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CommentLegal energy: clean coal power stations
Clean coal power stations have been lauded as the next big thing in energy generation, but what exactly is involved in building them?
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Legal energy: nuclear power stations
Paul Cowan A nuclear power station is about the hardest project it is possible to undertake. Here are the legal implications
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Legal energy: alliancing
Alliancing has been little used as a procurement method in the UK to date, but experience overseas shows it can deliver projects economically and on time
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NewsGreat and good: Building's terrace reception
Industry and politics met and mingled at Building’s 2009 terrace reception – interrupted at regular intervals by division bells as the House of Commons elected its new speaker
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NewsMedia centre gets go-ahead
The revamped design for the 2012 media centre has been approved by the Olympic planning committee
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NewsBouygues and O’Rourke join forces to take on Crossrail
Bouygues and Laing O’Rourke have agreed to team up to bid for work on the £16bn Crossrail scheme, signalling a strengthening of ties between the two firms
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Safest year yet for construction
Construction fatalities have hit a record low, figures released today by the Health and Safety Executive have shown
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London station upgrade delay
Transport for London has deferred until after 2017 work on 50 of the station upgrades to be carried out by the Metronet consortium before it fell into receivership
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NewsCourt drama
Try Construction has launched an attack against fellow defendant FB Ellmer in the legal row over the Wimbledon media centre
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Government may launch central contractors' framework
Contractors hoping to secure a hefty share of government work could be forced to vie for a place on a new framework as part of a drive to centralise public procurement
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NewsThe victorious BIG: BIG's design for Tallinn town hall
Danish architect BIG has won a competition to design a town hall in Tallinn, Estonia in collaboration with British engineer Adams Kara Taylor
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Industry body for small builders mooted
Talks are under way to form an industry group to represent the interests of smaller builders
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Latest construction appointments - 26 June 2009
Mansell has appointed Colin McArdle managing director of specialised works in the South-east
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NewsGreen shoots - 26 June 2009
In this week’s expert scrutiny of the latest evidence of green shoots, Simon Rubinsohn, chief economist at the RICS, examines the Council of Mortgage Lenders’ (CML) data on mortgage lending and repossessions
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News'This decision is just staggering'
More than five years ago, through the Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act, we gained the legal powers to improve the sustainability of existing buildings
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Britain vulnerable to flooding, says ICE
The Institution of Civil Engineers has censured the government for leaving Britain’s infrastructure vulnerable to crises such as flooding and terrorist attacks
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Two members quit safety group to maintain independence
Two of the founding members of a safety umbrella body have dropped out, less than two months after it formed
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Regeneration fund deadline may block bigger schemes
London mayor adviser warns 2011 completion date will rule out complex projects from Kickstart cash
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Norwich bags £7.5m from HCA
The government’s housing agency will plough £7.5m into new homes in Norwich as part of a deal with the city’s council