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  • The folded planes and asymetrical geometries of the Grand Palladium give a dynamic, futuristic feel
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    Making a point

    2010-11-19T00:00:00Z

    WSP’s Grand Palladium injects futuristic design and some serious angles into the heart of Mumbai’s commercial district

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    Hyder axes 300 jobs but insists cull is now over

    2010-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Finance director says staffing levels will now remain ’broadly flat’ after profit rises by two-thirds

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    cityWATCH: Caution

    2010-11-19T00:00:00Z

    The City has been understanding of the many companies that had a look - and then recoiled - at failed contractor Rok last week. Even Mears, which was the first off the mark to salivate over Rok’s remains, but then perhaps wisely decided it didn’t fancy the prospect, managed to ...

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    Taylor Wimpey clinches £950m credit deal

    2010-11-19T00:00:00Z

    A refinancing by Taylor Wimpey was the highlight among respectable interim statements to the City by three of the biggest housebuilders this week, despite a no-show from the traditional boost in autumn sales

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    British Land reveals £1.5bn London development programme

    2010-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Developer British Land has committed to a £1.5bn development programme in the London office market, it announced on Tuesday

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    Styles & Wood to rebrand after turnover warning to City

    2010-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Property services firm Styles & Wood has said that it will rebrand to become known as S&W, two weeks after it issued a turnover warning to the City

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    HSE to lose extra inspectors

    2010-11-19T00:00:00Z

    The Health and Safety Executive will not renew the contracts of the 24 temporary construction safety inspectors it recruited last year when their employment ends next June

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    Stratford scholars

    2010-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Make has won planning for an education building in Stratford, London, provisionally titled the Stratford Island University Centre

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    Rok administrators in last push to sell contracts

    2010-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Hopes of selling whole business gone as divisions shut down and potential buyers back away

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    Latest construction appointments : 19 November 2010

    2010-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Barratt has appointed Tom Keevil general counsel and company secretary. He joins from United Utilities where he held the same position.

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    Specialists: rebate demands ‘contagious’

    2010-11-19T00:00:00Z

    The head of the Specialist Engineering Contractors Group has described the practice of large facilities management firms demanding discounts and rebates from their subcontractors as a “contagious disease”, as suppliers warn they will have to pass cost cuts down their supply chains, writes Daniel Thomas.

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    Morrell berates architects

    2010-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Chief construction adviser Paul Morrell compared the “irrational exuberance” in recent architecture to the hedonism of the financial markets in a speech yesterday.

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    A week in the death of Rok

    2010-11-19T00:00:00Z

    8/11Rok put into administration. Its construction staff shut down sites. Mears, Leadbitter and Kinetics are among firms that express an interest in acquiring it. Rok’s administrator pledges to pay staff.9/11First customers express anxiety about Rok work, with Tesco Underwriting saying it was already passing any new claims work to other ...

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    Atkins academy goes international

    2010-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Atkins plans to roll out its nuclear training academy internationally.

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    Aghobili Hotel by Henning Larsen: On a high

    2010-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Aghobili Hotel in Abastumani, Georgia, is designed by Henning Larsen Architects.Engineer Buro Happold and Danish architect Henning Larsen have won an international design competition for a new 200-room, 22,000m2 luxury hotel in Georgia, eastern Europe. The new Aghobili Hotel will be situated in the Meskheti mountain range near the spa ...

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    Mansell wins £24m contract to build Hackney school

    2010-11-18T17:04:00Z

    Contractor will consolidate Cardinal Pole Catholic School’s facilities onto one site

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    Rok remains sold to Balfour subsidiary Mansell

    2010-11-18T16:43:00Z

    £7m sale will see 235 further redundancies

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    Life after death for Cabe arm as housing rating tool revived

    2010-11-18T15:08:00Z

    Design watchdog to set up Community Interest Company to take on Ӱ for Life business

  • Planning papers
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    Government U-turn on planning levy

    2010-11-18T14:10:00Z

    Coalition pledges to stick with Labour planning tariff after all

  • Gerry Judah's Audi China sculpture
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    Capita's Ode to Audi unveiled

    2010-11-18T12:08:00Z

    Consultant works with Audi on the Gerry Judah sculpture in China