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    Wembley stadium team plays on, despite doubts

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    Fifty-strong design team carries on "full steam ahead" despite radical rethink of entire plan.

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    DETR planning powers challenged in court

    2000-12-15T00:00:00Z

    The DETR's right to call in planning applications was this week called into question under the new Human Rights Act.

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    HTA wins £70m estate contest

    2000-12-15T00:00:00Z

    A team led by HTA Architects has won a competition to masterplan the £70m regeneration of a deprived east London estate.

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    Alsop & Störmer splits after 10 years

    2000-12-15T00:00:00Z

    Architectural practice Alsop & Störmer has split up after a 10-year partnership that culminated in this year's Stirling Prize for its Peckham Library.

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    Flat hunting

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    Planning permission has been granted for this £30m 154-apartment development in Whitworth Street, central Manchester

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    FaulknerBrowns tipped to win Picketts Lock job

    2000-12-15T00:00:00Z

    Newcastle-based architect FaulknerBrowns is tipped to win the commission to design the £95m Picketts Lock athletics stadium in north-east London.

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    Key work

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    Housebuilder St George North London is developing this 48-apartment block in Hoxton Square, east London.

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    'Treat safety failures like drink driving'

    2000-12-15T00:00:00Z

    Construction Confederation agrees broadbrush get-tough policy over health and safety after latest site death takes total to six in 10 days.

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    CABE calls for PFI hospitals to have design watchdogs

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    Commission wants NHS trusts to appoint champions to oversee quality in the second wave of schemes.

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    Irish step up campaign to lure skilled labour

    2000-12-15T00:00:00Z

    IRELAND IS intensifying its campaign to recruit skilled construction workers from around the world to carry out its £14bn infrastructure spending plan.

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    Heart of glass

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    Aukett Europe has designed this £20m shopping precinct in the centre of Coventry.

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    Village life

    2000-12-15T00:00:00Z

    A pioneering school, community hall and health centre designed by Edward Cullinan Architects is being completed this week in the Greenwich Millennium Village.

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    CBI boss asks for planning ammo to fire at DETR

    2000-12-15T00:00:00Z

    Digby Jones tells firms to give him details of disputes as confederation lobbies to speed up planning process.

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    'Skills shortages critical,' says Pidgley

    2000-12-15T00:00:00Z

    Berkeley chief blames lack of training and tax policy for skills crunch and calls for industry-wide response.

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    Jarvis' profit falls in tight PFI market

    2000-12-15T00:00:00Z

    The Heavy bidding costs for PFI contracts hit Jarvis' results for the six months to 30 September, with profit falling 31% from £12.6m to £8.7m.

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    Brunswick on the prowl

    2000-12-15T00:00:00Z

    Brunswick Developments, the property company that made two failed bids for Alfred McAlpine last year, is still on the prowl for a major housebuilder.

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    Sharewatch

    2000-12-15T00:00:00Z

    How construction companies fared in the City in the week to 11 December 2000

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    Wimpey axes 250 jobs in restructure

    2000-12-15T00:00:00Z

    New chief executive merges housebuilding arms Wimpey Homes and McLean Homes, and says some regional offices are likely to close.

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    DLG links up with US architect

    2000-12-15T00:00:00Z

    London- and Leeds-based architect DLG has formed a transatlantic link with top US leisure design firm Gould Evans International to target commercial and entertainment clients across North America and Europe.

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    Centex to offer UK mortgages

    2000-12-15T00:00:00Z

    US housebuilder Centex has hired three big guns from the financial services industry to lead an assault on the UK mortgage market.