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CommentWoolwich bridge: Crossings out
The Thames Gateway is being stymied by the lack of a bridge downriver of Woolwich. So, asks Nick Raynsford, why does the present mayor of London have no plans to build one?
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Wonders & Blunders
Bel Mooney can see the point of contemporary architecture when she looks at Calatrava’s Milwaukee pavilion – whereas a Bath hotel just shows up the mistakes of the modern age
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FeaturesIs there any such thing as a good framework?
BAA’s decision to abandon framework agreements has led many to fear that other major clients will follow suit. No bad thing, says Stan Hornagold (above right), while Don Ward (above left) couldn’t disagree more …
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FeaturesComplying with Part L: A question of cuts
L is for … Some building types need to shave their carbon emissions a lot. Others, less so. Yet the regulations say they all have to improve by 25%. The last in our series on Part L examines a proposal to fix this anomaly
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FeaturesRefurbishment funding: A long way from home
Assessing the once mighty £21bn Decent Homes programme’s past achievements, and its increasingly uncertain future
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Bovis lands £30m Tate Britain job
Bovis Lend Lease has won a high-profile tussle with Mace to land the £30m construction management contract to “transform” the Tate Britain gallery
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Latest construction appointments - 7 August 2009
Architect HKS has announced that Alan Palmer and Francis Gallagher have been appointed principals of its UK business
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Corby ruling could lead to fresh claims
Lawyers have warned developers they are open to a huge new area of liability following a judge’s ruling last week that reclamation works were to blame for birth defects in 17 children
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NewsTypical summer
This structure, the Black Cloud, was built in a day by a team of volunteers in Bristol’s Victoria Park
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Course scrapped after ConstructionSkills delays
A course for construction apprentices that was set to open this autumn has been cancelled, following delays at accreditation body ConstructionSkills
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Blacklist firms face prosecution if data is used again
Balfour Beatty, Kier and Shepherd are among 14 firms that have been served with enforcement notices following their involvement in the construction blacklist uncovered in March
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‘Farcical’ leisure design contest down to two firms
Feilden Clegg Bradley and Wilkinson Eyre are the last two architects competing to design a landmark leisure centre in West Suusex that had its budget slashed by £7m at the last minute
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NewsSt Luke’s eco gospel
St Luke’s CE primary school in Wolverhampton this week claimed to become the first school to receive a BREEAM “excellent” rating
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NewsMayor diverts £75m from new homes to fund repairs
But Greater London Authority expects Whitehall to repay the money as row grows over Decent Homes
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NewsTurned out nice again
This £50m art deco-inspired mixed-use scheme in Bournemouth from architect CZWG has just been submitted for planning permission
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Green light for Lovell
Developer Lovell has won planning consent for an £8.3m project in south London
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Prices to rise in 2011
House prices will fall next year before rising slightly in 2011, the National Housing Federation has said
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Levy to cost £7.6bn
Developers will pay £7.6bn in community infrastructure levy charges over 10 years, a government report has said