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Northampton council picks team for £320m transport project
May Gurney and WSP joint venture selected to deliver highway services project
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NewsConstruction firms ‘will take credit crunch hit’ in 2008
Insolvencies tipped to increase in building firms this year, say reports into trading prospects
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NewsCostain in talks to join first nuclear reactor alliance
Firms gear up for work as government confirms commitment to more nuclear plants
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Liverpool lost 40% of its jobs between 1972 and 1991 and so, unsurprisingly, its population has been in long-term decline. It still is.
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Row over supervisor safety training
Specialists groups have accused major contractors of issuing “edicts from on high” after the Major Contractors Group announced plans to introduce a compulsory qualification for its subcontractors without consulting them.
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FeaturesLiverpool One on-site: Welcome to paradise
How do you co-ordinate a £1bn budget, 40 buildings, 22 architects and 90 consultants to deliver the most ambitious regeneration scheme Liverpool has ever seen? Thomas Lane went to ask the man who has to do it
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Balfour’s European PPP drive hits the buffers in Germany
Contractor fails to win any projects in 18 months, raising concerns about UK firms’ prospects
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Prefabricated toilet cubicles
Cubicle Centre has developed the Malvern range for washroom refurbishments.
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FeaturesPhil Redmond
He’s known by many as the father of the modern soap opera. Others see him as the man who’ll deliver Liverpool’s year in the sun. But for some he’ll always be the QS who tackled Orton village hall …
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CommentMy Liverpool wonders and blunders with Roger McGough
Roger McGough knows he’s home when he sees the Royal Liver Building, but the Radio City Tower makes him want to take the next ferry out
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NewsHmm, perhaps not an ideal solution…
Thanks to Tim Castle for our latest exposé of working practices on improvised building sites.
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FeaturesHow to be a patron of the arts
No refurbished corporate headquarters is complete without its specially commissioned artwork – and 11-12 St James’s Square in west London wasn’t to be outdone.
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FeaturesOccupant feedback: Did you have a good office today?
Poorly designed offices can easily demoralise a workforce, sapping productivity and profits. So the British Council for Offices is endeavouring to get designers, contractors and clients to take post-occupancy feedback seriously.
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FeaturesRadiators you can sit on
Jaga Heating Products has launched a bench radiator for lobbies and public spaces.
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Movers and makers
Telling Lime Products and Pittsburgh Corning have begun testing their insulated cladding for flood prevention. Air-tightness, water-tightness and wind and impact resistance are being assessed using the standard methods. There will also be a new test to determine how well the system protects timber and steel frame buildings. ...
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FeaturesEnvironment-friendly paint
Building Design Partnership has designed this administrative centre for Edinburgh council in the Waverley Valley district, mid-way between Princes Street and the Scottish parliament at Holyrood.
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Waterless urinals
A range of urinals has been launched by Gen Quip that operates without water or the need for waste cartridges, microbial blocks or deoderising tablets.
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Acoustic control
The London offices of insurer Friends Provident have been fitted with a sound control system by Acoustic Comfort.
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Track lighting
Zumtobel Lighting has launched the Tren modular track system for lighting high ceiling spaces.