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    ‘A damaging merry-go-round of ministers’

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    That was how former construction minister Nick Raynsford described the latest ministerial reshuffle to affect the industry, in a letter to Gordon Brown this week. Caroline Flint, a former minister at the Department for Work and Pensions, takes on the Cabinet-level role of minister for housing, replacing Yvette Cooper.

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    Launch of housing superagency may be brought forward

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Plans to bring forward the launch of the housing and regeneration superagency that will replace the Housing Corporation and English Partnerships are being examined by its chief executive.

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    Beijing deaths

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Six workers have died in the construction phase of the Beijing 2008 Olympics.

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    Rebuff for church

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    A £70m church in east London by Sheppard Robson has been rejected by Havering council because of a lack of transport links.

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    Cutty Sark boost

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    The fire-damaged Cutty Sark received £11m towards restoration from the Heritage Lottery. Wilkinson Eyre and Pringle Brandon’s Mary Rose Museum won a £21m grant.

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    261m order book

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Renew says it has a £261m order book and is confident of reporting full-year results in line with expectations.

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    Wilson James deal

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Wilson James has been awarded a £900,000 contract by Bovis Lend Lease to provide logistical support at the Chiswick Park Building 9 project in west London.

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    Tradeswomen wanted

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    The government plans a National Apprenticeship Service to oversee the qualification of, and encourage female apprentices “to look at trades concerned with construction”.

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    Koolhaas lands a whopper

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    The Office for Metropolitan Architecture has revealed its final design for a science centre and aquarium at Hamburg’s HafenCity complex.

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    Subcontractor clashes with union over job cuts

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Union officials are to take subcontractor Mechanical Installations International to an industrial tribunal after more than 70 workers were laid off from one of its schemes.

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    Pinnacle demolition continues

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Demolition work at the £500m Pinnacle in the City of London will not be affected by a High Court injunction setting limits to the vibration caused.

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    The Simpsons

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Ian Simpson Architects’ Owen Street development has been given the green light by Manchester council.

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    Olympic Legacy body set up

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    A public body is to be set up to drive the regeneration legacy of the Olympic Games, the London Development Agency (LDA) confirmed this week.

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    EC Harris launches investor rescue service after credit crunch

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    EC Harris has launched a debt recovery service for investors in schemes that run into financial difficulties as a result of the credit crunch.

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    Tate Tropicale

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    The Maison Tropicale is under construction outside Tate Modern on the South Bank of the Thames.

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    HVCA to compile labour agency list

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    The Heating and Ventilating Contractors Association is pushing ahead with plans to create an approved list of labour agencies.

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    The great Danish hospital

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    A team including architects Avanti, CF Møller Architects and Cubo Arkitekter has won a contract to design the largest hospital in Denmark.

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    Appointments

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

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    Fresh Lime

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    These are the first images of Glenn Howells’ revamped design for Liverpool Lime Street station.

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    Sieze the contract!

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Robert AM Stern Architects has won a competition to design the Tour Carpe Diem in Paris.