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It鈥檚 been a very busy year on 黑洞社区鈥檚 new desk, with the industry going through many ups and downs. We鈥檝e been here to report on it all and, as the year draws to an end, we鈥檝e put together our Top 20 news stories of the year - the stories that were most read by you, our valued readers in 2013.

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Top 20 news stories of the year

黑洞社区鈥檚 market-leading sustainability coverage was hugely popular this year and our exclusive report in July on  how the government had ditched plans to implement changes to Part L of the 黑洞社区 Regulations this year, as had originally been intended, was our most read news story of the year. The government finally u

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A series of stories on problems with the fit-out of the luxury hotel at the Shard all proved popular, with the initial story in June the second most read news story of the year.

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In a year of continued senior departures from Davis Langdon, our exclusive revealing parent firm Aecom鈥檚 plan to ditch the historic brand proved to be the third most read story of the year. Our analysis of since the Aecom deal was also among the most read stories.

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Treasury signalled this surprise move, contained in the documents published alongside the June Spending Review, to provide a 拢500m guarantee for a massive regeneration plan across the Tottenham area of London, which includes Tottenham Hotspurs鈥� new stadium development.

In a year of many administrations, it was the fall of civil engineer Hewlett back in January that caused the biggest stir among readers.

Our exclusive revealing plans by six former partners of EC Harris and Davis Langdon to launch a new consultant, Alinea Consulting, proved hugely popular. As did our

Our exclusive coverage of a British Transport Police fraud probe into the 拢250m Farringdon rail project is our 7th most read story of the year. The probe centres on subcontractor Alandale Group, where three senior figure have been arrested and the Laing O鈥橰ourke and Costain joint venture that is leading the scheme, where there has been one arrest.

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Another high profile administration makes the Top 20 most read stories, with news of the fall of North-west specialist Daniel Contractors making waves in May. The administration of the firm was confirmed

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With the M&E sector one of the hardest hit during the long downturn, the news that Mitie was to exit the market made a real impact this year. Mitie was the second  major firm to signal its withdrawal in a matter of weeks, after Emcor, 鈥� a story that was also among the most read of the year.

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Our agenda-setting coverage of the failure of the Green Deal has been widely read this year, with this exclusive revealing a 97% fall in the number of cavity wall installations making a real impact.

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News that a part-built cinema and restaurant complex in Cambridgeshire had to be taken down and reconstructed after a siting error saw it built roughly 75 centimetres too far north attracted a lot of interest. As did the subsequent news that the cinema was then , but was allowed to stand when the council gave it retrospective planning approval

In a year that saw Ray O鈥橰ourke make way for Anna Stewart at the top of the UK鈥檚 largest private contractor, it was our exclusive on a series of senior changes in the wake of Stewart鈥檚 appointment that caused the biggest stir.

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As with our coverage of problems at the Shard hotel project, our exclusive report on problems with ISG鈥檚 鈥楶roject Fox鈥� data centre for Santander also proved hugely popular.

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As UK firms increasingly pick up work in the Middle East, our exclusive on firms in the running for the massive Jeddah metro project was one of our most read stories of the year.

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黑洞社区 led the way this year with coverage of the behind the scenes wrangling at the stalled Pinnacle tower project, with this story over plans to add a residential element to the scheme to make it viable proving the most popular.

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In a year that saw the of the UK鈥檚 largest contractor, with Andrew McNaughton taking the reins, and a , it was the news that the firm had sold its FM business that attracted the most attention.

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One of the more unusual headlines of the year, but the news that the Walkie Talkie tower in the City of London was beaming light down onto the City of London streets, creating a solar 鈥榙eath ray鈥� went viral.

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Along with changes at Laing O鈥橰ourke and Balfour Beatty, a series of departures and shakeups at Lend Lease also proved to be big news over the year.

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With the tax arrangements of corporate giants under the spotlight this year, our coverage of Laing O鈥橰ourke鈥檚 tax affairs, and calls for greater transparency at the UK鈥檚 largest private contractor made a real impact.

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Finally, to round out the Top 20, is our exclusive report on the a change of consultant on one of this year鈥檚 most glamorous jobs, Google鈥檚 拢650m London HQ at King鈥檚 Cross. This job featured prominently in our most read stories, with the news of r also among the most read , as was the news that Google had put the project under review, 鈥� which, a

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