will help firm hit £75m turnover
Sweett Group completes rebrand and continues to diversify
Chief executive says firm will continue to target new markets and sectors
Electrical firms plan to employ fewer skilled workers
Unite accuses contractors of attempting to ‘deskill’ electricians under controversial wage agreement
Multi-storey tower collapses
Tall building in Rio collapses killing at least two following reports of gas explosion
Green schools row heats up
Previous government’s green schools adviser voices concern over move to drop BREEAM standard
