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NewsMasked athletes are a mystery to Team GB
The Beijing 'smog' is a breath of fresh air after Typhoon Julian's rude welcome in Macau
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NewsDavis Langdon cost manager on green 'smartie' college
Milton Keynes College £3.5m extension scheme awarded BREEAM excellent rating
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NewsEC Harris commissions graduate artist for London HQ
RCA student’s sculpture comprises four layers of open framed boxes suspended at different heights
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News
Corus Student Awards - Until 23 August 2008
Winning work of students in Architecture, Structures and Bridge design
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NewsSelection of Crossrail design team hit by three-month delay
Framework appointments put back until the end of the year after client asks for more detailed bids
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News‘Plundered with impunity’ - illegal timber in UK construction
According to Greenpeace, the world’s rainforests are being devastated by the trade in illegal timber – a trade the UK profits from more than almost any other country.
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NewsMorgan Sindall pins hopes on infrastructure growth
Purchase of Amec divisions boosts six-month turnover by almost 50% to £1.2bn
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NewsDevelopment tax fails to live up to Milton Keynes model
Developers hit out at proposals that offer no guarantee of built infrastructure in return for contributions
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CommentA step in the right direction
To help ensure a contractor gets paid for a project, it can ask a bank to step in to remedy a situation before it terminates. The pitfalls are many – but so are the benefits
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CommentI admit it all! I’m a conservative!
But when you compare the glories of traditional architecture to the stuff we build now, it’s hard not to be, says Michael Gove, our man in the bicycle clips with the neatly knotted tie
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NewsHere is the verdict on the BRE's super homes ...
Envelopes: Four houses on the BRE Innovation Park have made the first steps towards meeting the upper levels of the Code for Sustainable Homes. Stephen Kennett finds out what we can learn from these pioneers
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Comment
Let it shine
Tom Lane’s article “How Viñoly’s Colchester arts facility lost its shine” (25 July, page 24), requires clarification on a number of points.
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FeaturesWe were there – Construction’s Olympians tell their stories
Construction is full of people who’ve lived the Olympic dream. As the Beijing Games kick off, eight of them tell Emily Wright about their years of training for moments of glory. Photography Michael Clement
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Selection of Crossrail design team hit by three-month delay
Framework appointments put back until the end of the year after client asks for more detailed bids
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NewsBeijing Olympics: The real stars of the show
More than 1.5 million visitors are expected to descend upon Beijing over the next month to see the athletes, and the grand architectural statements, of the 2008 Olympics
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NewsUnions demand minimum wage for apprentices
TUC highlights hourly rates as low as £1.50 and calls for £110 weekly minimum for all apprentices
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NewsModern buildings are 'skid marks' on London skyline, says Guy Ritchie
Film director and Mr Madonna gives modern architecture the thumbs-down
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NewsLondon Underground names 12 contractors for £2.8bn framework programme
Carillion, Skanska, Taylor Woodrow, Costain and Balfour Beatty make the cut for Vendor Capital Programme but Bovis loses out
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NewsConstruction industry is in recession, says RICS
Surveyors warn of continuing shrinkage as figures show private housing orders down 20% in a year
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NewsMortgage squeeze hits Blackburn housing scheme
Final stage of £15m project put on hold because prospective homebuyers cannot borrow