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NewsOlympic apprentices may be sent 100 miles to train...
Workers could be forced to go to Norfolk or Kent as funding freeze threatens London college plan
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NewsA visit to the queen
Plans for an underwater museum in Alexandria have been given the go-ahead by the Egyptian government
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NewsGovernment rule changes baffle EPC firms
The government has confused the sustainability industry by issuing – then seemingly retracting – guidance that would alter the way energy performance certification is carried out
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NewsZaha rising
Watson Steel is near to completing the skeleton of Zaha Hadid’s Riverside Transport Museum in Glasgow
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Government delays nuclear power insurance plans
2017 deadline at risk as draft regulations to deal with liability problems are put on ice
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NewsMott MacDonald client puts £6.1bn Dubai power project on hold
UK consultant Mott MacDonald has been hit by the decision to put a £6.1bn power project it is working on in Dubai on hold
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NewsTee on the lawn
Grimshaw has designed a $95m (£67m) golf course on top of a water filtration plant in New York
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Construction officer role in peril
Industry leaders fear the government may abandon its plan to appoint a chief construction officer
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Unite boss 'using' foreign worker row
Union officials are accusing Unite leader Derek Simpson of using the foreign labour disputes to win votes for his re-election
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NewsCannes-do spirit
More than 60 cyclists left Calais at 6am this morning on the second leg of the 1,500km Cycle to Cannes charity ride
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Latest construction appointments - 6 March 2009
Kier has named Nicholas Paul Winser non-executive director
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Greener school buildings could save £165m a year, says study
Building zero-carbon schools could save the UK £165m in annual energy bills, according to research into sustainable construction
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Soaring to victory
Engineer Buro Happold and Explorations Architecture have won the design competition for a new foot and cycle bridge over the River Soar in Leicester
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T&T's purchase
Consultant Turner & Townsend has acquired American construction cost management firm Busby & Associates for an undisclosed sum, taking its US presence to five offices and 130 staff
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Clarification
Regarding the feature “Death of a dream” in our edition of 13 February 2009 we would like to confirm that Neil Morris works for Digby Morris, and not Hays
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NewsA thousand and one lights
More than 1,000 lights have been installed in the atrium of Tower 42 in Bishopsgate in the City of London as part of a refurbishment
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CommentGoing public
The government’s decision to bring out its cheque book yet again – this time for the PFI – is a massive fillip for the industry
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CommentFair enough?: Breaching natural justice
The case of Dorchester vs Vivid raised the familiar question of when an adjudication breaches natural justice. Here’s what the judge had to say…
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CommentMea culpa: Disputes from the architect's point of view
The tale an architect wants a building to tell can turn into a shaggy dog story if the builders doesn’t want to tell it as well... and if they aren’t distracted by people like me
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A guide to a legal labyrinth: Claiming from the insurer
How do you make a claim against a consultant that has no money, but does have an insurance policy? Simple: you claim against its insurer. Hang on... did I say ‘simple’?