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CommentLearning from the flooding
We need to develop a multi-disciplinary approach to reduce future flooding risks
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CommentBuilding a resilient future
What did we learn at Ecobuild about how buildings can be made to cope with rising temperatures?
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NewsCapita team wins £400m defence estate role
Capita-led team has won the prestigious £400m plus job to partner with the Ministry of Defence’s estate arm
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NewsTender prices to rise 30% over next five years
Latest BCIS tender price index predicts inflation
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NewsQueen’s stonemason falls into administration
Administrator IRL confirms firm that worked on Buckingham Palace is in administration
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NewsGreen light for Palace of Westminster education centre
Architect Feilden and Mawson’s plans for a dedicated education centre at the Place of Westminster have been given the go-ahead by planners
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NewsCarillion JV wins £87m Oxford-London rail job
Joint venture between Carillion and Buckingham Group to build new line between London and Oxford
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NewsCostain wins £150m Crossrail job
Costain has won a £150m contract to build the infrastructure and stations for the Crossrail between Stratford in East London and Shenfield, in Essex
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NewsCrane collapses on Balfour Beatty London tower site
Worker injured after a crane collapses on Balfour Beatty’s £110m Providence Tower site in London’s Docklands
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NewsMinisters told it's 'critical' to draft Part L 2016 now
Exclusive: Industry leaders unite to urge action after government fails to schedule meeting to discuss future of energy regulations
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CommentLetters of intent: Cruel intentions
Parties can find themselves skating on thin ice when they proceed under a letter of intent and inevitably fail to finalise a formal contract
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CommentCourtwell Properties Limited vs Greencore PF (UK) Limited: Part 36 offers
It was open to Courtwell to apply for indemnity costs if they could show that Greencore’s behaviour in the dispute had been unreasonable to a high degree. But on the evidence both sides were at fault
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CommentWhy did Brits build the modern world?
What is it about the UK that spawned the likes of Rogers, Foster, Hopkins, Grimshaw and Farrell?
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CommentWe need to work together on apprenticeships
Only by avoiding the ‘skills timebomb’ can construction reap the rewards of recovery
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NewsInterserve bags £150m private finance schools
Interserve has won the £150m job to build the first batch of privately-financed schools to be built under the government’s flagship school building programme
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NewsPeter Rees exits City to become Bartlett professor
Planner who reshaped the Square Mile over 29 years will leave next month
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NewsGovernment admits its retrofit cuts will cost 14,000 jobs
Government’s impact assessment on its proposed changes to Energy Companies Obligation shows spending will be slashed by £900m, costing 14,000 jobs
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CommentWonders and blunders with Neill Werner
Neill Werner is blown away by the organic detailing of Gaudí’s House of Bones, but wonders why Herzog de Meuron had to cut the power at Tate Modern
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NewsKier wins £45m Cheltenham racecourse job
Kier was won the job to build a £45m grandstand at Cheltenham Racecourse
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NewsLukewarm reaction to new planning guidance
Planners concerned pro-development stance has been watered down