All articles by George Hay
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Ken signs up green architects
London mayor Ken Livingstone this week signed up two top architects to help set tough BedZED-style targets, as he called on UK construction to make sustainability the key priority.
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NewsODPM slashes CABE training budget 55%
The government’s commitment to a sustainable communities agenda was in doubt this week after it emerged that architecture watchdog CABE has had its training budget cut by more than half
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No framework for 2012 Olympics
The London 2012 bid team has ruled out appointing a framework of contractors and consultants – the method used at Heathrow’s Terminal 5 – to deliver the facilities for the 2012 Olympic Games
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FeaturesMoney down the drain
This is the story of how it took six years, £40m and many public punch-ups between the council, Mowlem and Grimshaw to build a smallish public leisure amenity in Bath. And it’s still not built. We tell the story, and reports on Mowlem’s plan to put an end to it ...
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FeaturesWhere next for Britain’s biggest architect?
Peter Drummond, the new chief of Building Design Partnership, is looking for another £35m of business …
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NewsGrimshaw the latest firm to unveil plans for succession
Sir Nicholas set to become chairman for life and external ambassador, as Goldschmied ponders life after RRP
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BBC to build regional HQ in Liverpool regeneration area
Developer will rehouse broadcaster after £750m Paradise Street redevelopment gets go-ahead from ODPM
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Property firm enters regeneration field
Property firm MacDonald Egan has launched a development arm that will focus on delivering regeneration schemes
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Europe's public projects delayed by language barrier
European tender system is stalled by requirement to translate projects into languages of new member states
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£550m estate job attracts bids
Developers and registered social landlords are lining up to bid for the redevelopment of Kidbrooke, in south-east London, one of the capital's most notorious estates
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Homes key to Reading Gateway
A joint venture between developer St James and landowner Thames Water is to deliver the residential component of the proposed Reading Gateway development
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RICS says Prescott's housing renewal plans 'lack clarity'
Report criticises ODPM for lack of joined-up thinking and says it has not checked if schemes offer good value
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NewsMorrell issues RICS ultimatum
Davis langdon partner Paul Morrell this week slammed the RICS for its "lack of respect for construction" and called for reform
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NewsBilfinger Berger to lose up to 90 staff in PFI shift
German contractor restructures its British operations as it gears up for large infrastructure contracts
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NewsViñoly and Urban Catalyst to bid for £2bn Docklands wharf
Signature architect Rafael Viñoly joins forces with leading developer to bid for Wood Wharf megaproject
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FeaturesGordon's spring surprise
Mr Brown's Budget statement included a reference to the creation of CIPER, a forum where top dogs from the construction industry and the government can talk turkey. But wasn't that why the strategic forum was created?
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NewsRogers hits out at Brown forum
The government's proposed construction forum, has come under fire after it emerged that senior industry figures had not been consulted on its formation
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NewsFoster loses third man to Make
A key Foster and Partners architect has defected to Make, the practice set up at the end of last year by Ken Shuttleworth, Lord Foster's former right-hand man
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Civil service dispersal 'could cut terror threat in London'
Author of report on regeneration says moving civil servants out of capital could reduce risk around Whitehall
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Complaint over conflict of interests sparks CABE probe
Government investigates architectural watchdog after allegations from a South Kensington resident