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Hansom: Fruit loops
Though life’s no bowl of cherries for construction, our resilient colleagues have been going bananas on the 2012 site, tapping away on BlackBerries and spilling raspberry juice over a top chef’s kitchen
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NewsHousing Stats: New build sales and completions in June 2010
This month’s data reveals a softening of the housing market as private completions drop on last yearRegional completions June 2010New-build, sales, registrations and completions
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Schools are too expensive ...
The number of people involved and the massive fees that are paid, no wonder the cost of the schools is off the scale
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Let's get falls to fall
Recently released Health and Safety Executive figures, showing that worker deaths were down from 178 fatalities in 2008/09 to 151 in 2009/10, are testament to the work of safety practitioners across the UK
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Have glass, won't travel
Here’s a new feature concept: “Building buys a pint for … anyone outside London.”
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Q+A from the Building forum
Building’s Forum regulars don’t always focus on serious topics. This week, something from the busy General Chit-chat section
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CommentA bridge too far
Simon Whitehead spotted this instructive scene in Dulwich, south London, which demonstrates that the “oh, it’ll probably be okay” approach doesn’t always work out …
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FeaturesGraham Shennan on Morgan Sindall's merger
It’s been a month since Morgan Sindall’s building and civils arms became one, and MD Graham Shennan is still explaining that it’s all part of a planned bid for market share. Is Joey Gardiner persuaded?
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FeaturesMarket forecast: On the level
The brief rise in tender prices is over but so, it seems, are the sharp falls that characterised last year.
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The SAP affair: Part L compliance software
Forget house prices, where you’re going on holiday and the benefits of cosmetic surgery - SAP is what everyone’s talking about at parties right now. This crash course in sustainability software explains why
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NewsHopkins to stay in Dubai despite legal wrangle
Hopkins Architects is to keep its office in Dubai, despite being embroiled in a 30m dirhams (£5.4m) legal battle with state-owned developer Dubai Properties and having little work in the emirate
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Morrell: we still need PfS
Paul Morrell, the government’s chief construction adviser, has called on the coalition not to abolish delivery agencies such as Partnerships for Schools
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Aecom buying spree continues with £160m deal for Tishman
Aecom has bought fellow US consultant Tishman Construction for $245m (£160m)
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NewsGarden gate
The Queen last week officially opened Edward Cullinan Architects’ John Hope Gateway at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh
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NewsStirling prize gives last hurrah to boom years
Shortlist for 2010 Stirling prize is dominated by publicly funded schemes
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Connaught probes share sale
Social housing firm Connaught plunged deeper into the gloom this week after it emerged that an executive may have breached City regulations by selling shares two days ahead of a profit warning
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Application for 1,500-capacity Essex prison withdrawn
The Ministry of Justice has withdrawn its application for a 1,500-capacity prison near Wickford, Essex