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    Revamp beefs up tenants’ role

    2007-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Social housing tenants could get the power to sack their landlords, Ruth Kelly, the communities secretary, told the Chartered Institute of Housing in Harrogate.

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    Housebuilders urge councils to support pre-planning talks

    2007-06-22T00:00:00Z

    The Home Builders Federation (HBF) has hit out at councils that refuse to hold pre-planning talks with housebuilders.

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    Bechtel man to head Olympic cost watchdog

    2007-06-22T00:00:00Z

    The government has appointed a senior executive from Bechtel to lead the government body overseeing the 2012 Olympics.

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    Kier closes on deal

    2007-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Kier has reached financial close on a £37m project to renovate Middlesex Guildhall in central London by March 2009.

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    Four PFI projects

    2007-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Willmott Dixon has won four PFI leisure projects valued at £35m as part of a team selected by Rotherham council to design, build, operate and maintain the centres over 32 years.

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    Hotel at the races

    2007-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Gleeson Building has won a £7.5m contract to build a Holiday Inn Express in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

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    Tube frameworks announced

    2007-06-22T00:00:00Z

    London Underground is to establish up to nine supplier frameworks to support its programme of capital works.

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    Turner take two

    2007-06-22T00:00:00Z

    David Chipperfield Architects has released images of its replacement for Snøhetta and Spence Associates’ scheme for the Turner Contemporary Art gallery, which will sit between the seafront and old town in Margate.

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    The Dome reborn

    2007-06-22T00:00:00Z

    A 23,000-seat arena and bar are two of the attractions at the O2 entertainment complex, which opens this weekend. It is the product of a £350m conversion of the Millennium Dome in Greenwich, south-east London.

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    Two cheers for innovation

    2007-06-22T00:00:00Z

    The construction sector is more innovative than has been generally thought, according to a report from the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (Nesta).

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    Constructionarium course proves to be a big success

    2007-06-22T00:00:00Z

    The “Constructionarium” training module is now included in 25% of UK civil engineering courses.

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    John Laing consortium ties up £361m PFI hospitals scheme

    2007-06-22T00:00:00Z

    PFI specialist John Laing has reached financial close on a £361m hospitals scheme in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

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    Mott lands deal in Abu Dhabi

    2007-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Mott MacDonald has been appointed by the environment agency in Abu Dhabi to help develop green building guidelines.

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    Construction cleans up at Buckingham Palace

    2007-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Several prominent construction figures have figured in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

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    V for Birmingham

    2007-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Developer Dandara has submitted a planning application for this £150m 50-storey tower, part of the Arena Central scheme in Birmingham.

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    Appointments

    2007-06-22T00:00:00Z

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  • Safer Skyline petition
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    Join 20 top builders and 65 MPs and support our crane campaign

    2007-06-21T16:06:00Z

    Sign our Safer Skyline petition calling for more rigorous checks on cranes at www.ipetitions.com/petition/saferskyline

  • A table used for scaffolding
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    Table for two?

    2007-06-21T14:10:00Z

    The table cloths have obviously been kept on to prevent any marking from the makeshift scaffolding

  • Wellcome Trust
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    Hopkins Architects' Wellcome Trust refurbishment opens

    2007-06-21T09:28:00Z

    Architect transforms 1930s charity headquarters into science gallery and library

  • Keith Clarke
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    Clarke to take over reins as chairman of CIC

    2007-06-21T14:34:00Z

    Keith Clarke will take over from chair Nick Raynsford next year and will act as deputy chairman in the interim