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Laing O’Rourke nabs Bovis man
Laing O’Rourke has poached a senior project manager from Bovis Lend Lease’s £4bn Stratford City development.
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EC Harris: NHS will struggle to make efficiency savings
The Department of Health may struggle to make the efficiency savings set out in the pre-Budget report, according to research by EC Harris.
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NewsHome and dry
This concept from Edinburgh architect Pohkit Goh was one of the winners in an RIBA/ Norwich Union competition to design floodproof homes for the future.
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NewsInto Africa: Sforza Seilern's design for private house
This modernist private house, designed by London architect Sforza Seilern, is being built in the destitute country of Zimbabwe
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HCA may be lead developer, says Kerslake
Leaders of the housing and regeneration superagency being launched next week are considering turning it into a large-scale direct developer of homes during the housing downturn, it emerged this week.
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Building gets a gong
Building was named PPA Subscription Magazine of the Year last week for the second time in three years.
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Mouchel misses out on Crossrail role
Consultant Mouchel has been dropped from the shortlist of bidders for the programme partner role on the £16bn Crossrail project.
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Appointments: Scottish Property Federation announces new chair
Faber Maunsell AECOM names new director of global ports and marine business
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Insurers liable for asbestos exposure dating to fifties
Construction firms have been warned to examine the smallprint in their insurance documents after a landmark asbestos judgment in the High Court.
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NewsHigh flier: Airport Property Partnership HQ
The headquarters of the Airport Property Partnership at Gatwick airport has been completed
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Atkins buoyed by strong results, despite pessimism over sector
Keith Clarke, the chief executive of Atkins, has said he is optimistic about trading, despite downgrades in profit forecasts across the consultant engineering sector.
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NewsCitywatch: A tad underwhelmed
Most people in the City shrugged their shoulders in reaction to Monday’s pre-Budget report.
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Mitie: our core markets are fine
Pre-tax profit at Mitie Group rose 12% from £33m to £37m in the six months to 30 September 2008.
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Arup escapes the crunch as profit rises 69%
Arup has reported a 69% rise in pre-tax profit and said it is in a “strong position” to weather the economic crisis.
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65 staff go as Gleeson knocks £9.6m off value of landbank
MJ Gleeson has made 65 people redundant and written down the value of its landbank by £9.6m after a further deterioration in market conditions.
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NewsEastender: New development in east London
The mayor of London has approved a new 27-storey development in east London
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NewsAustrians in Walsall
Austrian practice MOH Architects has won a competition run by Urban Splash and the RIBA to design two acres of the £80m Walsall Waterfront scheme.
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Minister urged to suspend code timetable
Housebuilders have called for the government to suspend its plan to make new homes zero-carbon by 2016, after the housing minister admitted that “flexibility” was needed.
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NewsThe power of education - video
We spoke to Rupert Cook of architectureplb about how schools can become energy hubs for communities
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NewsBeckett: 'The Gateway is more than just London's backyard'
Video: Margaret Beckett launches the Thames Gateway Forum and reveals plans for an Institute of Sustainability