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CommentWill the QSs leave the RICS?
Drama in Westminster is not confined to the politicians. In the corner of Parliament Square where the RICS resides, tension between the institution’s management and its QS members is at snapping point.
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Smokin': Geneva HQ
Japan Tobacco International has unveiled plans for an international headquarters in Geneva
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£150m Viñoly scheme in balance
The fate of Rafael Viñoly and Bennetts Associates’ plans for the £150m redevelopment of Oxford university’s Radcliffe Observatory Quarter will be decided by a council of professors at the end of May.
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Crest Nicholson appoints bank to sound out suitors
Crest Nicholson was this week expected to appoint Morgan Stanley to act as adviser on a potential sale
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Lancsville collapse hits £28m Croydon tower
The collapse of Lancsville Construction has delayed a £28m Croydon tower by 18 months
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Foster and Zaha miss out on £120m Guy’s cancer centre
Architects Zaha Hadid, Foster + Partners and Will Alsop have been knocked out of the race for a £120m job to design and build a 12,500m2 cancer centre for Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospital in London
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Terminal 2, take 2
Demolition on Heathrow’s 55-year-old Terminal 2 started last week, paving the way for its £800m replacement
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John Sisk win kicks £3.8bn Wembley plan into gear
Quintain’s massive north-west London regeneration scheme accelerates as £89m project is let
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Data: Planning applications in March
Neptune Group topped the list of housing clients, with single project worth £100m
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BFI plans £90m HQ and film centre
The British Film Institute has announced plans for a new headquarters and film centre on London’s South Bank.
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FeaturesEarthship: Sustainable building with 900 spare tyres
David Matthews wanted to build his own Earthship – a radically sustainable home built of recycled materials – and live in it forever. Trouble was, he didn’t have a clue how to go about it. So Building sent him on a three-day course to find out
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FeaturesElection 2010: Dear prime minister...
Sarah Richardson collects the industry’s messages to the new occupant of Number 10 and we reveal the final choices of our panel of floating voters
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McDonough: why cuts will be good for Carillion
Building’s Chief Executive of the Year expects outsourcing megadeals to add to £18bn order book
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CommentWe don’t want a wossy
The RICS’ new chief executive will take home £33,000 a month, thanks in part to the institution’s QS members. Here, Richard Steer spells out what he needs to do to earn it
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CommentHansom: university of life
The construction industry this week has been swotting up its psychology, computing, accounting and media studies skills. It’s leaving the creative writing to us, though …
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FeaturesSteven Holl: After Mackintosh
For most people in the UK, Steven Holl is the best architect they’ve never heard of. Now he’s tackling the world-famous Glasgow School of Art, that’s about to change
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Judges unleashed
Simon Tolson Unlike the restrained and remote judges of the past, many now snap at the ankles of the advocates to ensure cases proceed in the way they should
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CommentThis one’s on you
Tony Bingham Tolent clauses, which make the party that refers an adjudication pay all the legal costs, are to be outlawed by the Construction Act … but a judge has just got there first
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Running out of common sense
Shy Jackson One area where the judges are struggling to make up their minds is the ‘without prejudice’ rule. Here’s a rundown of the arguments, and the spats, among our learned friends