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FeaturesViñoly turns a corner – the Leicester Curve
Rafael Viñoly’s UK projects have been derided and delayed, but finally, with the Curve in Leicester, he has got one done and dusted. Thomas Lane finds out whether this ‘inside-out’ theatre will answer the critics
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NewsCountryside in the East End
Countryside Properties has submitted a planning application for the first phase of the £3.7bn Canning Town and Custom House regeneration project in east London.
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Falling completions
The number of new homes will fall below 100,000 next year, according to a RICS survey.
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Market renewal
The green light has been given to the redevelopment of the New Covent Garden Market site in Vauxhall, London, following a review of the business case by the government.
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Boiler safety warning
The Health and Safety Executive has warned housebuilders to check gas boiler flues for poisonous gas on all new and existing properties and those that are being built or on the drawing board.
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Apollo’s refurb wins
Contractor Apollo Property Services Group has won £46m of refurbishment work from social landlords including Hillingdon Homes, Old Ford Housing Association and Family Mosaic.
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Broken homes
The UK’s housing system is broken and needs to be reformed, the Chartered Institute of Housing has warned.
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Town planning boss
The Royal Town Planning Institute has appointed Sara Drake, currently managing director of the Home Builders Federation, as its first managing director.
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FeaturesTop 250 Consultants 2008: How to survive the downturn
You don’t have to be Charles Darwin to know that survival is about adapting to your circumstances better than your rivals. Roxane McMeeken looks at how firms have changed their strategies since our last consultants survey, when the market was booming
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NewsComing up on the outside…
The bookies are dreading an Allford Hall Monaghan Morris victory in this weekend’s Stirling prize, with Paddy Power predicting a “four-figure loser” if Westminster academy (above) takes the gong.
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Lehman Brothers collapse submerges London fit-out firm
The London arm of fit-out company TDA Interiors has been pushed into administration as a result of the collapse of American bank Lehman Brothers.
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NewsODA considers shifting media centre to Stratford City
The 2012 Olympic media centre could be relocated to the Stratford City development next to the Olympic park, officials told the London Assembly this week.
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Shard budget
Funders for the Shard will hold a meeting within the next week to finalise the scheme’s budget, according to project sources.
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Lift shortlist
The Department of Health has shortlisted 20 bidders for its £1bn Express Lift programme, including Vinci, Skanska and Laing O’Rourke.
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Quintain talks to UAE
Quintain Estates is in talks with investors in Bahrain and Dubai to sell a stake of up to 50% in the £2.5bn regeneration of the area around Wembley stadium, Nick Shattock, its deputy chief executive has said.
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Balfour to hire corruption monitor after £2.25m fraud fine
Balfour Beatty is to hire an outside expert to monitor compliance with accounting procedures in the wake of a £2.25m fine from the Serious Fraud Office.
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NewsNo room at the village
John Armitt, the Olympic Development Authority chairman, said this week that the government could end up funding the whole of the £1bn Olympic village, pictured, owing to the continued uncertainty over Lend Lease’s ability to provide funding.
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Government is ‘hiding’ poor construction diploma take-up
The industry has accused the government of delaying the release of figures for the number of students studying for the construction diploma, claiming officials are hiding the poor take-up of the course.