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Spurs let off the hook on affordable homes
Council report wipes £16m in payments from Tottenham and deletes requirement to provide affordable homes as part of stadium redevelopment
ISG wins £100m Santander job
Contractor to build state-of-the art data centre in Leicester
Shepherd Construction chief executive walks out
Richard Vining third boss of £250m turnover business to depart since 2008
RCA appoints two heads to School of Architecture
Charles Walker and Ab Rogers join Alex de Rijke as part of the London college’s expansion plans
Green light for £60m Glasgow business development
Bowmer & Kirkland to build 170,000ft2 office block
Higgins waives £340k bonus
AGM postponed as Network Rail chief executive pledges money to level crossing safety fund
BIM adoption rocketing, survey finds
NBS industry survey shows almost a third of professionals now using BIM
Work to secure Olympic park green legacy complete
Environment Agency hails completion of its work with the Olympic Delivery Authority to create new urban park
Profits soar at Foster + Partners
Architect sees profit rise from £1.6m to £10.9m with most work stemming from Far East
Atkins locks in Alcatraz job
Engineer will oversee structural reinforcement to the famous prison
Berkeley and DSDHA housing scheme approved
Luxury £60m residential scheme in Westminster is architect’s biggest ever project
Glasgow council approves Games village pension fund plan
Council to act as guarantor under plan by a private-sector consortium to make up £35m funding gap
Energy secretary Chris Huhne resigns
Liberal Democrat business minister Ed Davey to replace Huhne
Green light for Sheppard Robson's £750m Fitzrovia scheme
Developer offers council extra £2m for affordable housing
Libya 'too unstable' for work
Construction firms told timetable for work is uncertain
Mace favourite to win Design Museum job
Contractor is already advising on £80m scheme
Council pension fund invests £25m in housing
Manchester council hopes to put in place a pipeline of institutional investment
Willetts backs construction internship campaign
Universities minister supports industry initiative the Pledge
Laing O'Rourke's head of UK south moved to HR
The change means two top jobs in Laing O’Rourke UK combined into one
Lawyers warn of illegal retention clauses
Subcontractors are still receiving contracts with illegal payment retention provisions