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NewsWomen and children first
Chivalry is not yet dead for the good folk of Bolton. Dave Billinge snapped a digger driver who, realising his bucket was blocking a footpath, kindly lifted it out of the way. Seems he can’t look either...
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NewsViñoly has another go: Battersea Power Station
This is the latest incarnation of Rafael Viñoly’s proposals for Battersea Power Station in south-west London, which will include 3,700 homes and 1.5 million ft2 of office space
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Wates dropped from £100m prison project
Wates has been dropped from a £100m prison scheme in Leicestershire as part of a Ministry of Justice drive to cut costs
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£1bn scheme to build 25 private hospitals frozen for a year
The construction arm of Europe’s biggest healthcare partnership has delayed a £1bn programme to deliver 25 private hospitals in the UK by at least a year as it seeks new investors
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Crossrail designers appointed
Scott Wilson has been appointed to design Farringdon Crossrail station
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More woe for colleges
The £5bn Learning and Skills Council college-building programme received a fresh setback this week after more colleges applied for new funding than was expected
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Wimbledon wrangle continues
Building Design Partnership has filed a claim saying it will seek damages from contractor Galliford Try if found liable over defects to Wimbledon’s media centre.
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NewsThe new temp: PVC pavilion
Lock Rennie has won a competition to design a temporary pavilion made of lightweight PVC fabrics for regional development agency Yorkshire Forward
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Cabe lambasting leads to 2012 media centre redesign
The design of the media centre for the Olympic Games has been overhauled after Cabe branded it “extremely weak”
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NewsZaha, queen of the desert: Cairo's Stone Towers
Zaha Hadid has won a competition to design a 525,000m2 development in Cairo known as the Stone Towers
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Developer Modus fails
The holding company of Manchester-based commercial developer Modus Ventures has been put into administration after the collapse of two major schemes
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NewsMarket forecast: Hamiltons' Smithfield office building
Hamiltons’ £90m office next to Smithfield market in the City of London has been given the go-ahead by the City Corporation
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Employers' body warns Unite not to encourage further strikes
An employers’ group has written to the Unite union warning it not to encourage further wildcat strikes on construction sites
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NewsGreat Dane
Construction has begun on Tietgens Ærgrelse, a housing development in Copenhagen designed by London practice Tony Fretton Architects
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Correction
In last week’s article “£1bn green power station two years behind schedule” (page 9), a quote from Jeff Chapman of the Carbon Capture and Storage Association – “the industry can only take so much messing about” – was attributed to Martin Grant of Atkins
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Camden BSF shortlist
Teams led by BAM and Bouygues have been shortlisted for the £250m Camden Building Schools for the Future programme
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Contractor liquidated
Pierse Contracting, a subsidiary of property developer Pierse Group, has gone into liquidation
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JCT snubbed
Supporters of the JCT standard construction contract have criticised the government for creating a “monopoly in construction contracts” by endorsing only the NEC format
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NewsBecause we care
A £15m health and well-being centre in Hull designed by HLM Architects has been given the green light
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NewsCitywatch: Wishful thinking
There were two pieces of good news for housebuilders this week; the Nationwide building society said house prices rose 1.2% in May and there was some encouraging purchasing data