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    World service

    2006-01-06T00:00:00Z

    The attractions of foreign labour extend beyond the waking giant of India. More and more UK companies are finding more and more ways of using the global labour force to boost performance. Thomas Lane reports on who’s doing what, and how much money they’re saving

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    Projects update: Regulations

    2006-01-06T00:00:00Z

    Not only is the controversial Code for Sustainable Homes a watered-down version of BRE’s EcoHomes scheme, but it will have to be revised in about three years …

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    More problems for Wembley as car park hits delays

    2006-01-06T00:00:00Z

    Multiplex’s FA Cup hopes fade as car park is delayed by two months and striking steelworkers fail to return to site

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    Holyrood boss to head £2bn Dubai scheme

    2006-01-06T00:00:00Z

    Alan Mack, the man in charge of the construction of the Scottish parliament building in Edinburgh, is leaving Bovis to become the project director of Carillion’s £2bn Festival City project in the Gulf state of Dubai.

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    Warning on material prices

    2006-01-06T00:00:00Z

    This month’s material price rises for contractors are expected to be followed by more increases later this year as energy prices climb.

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    Balfour still keen to acquire Mowlem, despite Carillion

    2006-01-06T00:00:00Z

    Balfour Beatty has pledged to continue its pursuit of Mowlem, despite it looking increasingly likely that Carillion will get in first.

  • Shard glass tower
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    Piano composition

    2006-01-06T00:00:00Z

    Renzo Piano has designed this 55,700 m2 tower as part of the regeneration of the London Bridge area of the capital that will also include the landmark Shard of Glass tower. New London Bridge House will have a 3300 m2 inclined roof complete with photovoltaic panels.

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    Prosecutors open investigation into ice rink disaster

    2006-01-06T00:00:00Z

    German prosecutors have launched an investigation into the collapse of the roof of an ice rink in Bavaria on Monday in which at least 14 people died.

  • Morley: Second exemplar hospital
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    Paddington hospital goes back to drawing board

    2006-01-06T00:00:00Z

    David Morley to draw up plans for £400m St Mary’s hospital, originally part of failed £1bn PFI health campus

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    Conservatives attack rise in green-belt development

    2006-01-06T00:00:00Z

    The government has come under fire after figures revealed that the number of dwellings built on green-belt land in England had risen.

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    Alarm over US decision to cut Iraq funding

    2006-01-06T00:00:00Z

    The BRITISH government has stepped in to assess the prospects for UK construction projects in Iraq after the US administration announced that it would stop funding infrastructure work.

  • Atkins large scale development in Pakistan
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    Islamabad heights

    2006-01-06T00:00:00Z

    Consultant Atkins has unveiled plans for its first large-scale development in Pakistan, to include the country’s tallest building.

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    Cameron’s home to get £10,000 green makeover

    2006-01-06T00:00:00Z

    Architect Alex Michaelis has been commissioned by Tory leader David Cameron to undertake an environmental makeover of his £1m house in Notting Hill, west London.

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    Sainsbury’s set to expand

    2006-01-06T00:00:00Z

    J Sainsbury has revealed plans to step up its drive to increase floor space.

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    Campaigners vow to block Heathrow expansion

    2006-01-06T00:00:00Z

    Environmentalists are planning a campaign to halt the construction of a third runway at Heathrow airport in west London.

  • A case for treatment: How the Royal London could look in the future
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    Government faces huge bill for wasted design at Barts

    2006-01-06T00:00:00Z

    Department of Health calls on Barts and The London NHS Trust to reconsider plans for £1.2bn PFI scheme

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    Hindley gets CBE in honours list

    2006-01-06T00:00:00Z

    Steve Hindley, Midas group chairman, has been awarded a CBE for services to the construction industry in this week’s New Year’s Honours List.

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    Foster to design third Ground Zero tower

    2006-01-06T00:00:00Z

    Architect Foster and Partners has been appointed to design a 65-storey tower on the World Trade Centre site.

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    Old Hall renewed

    2006-01-06T00:00:00Z

    Developer English Cities Fund has submitted a planning application for the second phase of its landmark St Paul’s Square development on Old Hall Street, Liverpool.

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    Three ‘big hitters’ join English Partnerships

    2006-01-06T00:00:00Z

    Regeneration agency English Partnerships has recruited three “big hitters” to its board from the financial and development sectors.