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CommentHansom: Cheap as chips
Zaha explains the £1.3bn Tokyo stadium bill, Beijing prepares to put on the entire Winter Olympics for just £962m, and for a fiver you should be able to slide down Kapoor’s Orbit. But that’s not quite as low as we go
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NewsJLL buys fit-out firm Bluu
JLL has acquired design and fit-out firm Bluu as it expands its Tétris business
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CommentMinding your manors
Ancient manorial rights can affect modern property developments. Here’s what you need to know
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NewsNG Bailey targets turnover of £500m within three years
Contractor grows in confidence on the back of Hinkley win and 92% increase in operating profit
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CommentBundles of fun (not)
Three recent cases have tested the judges’ patience as they waded through bundles so vast that their sole purpose seemed to have been to hinder justice not aid it
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CommentThey’re not making it easy, being green
Has the government lost its way on the path to a low carbon economy?
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FeaturesThe Green Deal: 'A catastrophe from start to finish'
It’s been called the greatest flop of the last parliament. But why did the Green Deal, the government’s flagship retrofit scheme, fail so spectacularly?
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Loggos
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is of a waterfront building on Loggos, a harbourside village on the island of Paxos, Greece
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NewsHousing stats: New-build sales and completions in June 2015
Registrations and completions are up from June 2014 but daily sales are down from this time last year
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NewsNew sponsor for Stirling Prize but still no cash for winner
Property firm Almacantar replaces Brockton
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NewsSouthwark warns against luxury flats at FT's South Bank offices
Former owner of Financial Times warned over potential change of use after it did not include offices in sale of newspaper group
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News£8bn offshore windfarm gets go-ahead
Energy secretary Amber Rudd has given green light to £8bn Dogger Bank Teesside A and B prioject in north east
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NewsAldi to build 130 new stores in £600m expansion
Discount supermarket chain plans to hire 8,000 new staff in expansion plans
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NewsCalifornia High Speed rail boosts WSP
Half-year revenue rises to C$2.9bn on back of contract wins for subsidiary Parson Brinckerhoff
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NewsUS giant buys materials firm National Hickman
National Hickman has been taken over by Masonite International for £52m as US buyers look to invest in stable UK market
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CommentAnd here’s another one
Contractors sending out more than one payment notice in the hope that the employer will fail to respond to one of them with a payless notice, should take heed: the courts will have none of it
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NewsGovernment could face legal action over Green Deal funding axe
Anonymous source says funding cut could lead to potential judicial review challenge
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CommentNow the dust has settled
In less than 11 weeks, the new government has scrapped zero carbon standards and the Green Deal