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Quotes of the year
"The crisis was predictable and probably avoidable. The final confusion in communication made a bad situation worse"Sir Andrew Foster, former chair of the audit commission, gives his verdict on the Learning and Skills Council debacle"He’s a menace to London"George Ferguson, former RIBA president, on Rafael Viñoly"I’ll stay on. A million ...
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NewsA trail of destruction
The year began on a bleak note when it was confirmed on 23 January that the UK had entered recession for the first time since the early nineties
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NewsThis man must be stopped
No hard hat, no high-vis jacket, no harness, and I suspect his reindeer were doing more than 10mph too
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NewsCapita hit with £8m West One writ
Developer Devonshire Green Holdings is suing Capita Symonds for almost £8m in the latest row over the West One mixed-use scheme in Sheffield
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High-speed rail timetable set for March
Detailed plans to build a high-speed rail network in the UK will be announced next spring, transport secretary Andrew Adonis announced on Monday
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Latest construction appointments: 18 December 2009
The London School of Economics has appointed Julian Robinson director of estates and Ken Kinsella director of capital development
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News2009: The year of living nervously
Building’s review of the financial year looks at how housebuilders, contractors and consultants dealt with falling demand and rising debt
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NewsEvergreen: Sarah Wigglesworth's bicycle Christmas tree
Sarah Wigglesworth Architects was commissioned by developer Igloo to create an eco-friendly Christmas tree for a public square in London
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Liquidator to quiz CC members
Member organisations of the Construction Confederation are to be formally investigated by a liquidator, after a judge ordered that the organisation be wound up last Friday
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Mott MacDonald puts Fulcrum to work on Masdar eco-city
Environmental consultant Fulcrum is to be brought in to work on the £13bn Masdar carbon-neutral city in the UAE as the first fruits of its purchase by UK engineer Mott MacDonald
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Carillion director resigns
Carillion has announced that David Hurcomb, its executive director for UK building and the PFI, has resigned from the board and will leave the company
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NewsThe Aedas touch: Mall of the Emirates station
The Mall of the Emirates station, designed by Aedas, is the latest station to be completed in Dubai’s $4.2bn (£2.6bn) Metro project
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Lancsville may lose Croydon job
Lancsville Construction is in talks that could lead to it losing its place on a £28m scheme in Croydon
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A third of UK job cuts over past year were in construction
More people lost their jobs in the construction industry in the third quarter of 2009 than any other UK sector, according to the latest government figures
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News£10m of gardening
Skanska has been appointed to deliver the southern section of parklands in the Olympic park
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DATA: Planning applications in November
Commercial Estates Group was the top client last month, but Persimmon was the busiest
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NewsThe decade's best projects
Here are what we selected as our favourite projects of the past 10 years … plus the results of our reader poll