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Bouygues bags third London BSF scheme
Bouygues has won a £240m Building Schools for the Future contract in Tower Hamlets, east London.
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Here's an idea - No 11
Building services consultant Foreman Roberts has published an A-Z guide to sustainability speak in an attempt to spare construction professionals’ blushes when dealing with all the buzzwords, jargon and abbreviations used when discussing matters environmental.
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TUC calls for apprentice quota
Trade unions are pushing for strict quotas for apprentices employed on public sector contracts to stave off the skills crisis in industries such as construction, writes Sarah Richardson.
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Engineering added to skills shortage list
The Association for Consultancy and Engineering has welcomed the addition of civil and structural engineering to the list of occupations for which employers can hire workers from outside the EU to fill vacancies.
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Dispute resolution body picks team of super adjudicators
One of the organisations responsible for nominating adjudicators has overhauled its structure in an attempt to improve the quality and speed of adjudication decisions.
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NewsArt in Arabia: Rafael Viñoly's Museum of Modern Arab Art in Doha
Rafael Viñoly Architects has been appointed to design the Museum of Modern Arab Art in Doha, the capital of Qatar.
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CommentPitt is miscast in his latest
Forget Seven Years in Tibet, if Brad Pitt is serious about a career in architecture he’d better start thinking about seven years in the classroom, says Tarek Merlin
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CommentWebmaster review: Ian Ritchie Architects website
Architect Ian Ritchie grabbed the headlines by pulling out of the design team for the Olympic village, but can ianritchiearchitects.co.uk make a big impression too?
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CommentThe cycle of life
Just to say how much I enjoyed your article on Herne Hill (15 August, page 36).
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Construction matters
The House of Commons thinks that Construction Matters. Of course it does, and of the 55 conclusions and recommendations in its report, the crucial item is number 20.
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Training regime
Panic and short-termism could cripple the UK’s construction industry in years to come unless it looks beyond the credit crunch and continues to invest in skill development during the downturn.
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Too fast, too furious
I read with interest the article on the plans by John Lewis Partnership and Waitrose to double their floor space in 10 years and their search for new firms to work with.
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Take a bow, Andrea
As an archer I had to contact you to correct your misinterpretation of the picture of the lady archers at the 1908 Olympic Games.
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Redrow denies bank deal will hand power to its lenders
Housebuilder’s debt facility of £450m until 2011 will tie lending more closely to cash flow
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NewsSharewatch: spurt, a surge – and a slide back to reality
As the graph shows, housebuilding shares fell and rose by almost a third compared with the FTSE 100 last month.
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CommentLock-up agreements
The CaseThis was a case involving the Middlesborough Dock, now renamed Middlehaven. Chilli Developments Ltd (“Chilli”) expressed an interest in undertaking a development on the land. There were negotiations with English Partnerships (“English”) and Tees Valley Regeneration Ltd (“Tees”) for a development agreement to enable Chilli to build on part ...
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NewsSustainability Champion of the Year: Gulf States Building Awards 2008
The winner earned this title by driving forward environmental change and preserving ancient heritage in Dubai