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CommentHansom: Choose wisely
There are lessons to be learnt as one firm backs publicly disgraced figures, a despot is credited with building monstrosities and a property tycoon may regret reaching for the shaving foam
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NewsMPs’ committee blasts planning changes
Report criticises changes to the planning system for allowing unsustainable development and urges reform
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NewsShaylor bullish on profit and turnover
Chief executive Stephen Shaylor says diversification strategy will put firm back to 2010 levels
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NewsCPA warns of gloomy 2012 for construction
Predictions for output revised down and emphasis put on need for strong private sector recovery
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NewsYRM to operate as separate studio after RMJM takeover
Architecture specialist to work as ‘YRM-Lab’, with few staff transferring to Scottish-based firm
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NewsCouncils’ objections throw doubt on 2012 legacy plans
Four bordering authorities voice concerns over OPLC’s focus on housing for the park
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CommentDeals in writing: Noel's house party poopers
TV presenter Noel Edmonds learnt the hard way that if a deal’s not put in writing, it’s a no deal
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FeaturesCountry focus: The Balkans
The republics of the former Yugoslavia were hit hard by the global recession in 2009, and now the EU debt crisis is threatening their recovery. Sasa Trajkovic from EC Harris reports
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CommentHow Britain can control its own destiny
While Europe is turning into a technocracy, at least the British public still has some say in its own affairs - and a chance to challenge the government’s austerity drive, says David Blunkett
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Inbox: Set in motion
Readers offer a solution to propel feed-in tariffs to success, draw up a plan to help small builders and extol the virtues of forward-thinking projects such as the McLaren factory
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Construction appointments: 6 January 2012
This week,Vauxhall Nine Elms regeneration scheme and Dorsey & Whitney are among firms have made new appointments
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NewsMivan's wins £3.5m job on luxury London hotel
Foster + Partners-designed hotel in Covent Garden will open in time for the Olympics
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CommentMy digital life ... Gareth Moores
An app that tells you where the nearest Starbucks is is this managing director’s vice …
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FeaturesPredictions for 2012: The year of the groundhog
So what does 2012 have in store? Well, there’s the Olympics, of course, and some potentially interesting developments in nuclear power and infrastructure. But mostly it will be a year of battening down the hatches. There will be recklessly low bids for work, some firms will go under, others will ...
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FeaturesCanada's bold new library: Can we borrow it?
A city near Vancouver has taken a bold approach with its new public library - throwing out traditional study spaces and pioneering design by social media. Could it provide a template for our own beleaguered institutions? Ike Ijeh reports
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CommentThe practices of funders' lawyers in 2011
Funders’ lawyers are imposing onerous terms on contractors, passing them off as ‘market standard’. Here’s the kind of shenanigans they got up to last year
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NewsSolar installations collapse as FIT subsidy cut bites
Installations fall two thirds in last week of 2011 compared with 2010, government figures reveal