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Missing Scotland
We are disappointed that the Scottish government’s call for a programme of accelerated capital spending of some £350m in the Budget has not been answered
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Budget blues
Two years ago they removed the tax relief available for building factories, roads, railways, airports – that is, industrial building allowances
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Small is beautiful
I have noticed the adverts in Building for the Good Employer Guide you will be publishing in October. I think it’s a real shame you limit entry to firms employing at least 30 UK-based professional staff, and I feel you are missing a trick here
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Keep it clean
As someone who swears too much and is not proud of it, I agree with Chris Winks’ letter (5 March, page 27) about unnecessary swear words being printed in Building
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FeaturesGene Kohn: Sorting out the mess at Kohn Pedersen Fox UK
When the London office of Kohn Pedersen Fox was split in two by the departure of Lee Polisano in September, founding partner Gene Kohn did what any self-respecting 79 year old would – he moved from New York to London to sort the whole mess out himself. He tells Emily ...
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CommentComing back to haunt us
Bouygues vs Dahl-Jensen, one of the most controversial adjudication cases ever, has just risen from the dead. And it’s put the willies up a lot of lawyers
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CommentA new form of pest control
If you’re peeved with an adjudicator’s decision and start playing silly games rather than comply with it, the likelihood is that you will get clobbered in the courts
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FeaturesParadise for petrol heads: Foster + Partners’ McLaren factory
Foster + Partners has designed a road car factory for McLaren to park alongside its Formula One centre and, like that, it’s an impressive demonstration of streamlined high-tech architecture
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CommentQuentin Shears: academy@grimston
“The secret to a healthy team spirit, I have discovered, is a shared vested interest”
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Vinci versus the wurzels
Strange as it may seem, a council faced with two bids that are equally good can take all kinds of things into account when picking a winner, as this recent case demonstrates
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FeaturesInnovative SMEs: 10 small firms with big ideas
You may not even know that you need them, but the companies featured here can do marvellous things for your business. Roxane McMeeken makes the introductions
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NewsBowmer & Kirkland pays out first £10m salary
The highest paid director at Bowmer & Kirkland is to receive £10.2m for 2009, by far the highest wage in construction, even though the firm’s pre-tax profit fell by a third
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NewsJapanese architect SANAA bags 2010 Pritzker prize
Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa have won the Pritzker. Building’s Ike Ijeh gives his verdict
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Government’s Donaghy response rejects gangmaster licences
The government has refused to introduce gangmaster licensing or create a dedicated construction minister in its response to the Rita Donaghy report on industry deaths this week
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Birmingham Cube in balance
Work on Birmingham’s £100m mixed-use development, The Cube, is continuing as normal after its developer went into administration.
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Laing O’Rourke and Costain nab £40m Crossrail project
Laing O’Rourke and Costain have won a £40m contract to prepare Farringdon station in central London for the coming of Crossrail
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NewsA new heart
This is the £20m main entrance pavilion at the redeveloped Mansfield Community Hospital in Nottinghamshire
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NewsChadderton transformed
Oldham council has appointed Willmott Dixon preferred bidder for its £71m academies programme
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MPs voice fears over financial state of 2012 Games
MPs have expressed serious concern about the ability of the government to keep to the £9.3bn Olympic budget, given that just £194m of unallocated contingency remains