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Changes to Tube contracts imminent
Bidders for the Tube part-privatisation scheme prepare to rebid as GLA's Kiley pushes for a more unified management structure.
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Prescott accused of turning summit into 'talking shop'
Government's commitment to safety summit questioned after it is reduced from two days to a half a day.
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New body set to harness Egan to public design
CABE and M4I to create new body as Building for the Future conference debates better public architecture.
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Audit office flays tax scheme …
Inland Revenue given "roasting" from government watchdog over catalogue of mistakes.
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… and warns MPs to expect Portcullis claims
The House of Commons is bracing itself to pay out more money to disgruntled contractors over Portcullis House.
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Corus reassures construction
Steel producer Corus has sought to allay the fears of the construction industry following its closures of plants in Wales and northern England.
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Galliard joins race to acquire dome site
Housebuilder Galliard has joined the race to buy the Millennium Dome in Greenwich, south-east London.
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Pidgley junior resigns
Tony K Pidgley, managing director of Berkeley Homes and son of Berkeley Group managing director Tony W Pidgley, has resigned.
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Worker dies in arch collapse
A construction worker died and three others were taken to hospital after a stone archway collapsed on them while working on a factory. The worker, Mark Wroe, aged 22, was working on a metal doorway when the stonework collapsed on Tuesday.
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ISG scoops £100m deal
Property manager Interior Services Group has won a £100m 10-year contract to manage the property of financial services firm Liverpool Victoria.
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Floodplain guidance out
Construction minister Nick Raynsford has confirmed that developers will have to take responsibility for avoiding building on floodplains.
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Bubbling under
This is one of three plans for Great North Eastern Railway stations dreamed up by Nick Derbyshire Architects.
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Corby gets regeneration plans under way
Deputy prime minister John Prescott visited Corby, the rundown former steel town in Northamptonshire, this week to launch an urban regeneration initiative.
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Minister calls for council design champions
Local authorities should follow the lead taken by government and appoint design champions to promote good buildings, culture minister Alan Howarth told this week's Building for the Future conference.
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Mixed development, east London
Work has started on this £14m scheme at Britannia Walk, which includes 45 homes, 99 units for key workers, office blocks and live–work units.
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Foster and Alsop call for better clients
Lord Foster has called for clients to take a lead in promoting high quality building design.
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Big five shelve joint e-commerce plan
Laing, Skanska, Bovis Lend Lease, Balfour Beatty and Amec stop work on launch of internet portal as industry interest in e-construction wanes.
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Eight make South Bank shortlist
Eight international architects have been shortlisted for the the first phase of Rick Mather's masterplan for the redevelopment of the South Bank arts complex in central London.
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University of Newcastle Medical School
This 409-seat lecture theatre, in the centre right of this diagram above the existing medical school entrance, was designed by local architect FaulknerBrowns.
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Contractors line up for new wave of PFI hospitals
Three shortlisted for £250m Manchester children's hospital, one of the biggest projects in the third PFI group.