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Three race for 2150-unit transfer job
Three architects have been shortlisted for the £300m revamp of east London's Ocean Estate, which includes the transfer of 2150 social housing units.
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News£1bn PFI Colchester barracks plan is revised
Conservation issues have forced a Sir Robert McAlpine-led consortium to make substantial revisions to a planning application for the Ministry of Defence's £1bn Colchester barracks PFI scheme.
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Amec fined £25,000 after fatal flood
The Cheshire office of Amec Services is one of two firms fined a total of £45,000 at Luton Crown Court after the death of a pensioner.
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Contracts
Croydon to get a faceliftDeveloper Arrowcroft has signed a development agreement with Croydon council in south London for the £300m redevelopment of its Gateway site. The scheme will include a 12,500-seat arena, a health club and more than 500 apartments. Heery heads for ScotlandHeery International is to project manage the ...
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NewsJust the ticket
Just the ticket: This month, London Underground will apply for planning permission to build an enlarged station at Camden Town. The designs, by architect Jestico + Whiles, will include open space in the form of a pedestrian street splitting the site. The station’s ticket hall is to have office space ...
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Strategic forum to launch client-friendly KPIs
The strategic forum is to launch its own key performance indicators to be used by clients in selecting firms.
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NewsHello campus
Hello campus: This Atkins Walters Webster-designed college campus in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, has just opened. The £12m Monkscroft Park was for client Gloucestershire College of Arts & Technology. The building provides 12,500 m2 of accommodation for 2000 sixth form and further education students. Contractor was Bovis Lend Lease, structural engineer was ...
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Industry to urge DTI to crack down on labour agencies
Frustrated construction leaders will demand an end to unscrupulous working practices at high-profile summit.
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NewsCurzon Holdings defies interiors downturn
Curzon Holdings, the parent company of fit-out specialist Jarvis Newman, expects to increase turnover to £100m, despite the downturn in the interiors market.
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Weston Homes' profit jumps 45% to £7.1m
Privately owned housebuilder Weston Homes' profit jumped 45% for the year to 31 July.
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The truth hurts
At last week's urban summit, John Prescott went in for a spot of housebuilder bashing. In fact, the real villain of the housing fiasco can be found closer to home
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Eyes wide shut
If we're going to seize our inauspicious economy by the horns, companies need to stop kidding themselves that things are better than they really are
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FeaturesAn urban renaissance has arrived at paddington and it's wearing bicycle clips
For centuries Paddington has been paralysed by high-speed transport, and many are the developers who've looked at it and despaired. Now adroit planning, distinguished architecture and the humble bicycle are delivering a model regeneration.
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Thatcher redux
One of the Conservatives' most controversial, and popular, policies in the 1980s was the right-to-buy. Now it's back – twice as controversial but just as popular
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Do the best you can
What does an adjudicator do when they do not have time to reach a view on the evidence? One judge suggested they resign, but there is a better option …
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Up the resolution
The Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution's new procedure presents a flexible way of solving disputes that leaves the parties in control for as long as possible
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FeaturesHouse of horrors
Converting an 18th-century mansion into a luxury hotel is almost bound to be a hairy encounter with the past. But when centuries' worth of slapdash extensions and interventions have taken their toll on the building's structure, then even a crack in the wall can spook you …
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Just the job
Louise Frostick, senior designer at Inspace Complete, tells Victoria Madine about the highs and lows of working for a fledgling interior design company