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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.
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NewsBristol Zoo: Wild West Country
Bristol Zoo has submitted a planning application for this animal sanctuary on the northern edge of the city.
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Scots poised for payment refor
Specialist contractors are to lobby the Scottish government to introduce project bank accounts on all public sector schemes worth more than £3m, write Sarah Richardson and Olivia Boyd.
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Farrell raises Gateway airport fears
Sir Terry Farrell has warned that Boris Johnson’s proposed airport in the Thames Gateway could be “a complete disaster”.
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NewsGreen Holmes
Ushida Findlay Architects and the Holmes Partnership have received permission to build this eco-residence in Preston, Lancashire.
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Here’s an idea: no. 13
Contractor Willmott Dixon is sending disused wooden shelves left over from its demolition of a London library to the Caribbean island of Grenada to help rebuild schools damaged by recent hurricanes.
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NewsDubai takes it up a notch
More than 60,000 people attended Cityscape Dubai this week, where the region’s developers showed off their latest and largest schemes.
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Dubai developer builds 20-storey tower for women only
A Middle Eastern developer is building a female-only tower for commercial use in Dubai’s Business Bay area.
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NewsRoyal Alexandra children's hospital: The kids are alright
The Royal Alexandra children’s hospital in Brighton has won this year’s Prime Minister’s Better Public Building award, sponsored jointly by Cabe and the Office of Government Commerce.