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NewsGordon Brown warns of soaring Olympic construction costs
PM-in-waiting insists organisers keep a tighter grip on spending
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Hyder Consulting profit soars 60%
Consultant in talks over a number of potential acquisitions as turnover tops £200m
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NewsFosters + Partners reveal Siberian eco tower
Reflected and refracted light will illuminate the interior of mixed used tower
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NewsPaper Round: Olympic logo was chosen blind while we're asked to sit in the dark
The weekend papers suggest Olympic organisers chose logo firm without seeing any of its designs and urge us to switch off the lights
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NewsEgret West plans 'giant oyster' for South Shields - images
Masterplan for 35ha scheme includes 1300 homes and the UK's first 100% recycled park
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NewsBeauty and the beach
Nine futuristic beach huts will be built as part of a Bathing Beauties exhibition in Lincolnshire for Architecture Week
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Latchways reports 26% increase in profits
Fall arrest systems manufacturer sees turnover rise to £31.9m
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NewsHadid’s Olympic aquatics centre faces more cuts
Architect loses control of design as contractors work to scale back costs again
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CommentStrict time
Surely a contractor has a right to claim for an extension of time if the delay was the fault of the employer? Well no, not necessarily, according to the third edition of the NEC
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CommentIn safe hands
With its CDM webinar and awards coverage, nobody could accuse the Building website of not taking health and safety seriously. But that doesn’t mean there’s no room for humour.
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Brown sets out stall to expand home ownership
Ruth Kelly expected to announce plans to extend share-purchase schemes for social tenants
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NewsPractices may have to close as SMC faces meltdown
Share price of AIM-listed architect group continues to drop as founder Stewart McColl resigns
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Comment
Office politics
Regus (UK) Limited supplies serviced office accommodation. Epcot Solutions Ltd provides professional IT training. Epcot entered into an agreement with Regus on Regus’ usual terms and conditions for the use of serviced office accommodation for Epcot’s training courses. Epcot initially rented office accommodation in Heathrow. After Regus closed this location, ...
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NewsHadid’s Olympic aquatics centre faces more cuts
Architect loses control of design as contractors work to scale back costs again
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NewsREID Architecture and 3D Architects announce merger
3DReid will boast 320 employees and a £20m turnover making it one of the top ten practices in the UK
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NewsRICS members in Hips revolt
Petition demands withdrawal of proposal for ‘costly’ judicial review of home information packs
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CommentLet the supplier beware
You may have taken every precaution to make sure a contract is watertight but a consumer can claim a term isn’t fair if it puts them at a significant disadvantage
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NewsMace caps year of big wins with 20% leap in profit
Construction group looks to future with optimism as 67% of 2007 order book is secured
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NewsEP acts to discourage buy-to-let investors
Regeneration body to introduce legal covenant preventing buyers from renting their property
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GLA to trial hydrogen cells at flagship green office
London agency reveals its technology for the future after failure of wind turbines