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NewsOverspend and delays hit World Trade Center station
Transport hub on ground zero site is running hundreds of millions over budget and five years late
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Construction firms unprepared for minimum wage rise
Research shows 76% of industry firms have failed to make provision for the rise in the statutory minimum wage happening today
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NewsGreen light for 2012 canoe centre
Broxbourne council gives planning permission for White Water Canoe Centre, including a 300m slalom course
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Housing downturn forces Renew to cut 80 jobs
Building and engineering services group takes £1.5m hit from redundancy costs but still on track for £9.4m profit before exceptionals
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Scottish schools complete 115 building schemes in a year
Minister says plan on track to provide 100,000 pupils with higher-quality classrooms by 2011
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NewsSustainability Awards shortlists revealed
Companies and projects vying for the November event now available
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Materials imports surge despite slowdown
Despite a slowdown in workload, particularly in house building, the construction industry is spending more than ever on imported products and materials.Imports in the second quarter of this year leapt by almost 10% (more than £300 million) on the previous quarter to £3.47 billion, despite a reduction in the massive ...
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A 1990s revival: Dutch auctions, suicidal bidding and payment delays are back
I wasn't expecting it. I had a ring round of some long-standing contacts that I speak to fairly regularly.I guess I last spoke to them a couple of months ago, as things were starting to look a bit stickier with the figures heralding a dip in construction output.My chat with ...
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NewsGlitches, innacuracy and waivers mar display energy certificate rollout
Just a quarter of required public certificates will be viewable ... soon
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NewsWhat is Web 2.0 and can it change construction?
An unusual event next month will cut through technology jargon and offer an insight into how the internet can revolutionise the built environment, writes Paul Wilkinson
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NewsBREEAM for further education to launch next year
Universities to have dedicated environmental building standard in June 2009
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NewsVacuum cleaner caused Cutty Sark fire
Investigation reveals blaze was most likely started by an industrial vacuum cleaner which had been left on over the weekend
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NewsPlaces for People to cut jobs
One of the country's biggest housing associations could shed up to 100 staff
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NewsCabe slams two high rise London schemes
Design watchdog says planners should refuse proposals for Ram Brewery and Wood Wharf development
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NewsMetronet tube workers threaten to strike in hard hat row
RMT to ballot more than 2,500 workers after Metronet suspends safety rep
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NewsWhat a day to be on Wall Street
'Will bank for food' reads the sign in New York's financial district, as our reporter watches the US economic meltdown at close quarters
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NewsArmitt: Olympic stadium will not be demolished
Olympic chairman says replacing stadium to house football club in legacy would "not be sensible"
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Oakdene in breach of banking covenants
Housebuilder fails to raise £5m on the stock exchange and reveals interim loss of £6.4m
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NewsBankers' humour... Oragami Bank folds in Japan
A spoof financial news story has been doing the rounds - a sense of humour is probably all many bankers have left
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NewsSouth Korea to build cinema with 'virtual sky'
Austrian architect Coop Himmelb(l)au unveils designs for 85m cantilevered roof structure