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NewsTop 10 fictional architects on TV and film
From Gary Cooper’s portrayal of the ultimate architect’s hero in The Fountainhead to Paul Newman battling to save the day in The Towering Inferno…
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NewsCarillion boss bags £608,000 bonus
John McDonough takes home total of £1.42m, dwarfing the £1m earned by Balfour chief Ian Tyler
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NewsBuilding launches Economist blogs with Budget special
Building has assembled an expert panel of construction economists to bring you no-nonsense analysis of the latest data
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NewsPersimmon sales volumes exceed expectations
But pricing and margins remain under pressure at housebuilder
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NewsCarbon capture to be compulsory for coal power stations
Energy minister announces plans to make Britain ‘world leader’ in clean technology
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NewsBudget 2009: 'Value drive' in highways and health programmes
Small print reveals government will build fewer hospitals and re-tender highway jobs
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NewsAnimation: How Wimbledon's sliding roof works
Short film on the 3,000 tonne roof explains why rain will no longer stop play on Centre Court
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NewsPrisons building to be privatised
Large parts of prison service will be run by private sector as government attempts to cut public sector costs
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NewsPlanning levy delayed by six months
Community infrastructure levy will now come into force next April so housing industry can recover
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NewsFreddie Mac finance chief found dead
Suicide the apparent cause of death as US lending giant remains under investigation for accounting methods
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NewsPopulous wins Olympics overlay contract
Architect formerly known as HOK Sport joins forces with Allies and Morrison and Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands to design temporary features for 2012 London Games
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NewsRenewable energy industry gets £45m gap funding
Low Carbon Building Programme extended to tide industry over until feed-in tariffs kick in; plus new £4bn line of credit from European Investment Bank
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NewsWolseley shareholders buy 98% of £1bn rights issue
Building materials group will use cash to reduce net debt of £2.5bn
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NewsBudget 2009: Building's reaction
Editor Denise Chevin sums up the industry's mixed reaction to the chancellor's speech
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NewsFive bid for £500m revamp of Tottenham Court Road station
Balfour Beatty, Costain, Laing O'Rourke, Taylor Woodrow and a Skanska/Mace joint venture all in the running
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NewsBudget earmarks £350m to boost energy efficiency in existing stock
Industry disappointed by allocation for refurbishment measures to reduce carbon emissions
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News£1.2bn jobs and training boost for under-25s
Young people out of work for a year will be guaranteed a six-month placement
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NewsBudget 2009: Chancellor pledges £500m to restart frozen projects
But economy will contract by 3.5% and public borrowing will reach £175bn in 2009
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NewsScaffolding for a tight Budget
With cost cutting on everybody's mind on Budget day, here's a novel idea from Staffordshire – make your own scaffolding!
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NewsBudget 2009: the industry responds
Industry figures offer their responses to Alistair Darling's budget