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News£150m Shepherds Bush market scheme gets nod
Orion Land & Leisure and Development Securities scheme granted outline planning permission
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NewsBarker sets out long-term reform to FIT scheme
Government says new lower FIT rate will be pegged to the falling cost of solar PV
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NewsCH2M Hill wins £5bn Qatar World Cup
UK firms Mace, Arup and T&T thought to be among those to lose out
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NewsTate St Ives architect chosen
Jamie Fobert Architects has won the competition to design a new extension of the Tate gallery’s outpost in St Ives, Cornwall
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NewsHousebuyers 'will pay more for green homes'
NHBC says housebuyers will pay a premium for energy efficiency
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NewsMan at centre of RICS probe lands job at rival
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators employs Wajid Khan, who RICS accuses of ‘inappropriate behaviour’
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NewsBREEAM row divides Whitehall
Gove’s proposal to ditch green standards for school prompts high-level talks across Whitehall
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NewsDesign Council slams Liverpool Waters plan
Design review criticises lack of principles and coherence in masterplan
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NewsAEW hits back at Museum of Liverpool in High Court
Architect’s defence against £3.5m claim for defects says museum overreacted
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CommentThe latest survey of specialists adds weight to recessionary fears
What makes the latest survey of specialist contractors by the trade body NSCC of particular concern is that, for the first time in two years, it hints heavily at recession
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FeaturesHigh Speed 2: Jobs on the line
HS2 has got off to a speedy start by appointing its first-phase consultants in just three weeks. But the real wow-factor of this mega-project is that it could employ thousands of construction workers over more than two decades. Building assesses the opportunities ahead
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NewsMargaret Ford to leave legacy company
Chair of Olympic regeneration body to step down after the Games
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NewsOsborne's infrastructure push 'will fail' surveyors predict
RICS survey casts doubt on plan to boost institutional investment in infrastructure
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NewsSweett Group wins Shard fit-out job
Consultant will oversee administration, planning and quality monitoring of luxury hotel fit-out at top of tower
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NewsLiverpool council opts for mayor
Move paves way for £130m ‘city deal’ that will create first Mayoral Development Corporation outside London
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NewsConstruction firms falling short on apprentices
Nearly three quarters of construction firms do not employ an apprentice and do not plan to do so in the next 18 months, survey finds
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Comment
Is large scale development really a panacea for developers?
Encouraging noises from government means urban extensions, new settlements and, yes, even eco-towns are back on the agenda. But don’t expect them to arrive any time soon
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CommentChallenging the methodology of an adjudicator
The judge took a dim view of this adjudicator adopting a different methodology to calculate a claim to that used by the parties involved, and his decision was not enforced
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NewsDesigns for floating pavilion at Olympics unveiled
Pavilion will be situated on elevated site above the Waterworks River