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CommentRise in new orders provides some solace, but they remain at very low levels
Latest data shows that while there are signs of improvement the need for much greater improvement is clear
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NewsGovernment guarantee for £1bn Crossrail trains scrapped
Procurement of new fleet of Crossrail trains will now be 100% publically-funded
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NewsNew construction orders on the rise
Total new orders show second consecutive quarter-on-quarter increase, but infrastructure falls 15%
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NewsRetail focus pays off for Hammerson
Firm reports 2% rise in like-for-like rental income after £627m of office disposals
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NewsQuintain wins planning for first Greenwich homes
Royal Borough of Greenwich approves first 500 of 10,000 homes
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FeaturesSir Terry Leahy: The Other Side of the Checkout
Sir Terry Leahy was one of the industry’s toughest clients as boss of Tesco. Now he’s become an investor in green building technology - and he wants your business
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CommentHere’s one I made earlier
If a project involves two separate but related disputes, is it fair for one of the parties to send the second adjudicator the first one’s decision?
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CommentMy digital life … Michael Robinson
The head of building consultancy at Gerald Eve on forgetting his Blackberry, keeping in touch with relatives abroad, and what he’d do if he won the lottery
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News3PM to project manage new Wellcome Trust facilities
Consultant will work on two facilities for charity’s Genome Campus
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NewsVéo Melawati: 3DReid grows in Malaysia
Architect reveals plans for luxury apartment, designed for Malaysian developer Sime Darby Property
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NewsRetail and real estate bosses latest to leave Davis Langdon
Exclusive: Departures mean half of Davis Langdon’s former equity partners have gone since Aecom takeover
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NewsGlobal report makes business case for green building
World Green Building Council research asserts that ‘cost premium’ of eco-friendly construction is not as high as the industry assumes
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NewsCrossrail under pressure as fresh blacklist link emerges
Exclusive: Link between HR manager and The Consulting Association prompts renewed calls for investigation
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NewsHousing stats: New build sales and completions in January 2013
Completions have fallen in the first month of 2013 compared with December across all the regions
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CommentLegal brief: Resident or non-resident?
Westfields Construction Limited vs Clive Lewis shows at what point the Court should assess whether or not a defendant occupies a property
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NewsEight of the latest healthcare products
A range of remedies for hospitals, surgeries and care homes, including hygienic vinyl flooring, ‘waveform’ curtain walling and modular building systems for straitened public sector budgets
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CommentHansom: Just the job
This working week, you may be asked to eat some smoked salmon, read thousands of pages on HS2, star in a Chinese sitcom, or listen to deafening drilling while trying to write your diary column
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CommentWonders and blunders with Andy Ford
Andy Ford is thrilled by Heatherwick Studio’s UK Pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai Expo, but infuriated by Zaha Hadid’s Olympic aquatics centre
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FeaturesThe HCA: 'It's time to deliver'
Does the appointment of new chief executive Andy Rose end a period of uncertainty for the HCA?