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NewsBenoy's £200m Telford scheme wins planning
Project for developer Sovereign Land expected to generate 1,000 construction jobs
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CommentThe benefit of experience
Age may not lead to wisdom, but looking back at her days as a junior solicitor Ann Minogue finds that she now has some of the answers to the things she did not understand back then
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CommentWonders and Blunders with Richard Shennan
Richard Shennan is restored by the sight of the Royal College of Physicians building in Regent’s Park, but Calatrava’s Valencia opera house gives a poor performance in the long term
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CommentMy digital life … Professor David Philp
Mace’s head of BIM likes to send out culinary tweets, wishes he had a ‘Hackintosh’ and stays away from Facebook
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NewsLabour inspectors barred at Vinci’s Qatar site
International inspectors gathering evidence on conditions of Qatar construction workers turned away by officials
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CommentGlobal measurement standards are key to recovery
By creating a level playing field for the way property is measured, valued and reported in financial statements we’re likely to see a more stable global market
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NewsMajority of individuals on blacklist still need to be identified
Over four-fifths of people on construction blacklist remain unidentified almost five years after its discovery
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CommentChoose your weapon
A contractor used a procedural trap to try to torpedo an adjudicator’s decision against it. Unfortunately for the contractor, it blew up in its face
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CommentThorns in the green shoots
Contractors are still using some of the dirty tricks they learned in the depths of recession to squeeze supply chains. But they may not get away with it for much longer
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CommentUnchartered territory
There’s plenty of enthusiasm among sustainability professionals, but it may take a new professional chartership to make our message heard
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NewsFive firms to compete for Horizon nuclear framework
Exclusive: Firms in running to provide services including site development, planning and waste management on £10bn Wyfla nuclear project
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FeaturesFrom the archive: The Crystal Palace
As London prepares for the Crystal Palace to rise again, we take a look back into our archive at how the project was received first time around
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CommentHS2: Full steam ahead
The case for HS2 is strong, but successful delivery will depend on investing in the right cost and project management skills - not to mention getting cross-party concensus
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CommentHansom: Getting physical
This week, we bust our guts at Hackney’s Boxing Academy, get our tongues in an acronymic twist, put our foot down on bottoms, and get our rocks off with construction’s finest bands
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FeaturesModern methods of construction: Material change?
Will the surge in demand lead to a permanent shift towards modern methods of construction?
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CommentCurb your enthusiasm
The construction industry has reason to be optimistic but now is not the time to sit back and celebrate
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CommentMiliband's energy pledge may increase infrastructure cost
Labour leader’s promise to freeze cost has arguably increased the risks for investors wanting to fund low carbon generation
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NewsPatsy Byrne's eldest son takes helm at Byrne Group
Michael Byrne has been appointed chief executive of Byrne Group, following the death of Patsy Byrne
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NewsNew Libyan arts centre opens
A new arts and cultural centre has opened in the heart of Tripoli, Libya
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NewsContractors sign-up to tackle Green Deal interest rate
Carillion and Keepmoat among 17 firms working on ways to remove finance as a barrier to taking-up the scheme