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CommentWhat makes a healthy city?
The vitality of our cities is the theme of this week’s World Architecture Day and one area we can make a difference as a profession is in the quality of elite and community sports venues
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NewsCable calls for 'help to build, not help to buy'
Business secretary says borrowing more to invest in housebuilding and infrastructure is ‘no brainer’ and hits out at government’s Help to Buy scheme
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NewsArup wins key role on Tokyo Olympics
Consultant to review masterplan and work with Aecom on venue designs and legacy transformation
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FeaturesWhat to specify: M&E
This week’s M E products include a video fire detection system that has been installed at the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight hangar, and a new heating system for the Humberside Police HQ in Hull
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NewsLib Dems pledge 50,000 homes in garden cities
Party says homes will be built along route of a reopened Oxford to Cambridge train line
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NewsSweett boss exits after 34 years with firm
Chief executive Dean Webster brings forward retirement and departs with immediate effect
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NewsBeijing CCTV designer eyes London studio
Former OMA partner Ole Scheeren, the designer behind Beijing’s iconic CCTV Building, considering launching a London studio
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CommentLADs: Sharing the pain
Recent cases may prompt employers to increase the liquidated damages they seek from contractors, who in turn may be more inclined to pass them down to subcontractors
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CommentWhere next for Balfour?
After a fifth profit warning in two years, the firm needs to rebuild trust with the City, as well as with clients and suppliers.
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CommentSingapore is running hot
The gateway to booming South-east Asia, Singapore also has a thriving construction market in its own right
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CommentWhat vacuum cleaners can teach us about zero carbon homes
The industry needs to ensure the low carbon products and services it supplies actually do what they claim
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NewsBoris gives go-ahead to Mount Pleasant scheme
Mayor of London approves controversial development on site currently occupied by Royal Mail sorting office in Farringdon
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NewsGovernment to claw back Hinkley construction underspend
European Commission demands UK impose more provisions to recover taxpayers’ money
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NewsVinci picks new UK construction boss
Vinci has appointed a new chairman and chief executive to its UK construction business
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NewsGovernment ups renewables budget to £300m
Subsidy for renewable power projects increased under energy market reforms
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NewsAmec warns of impact of currency headwinds
Engineer says revenue and profit in 2014 will be hit by the strength of the pound
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NewsBam Nuttall facing fresh £31m busway claim
Council given advice that contractor should pay to fix a string of defects on the scheme
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NewsMiller Homes shelves plan to float
Miller Homes blames ‘volatility in the financial markets’ for decision to call off plan to float on stock market
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News'NHS could save £1.5bn through better use of estate'
EC Harris report reveals massive variation between the best and the worst run NHS trusts