All articles by Alex Smith – Page 8
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Pods appear on 2012 stadium plans - images
The latest images of the Olympic stadium reveal brightly coloured pods and surfaces patterned with jagged shapes
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Web watch — Warren street
As Alice in Wonderland knew, following rabbits can lead you down a hole. But online you’re just as likely to be followed by the rabbit. Alex Smith introduces the surreal world of construction’s Twitters
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May house prices fall 2.8%
The average price of a home has fallen 4.4% over the last 12 months according to Nationwide report
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Airport expansion decisions based on unreliable data
Data must be updated before decisions can be made on expansion of UK airports says new report
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Aedas academy opens in Hackney
The Petchey Academy specialises in health, care and medical services
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Carillion named second greenest company in UK
Skanska MCM Architecture and Berkeley Homes also among most sustainable companies according to The Sunday Times Green List
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UAE unveils ambitious masterplan for Abu Dhabi - images
Plans for emirate will see population triple to 3m over next 22 years
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Norwest Holst has Tank Museum completion in its sights
New control tower will oversee tank displays and pyrotechnics at £10m extention to Bovington Tank Musuem
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Ebbsfleet's mane attraction
Could a giant white horse put a post-industrial part of north Kent on the map? It's certainly the front-runner to win the 'Angel of the South' competition
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Green light for £1.5bn port in Thames Gateway
Largest container ships in the world will dock at the London Gateway port in Essex
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Web watch - Reporters beware
Now readers can generate their own web content about issues that concern them on ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø’s new online discussion board. Alex Smith takes a peek at the hottest topics so far…
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The construction tycoons who made the Rich List
Find out which construction millionaires have made it onto the 2008 Sunday Times Rich List
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Britain’s richest housebuilder feels the pinch as fortune dips to £730m
Sunday Times Rich List reveals an £80m fall in the fortune of Keith Miller and his family
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Bovis has Britain's best site canteen
Kent 'Korker' sausages help Bovis clinch ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø's best canteen award at its St Giles site
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Ice cream cocktails on the house at Phase One Shoreditch
Ices laced with cocktails and the tales of an Olympic fencer were the highlights of ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø's latest social for new professionals
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Web watch - Cover me!
On ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø.co.uk this week we have had running coverage of the OFT investigation, one of the biggest stories of the year, and we’ve devised new ways to keep you informed. Alex Smith reports
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The UK's first code level five homes
The new flats in Mid Street in the sleepy village of South Nutfield might not look like anything to scare the horses, but in fact they are quietly revolutionary. Alex Smith takes a trip to the country to see the UK’s first code-level-five sustainable homes
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ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø buys a pint … at the NSPCC pub quiz
Right. Here we go. The NSPCC pub quiz. A low-pressure affair you might think for the hacks at ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø magazine, but there is professional pride at stake here.
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OFT apologises to supermarket Morrisons over pricing allegations
Office of Fair Trading agrees to pay retail giant £100,000 after accusing business of anti-competitive behaviour
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Only nine firms benefited from bid rigging
Senior industry source says payments were paid to bid 'losers' on only 12 occasions