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CommentHey, big spender: getting cash from the European Investment Bank
When Crossrail landed a cool £1bn loan from the European Investment Bank last month, it provoked a surge of interest from other businesses. Joey Gardiner looks at what chance they have of getting eurofinance
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Move with the times
The appointment of a chief construction adviser is welcome, but in the 10 years since the Egan Report the game has moved on a long way
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CommentA word to the Wise
I followed Chris Wise’s logic in questioning, for environmental reasons, whether RIBA should have recognised the 100,000-tonne Bird’s Nest stadium in Beijing (9 October, page 28), but I struggled to follow why he then used what was clearly a unique structure to criticise the efficiency of steel overall
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Expose the OFT
It is not surprising, what with the draconian powers of the Office of Fair Trading and the possibility of future appeals, that few bosses are prepared to put their heads above the parapet and comment on the spate of fines imposed upon our industry
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Jobs: Wanted
I can’t quite believe the lack of support that the unemployed graduates are receiving (11 September, page 34)
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NewsCrossrail spend £3bn by next election
Scale of expenditure by next election makes cancelling Crossrail less attractive to an incoming government
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NewsShow and sell
The world’s largest Audi showroom, designed by Wilkinson Eyre, opened this week in Brentford
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Latest construction appointments - 16 October 2009
Mott MacDonald has appointed Richard Krasenberg sub-divisional manager in its renewable generation and environment team in Brighton
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CommentHansom: Lese majeste
Just as Hyde Park’s Rue du Roi was renamed Rotten Row, and Sir David Maxwell Fyfe became Dai Bananas, so the mocking laughter of the public continues to haunt the great and the good …
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NewsZero carbon agenda could destory SMEs: Ways and means
If the government is really serious about reducing overall carbon emissions, it doesn’t do to be too precious about the means to the end. Just make sure SMEs can bear the burden
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NewsEnviros: Failed bidders revealed
Failed bidders for Carillion's environmental consultancy arm include social housing firm Connaught
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Aecom’s five-year plan
Aecom plans to double the size of its UK and Ireland operation – the firm formerly known as Faber Maunsell – within five years, according to Bill Hanway, the company’s new UK chief executive
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Keller buys Singaporean firm
Keller Group, the gound engineering specialist, has bought Singaporean foundation contractor Resource Holdings for £30.6m
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Speedy sales down 30%
Speedy Hire has said its first-half turnover is likely to be 29% down on last year’s figure of £256m despite increased stability in recent months
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News£136m-turnover Lancsville in talks over refinancing deal
South-east contractor says county court judgments, totalling £300,000, are ‘being dealt with’
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NewsCitywatch: Pessimism postponed
Bellway boss John Watson is a glass-half-empty kind of guy and was in “muted recovery” mode at the housebuilder’s full-year results this week
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CommentThe hard way: Gus Alexander on novating an architect
Transferring control of the architect from client to contractor can work fine. It can also make everyone’s life a lot more difficult – particularly the architect’s
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CommentWonders & blunders with Tony Travers
Academic and pundit Tony Travers heaps praise on a pier that lends grace to the Naples of the north, and pours scorn on a pathologically misanthropic medical college
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NewsPersimmon furious over Bellway's social housing plan
Housebuilder of ‘aspirational’ Hartlepool development joins popular protest against partner of 12 years
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NewsTories set to scrap 'ridiculous' apprenticeship rules
Shadow housing minister hints housebuilders would no longer have to use apprentices on publicly funded projects