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NewsTee on the lawn
Grimshaw has designed a $95m (£67m) golf course on top of a water filtration plant in New York
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Construction officer role in peril
Industry leaders fear the government may abandon its plan to appoint a chief construction officer
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Unite boss 'using' foreign worker row
Union officials are accusing Unite leader Derek Simpson of using the foreign labour disputes to win votes for his re-election
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NewsCannes-do spirit
More than 60 cyclists left Calais at 6am this morning on the second leg of the 1,500km Cycle to Cannes charity ride
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Latest construction appointments - 6 March 2009
Kier has named Nicholas Paul Winser non-executive director
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Greener school buildings could save £165m a year, says study
Building zero-carbon schools could save the UK £165m in annual energy bills, according to research into sustainable construction
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Soaring to victory
Engineer Buro Happold and Explorations Architecture have won the design competition for a new foot and cycle bridge over the River Soar in Leicester
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T&T's purchase
Consultant Turner & Townsend has acquired American construction cost management firm Busby & Associates for an undisclosed sum, taking its US presence to five offices and 130 staff
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Clarification
Regarding the feature “Death of a dream” in our edition of 13 February 2009 we would like to confirm that Neil Morris works for Digby Morris, and not Hays
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NewsA thousand and one lights
More than 1,000 lights have been installed in the atrium of Tower 42 in Bishopsgate in the City of London as part of a refurbishment
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CommentGoing public
The government’s decision to bring out its cheque book yet again – this time for the PFI – is a massive fillip for the industry
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CommentFair enough?: Breaching natural justice
The case of Dorchester vs Vivid raised the familiar question of when an adjudication breaches natural justice. Here’s what the judge had to say…
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CommentMea culpa: Disputes from the architect's point of view
The tale an architect wants a building to tell can turn into a shaggy dog story if the builders doesn’t want to tell it as well... and if they aren’t distracted by people like me
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A guide to a legal labyrinth: Claiming from the insurer
How do you make a claim against a consultant that has no money, but does have an insurance policy? Simple: you claim against its insurer. Hang on... did I say ‘simple’?
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CommentCan you dig it?: Retaining planning permission
Money matters: Many developers are keen to retain planning permission for stalled schemes until the property market recovers, but this is fraught with complications
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FeaturesThe race to build Britain's nuclear reactors
Japanese-owned nuclear giant Westinghouse is in a race with France’s Areva for the UK’s £20bn nuclear reactor market. And it looks like it’s falling behind. We asked the man spearheading the bid if he was worried...
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FeaturesI've started so I'll finish: David Tuffin of Tuffin Ferraby Taylor
David Tuffin started Tuffin Ferraby Taylor when people wore loon pants and voluntarily listened to the Bay City Rollers. Several recessions later, he’s handing it over to a new generation. But isn’t that going to be a bit tricky right now?
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I know where you could start
Open mike: The government is pretty keen to get us to cut carbon emissions. So why are its own buildings so lamentably unsustainable?
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We can't do this on our own
There is no simple answer to improving the energy efficiency of the UK’s existing housing stock, but it is important to take simple, practical measures that we know will make a demonstrable difference (“CPA blasts energy firms on insulation failure”, 20 February)
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Local jobs for whom?
We have a small building business in Waltham Forest, which is about four miles north-east of the Olympic site. We have been in the area for the past 27 years and we employ about 29 men