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HSE report allays fears over car park collapse
THE health and Safety Executive has alleviated fears that car parks built in the 1960s may be unsafe. The move comes after the partial collapse of Pipers Row car park in Wolverhampton in March 1997.
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NewsSmooth crossing
Transport for London has unveiled plans for the £425m Thames Gateway Bridge, designed by Marks Barfield Architects, which is to span the Thames between Gallion's Reach and Thamesmead. TfL estimates that improved access could create the potential for up to 26,000 jobs in the Gateway. The river is 650 m ...
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Call to protect homebuyers
Inspector Home, a housing standards pressure group, is to submit a 5000-name petition to the House of Commons to demand that new homes be covered by statutory consumer protection law
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Six in race for £100m Valencia stadium
A shortlist of six has been drawn up to design a £100m football stadium for Spanish football team Valencia.
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NewsSouthern sun-traps
BPTW architects has designed a residential development overlooking Southwark Park in Rotherhithe, south-east London, which is due to be completed in the spring. Developed by Higgins Homes, eight apartments and six town houses will be close to local shopping and leisure amenities and Surrey Quays Tube station. The apartments will ...
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NewsGLA proposes flood plan for Thames Gateway
Environmental planners propose 'green grid' of parks and woodlands to mop up flood water
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Marks Barfield to design Wembley bridge
Architect Marks Barfield, the firm behind the London Eye, is to design a pedestrian bridge to link the Wembley national stadium with the upgraded Stadium Station.
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WYG's £4.3m Irish purchase
Listed consultant White Young Green has enlarged its presence in Ireland with the purchase of project manager Denis Rooney Associates for £4.3m.
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Montpellier's pre-tax profit and turnover suffer a fall
Construction and property group Montpellier issued poor annual results this week.
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Carillion to build £60m Oxfordshire asylum centre
Home Office awards Carillion–Group 4 team a controversial scheme to build accommodation for 750 asylum seekers
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NewsFrench made
Brisac Gonzalez Architecture has won a design competition for a multipurpose arena in Aurillac, in the France's Massif Central. Chosen from a longlist of 33, four practices were shortlisted by the town's regional government. Brisac Gonzalez beat off three Paris practices, including Henri Gaudin, Alain Safarti and Agence Sequences to ...
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FeaturesTime, gentlemen, please
In the rush of 12-hour working days fuelled by fatty snacks and liquid lunches, it's easy to forget that you are utterly, utterly reliant on a small ball of muscle in your chest. We report on drive to alert executives to the danger they're in – before it's too late
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Building’s Beckhams
Every year, a few premiership players dominate the European construction league – but their Spanish competitors are playing a long game and there may be an upset.
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FeaturesThe Longest day
The creation of Heathrow's £3.7bn Terminal 5 is a titanic daily feat of co-ordination, with a 7000-strong army of workers to be ferried, thousands of tonnes of material to be delivered and two raging rivers to be diverted. We observed a day in the remarkable life of Europe's biggest building ...
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My cure-all health plan
We could improve construction in one fell swoop by making health and safety training a precondition for anybody becoming a company director
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CommentNo job for Superman
Any adjudicator who comes to a dispute too convinced of their own expertise may not be able to judge the case in an open-minded, impartial way
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Sit up and take notice
Do you have trouble figuring out whether you need to give notice of abatement? And do you know the difference between set-off and abatement? If not, read on
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A sad state of affairs
Fresh statistics on high suicide rates in construction show that this worrying trend is not going away … But what is causing it – and what can be done?
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Housebuilders and property firms to team up, says City
Analysts predict rise in mergers and acquisitions this year as trend for mixed-use developments takes hold