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UPDATE: Seven workers killed in Dubai bridge collapse
More than 40 crew working on the project, fifteen injured in accident at marina and city
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Purge of Erinaceous board could include chairman
Nigel Turnbull set to follow founders Neil Bellis and Lucy Cummings out of the door
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The many lives of Richard Rogers
He may have made his name as an architectural disemboweller, but he has cemented it with a constantly evolving style and widening interests. Tarek Merlin assesses his career
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What the Fiona tells us
The House of Lords has just decided a case that’s been around long enough to acquire its own nickname. And although it’s about a huge shipping dispute, it will have a big impact on construction
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Bovis set to build ‘Darth Vader’s helmet’
Bovis Lend Lease is on the brink of being appointed to build “Darth Vader’s Helmet”, as the Stanhope development at Walbrook Square in central London has become popularly known.
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Currie & Brown finds its way back with strong order book
Boss admits QS ‘lost direction’ but says restructuring has boosted turnover to £60m
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Six arrested after cable is stolen from Atkins rail project
Between £200,000 and £300,000 worth of cable has been stolen from the Basingstoke resignalling project
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Bovis set to build ‘Darth Vader’s helmet’
Bovis in advanced discussions on London project designed by Foster + Partners and Jean Nouvel.
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The Lords’ diagnosis
Joe Griffiths Can an employer be found negligent if the presence of asbestos fibres in a former worker’s lungs causes clinical depression? The House of Lords thought not
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Olympic authority unveils its designs for 2012 stadium
… as Balfour Beatty puts a £200m pricetag is put on the aquatics centre
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New Mouchel division targets £10m turnover
Infrastructure consultancy Mouchel has launched a property arm that it hopes will generate business worth £10m a year by 2009.
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C is for copyright, D is for defects
The A to Z of construction law Our instant course in legal concepts continues with some advice on how to protect your design ideas and what to do if defects come to light on your building
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Big drop in construction orders puts housing plans at risk
Statistics published last week showing an 8% fall in total construction orders and a 12% decline in the housing sector cast doubt on whether Brown will hit his ambitious 2020 targets
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Construction Act fails to make the cut
The reform of the Construction Act may have to wait another year before it is made law.
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Energy certification on verge of chaos, warns BPF
Property federation says it is not aware of any trained assessors for delayed programme
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Strange fruit
Hammersmith and Fulham council gave the go-ahead to Development Securities’ £250m redevelopment of Hammersmith Grove last week.
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Construction still the most dangerous industry in UK
HSE figures show that more workers are seriously injured on building sites than anywhere else
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Strong language
What Roger Madelin calls King’s Cross protesters, why Constructing Excellence would like to learn Japanese swear words – and what is that terrifying noise coming from the bathroom?
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Giving ground
A Competition Commission report has raised the prospect of supermarkets being forced to sell off their landbanks to rival stores. Joey Gardiner looks at whether this will mean a new wave of superstores outside Britain’s towns and cities