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NewsThe Cricklewood renaissance
Developers behind the £4.5bn Brent Cross and Cricklewood regeneration scheme have agreed to stump up £1bn in community benefits under a planning agreement with the council
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London boroughs shelve plans to reclaim Olympic planning
London boroughs have abandoned plans to bid to regain control of planning in the Olympic park fringes and Lower Lea Valley from the London Thames Gateway Development Corporation
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OFT drops cases against ‘up to a dozen’ firms
Charges have been dropped against a number of firms investigated as part of the Office of Fair Trading’s inquiry into tender malpractice in the construction industry, following concerns over the evidence offered by one witness
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Commercial activity rises for first time in two years
Commercial development activity has risen for the first time in nearly two years according to research from estate agent Savills
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NewsFirst on the Forth: Building Centre exhibition
This image of the construction of the Forth rail bridge in the 1880s is on display at the Building Centre in London as part of an exhibition celebrating 19th-century engineer Benjamin Baker
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Euston for high-speed terminal
Euston has emerged as the most likely London station for any north–south high-speed terminal, according to sources close to High Speed Two, the firm set up to examine the future of a link.
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New wave of council homes
The government has approved funding of £127m for 47 councils to build 2,000 social homes on 205 sites across the country.
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Pidgley takes the chair
Berkeley shareholders approved the appointment of former chief executive, Tony Pidgley, as chair on 9 September
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Former BP boss a contender for construction adviser job
Lord Browne, the former chief executive of BP, and Sir John Egan are among the latest names to be suggested to the business and innovation department for the role of chief construction adviser
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NewsFun for all: The Forum, University of Hertfordshire
The Forum, an entertainment venue for the University of Hertfordshire, has just opened
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Judge proposes test cases to resolve blacklist legal actions
Workers who are taking legal action against employers on the grounds that they were refused employment after being blacklisted may have their fate decided by three test cases in north-west England
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Join the Global Infrastructure Forum
Marta Gajencka (below left), the vice president of the European Investment bank that this week agreed to lend Crossrail £1bn, is to speak at Building’s Global Infrastructure Forum
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NewsRaffle draw: Raffle City, China by SPARCH
SPARCH, the Asian arm of Archial Group, has unveiled these designs for the 150,000m2 Raffles City mixed-used development in Ningbo, China
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NewsThree consortiums vie for first two Crossrail jobs
Firms including Costain, Skanska, Kier and Vinci bid for tunnelling contracts on £16bn rail project
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NewsInterest rates stick at 0.5%
Signs of recovery are visible, but Bank of England warns that it will be slow
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NewsRedrow to refocus on family homes after £141m loss
Housebuilder to abandon flats for fewer, larger house types in bid to return to profit
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NewsGalliford Try plans £119m rights issue to boost housebuilding
Group plans housebuilding expansion to exploit recovering market after posting £27m full-year loss
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NewsBrent Cross developers to invest £1bn in local area
Investment will fund transport and road and environmental improvements
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NewsCrossrail ticket hall at Farringdon gains approved
Islington council gives green light to hall in station to link new rail link with existing London lines
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NewsHouse prices rise 0.8%, says Halifax
Bank reports that average price has risen to £160,973, after second increase in a row