More news – Page 2768
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Right on track
Building Design Partnership was commissioned to undertake the masterplan for Birmingham City University on a wonderful site that will be the centrepiece of the Eastside regeneration
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Lets have some help, here
Confidence in the construction sector is at rock bottom, and what construction firms badly need is a scheme that reduces the risk of doing business
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Which way to tender?
Two-stage tendering was invented for situations in which the client had to start building as a matter of urgency, yet retain an element of competition between contractors
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FeaturesChange of destination: job opportunities still abound in the Middle East
The downturn may have hit Dubai, but other Middle Eastern markets and the booming oil and gas sectors still provide plenty of escape routes
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NewsAu natural
The latest prefabricated volumetric building completed by Shepherd subsidiary Yorkon is clad vernacular style in uncoursed natural stonework and untreated cedar boarding
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Urban regeneration industry pays tribute to Jon Ladd
Tributes have poured in for Jon Ladd, the former chief executive of the British Urban Regeneration Association, who passed away last weekend after a short illness
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Brookfield expands in Abu Dhabi and Qatar in the Gulf
Firm formerly known as Multiplex plans to double its £100m business in Abu Dhabi and Qatar in order to counter the slowdown in Dubai
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‘No green light for Greenfield’
The government has played down reports that Gordon Brown is preparing to relax rural planning laws in order to address housing shortages in the countryside
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Heathrow rail hub to smooth path for third runway
A £4.5bn rail hub could be built at Heathrow airport in an attempt to offset the environmental damage caused by a third runway
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Satellites to help China rebuild after Sichuan quake
An international group of engineers is working on a plan to use satellite images to measure the damage to buildings caused by the earthquake in China last May
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NewsFoster replaced on Kazakhstan scheme
Foster + Partners is no longer working on Aldar Properties’ Abu Dhabi Plaza in Astana, capital of Kazakhstan, despite being chosen as designer in November 2007
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Latest construction appointments - 9 January 2009
Nottingham Trent University's head of construction management is appointed RICS fellow
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NewsTied into Notts
Capita Architecture has been appointed to design the £13.1m rebuild of a Nottingham primary school as part of the city’s £90m Building Schools for the Future programme
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Strategic Forum to debate national tower crane register
The possibility of a national register for tower cranes will top the agenda of the first meeting of the Strategic Forum’s Plant Safety Group, despite continued resistance from the Health and Safety Executive to the idea
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ODA backs down over media centre
The Olympic Delivery Authority has backed down over plans to make the 2012 media centre a wholly temporary venue, under pressure from MPs and the London Development Agency
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NewsAirship-shape
An airship shed frame restored by Julian Harrap Architects was given grade II listing this week by culture minister Barbara Follett
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NFB quits confederation
The National Federation of Builders (NFB) has become the latest trade body to leave the Construction Confederation, following in the footsteps of the Major Contractors Group and the National Contractors Federation
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FeaturesBSF schools: Why is it so difficult?
Alistair Darling might be accelerating spending on Building Schools for the Future, but that won’t necessarily mean more schools get built, as this exemplary story of a scheme in Greenwich demonstrates
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Styles & Wood looks to Middle East as retail slump hits profit
Retail fit-out specialist Styles & Wood is planning a push into the Middle East in an attempt to offset the economic slump in the UK