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  • Summr floods
    News

    Industry called in to prevent repeat of flooding crisis

    2007-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Defra commissions consultant Entec to devise flood-proofing strategy

  • Safer Skyline campaign
    News

    Tower crane action plan

    2007-08-24T10:01:00Z

    Leading industry figures pledge to improve tower crane safety

  • Comment

    Clear as mud

    2007-08-24T00:00:00Z

    The House of Lords’ ruling in the Melville Dundas case confused everybody about the Construction Act’s payment rules. Now the courts are trying to get things straight again

  • Birchall: Was managing director for just 18 months
    News

    Birchall forced out of Rider Levett Bucknall

    2007-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Managing director of rebranded Bucknall Austin leaves as board seeks ‘different style’

  • Simon Birchall
    News

    Birchall forced out of Rider Levett Bucknall

    2007-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Managing director of rebranded Bucknall Austin leaves as board seeks ‘different style’

  • News

    Kier grabs No 1 spot in July with £375m of work

    2007-08-24T09:58:00Z

    Business barometer — Public projects take contractor to the top but Balfour retains annual lead

  • Housing starts fall 8%
    News

    Housing starts fall by 8%

    2007-08-24T00:56:00Z

    Government’s 3 million homes target suffers blow as starts look set to fall behind completions

  • Comment

    Riddle me this

    2007-08-24T00:00:00Z

    If you see something going wrong on a building site, do you have a legal duty to tell someone? This is a simple question with no simple answer, says Rupert Choat. But here’s the latest thinking …

  • News

    Building boom at seven-year high

    2007-08-24T00:00:00Z

    The building boom has reached a seven-year high, a report from the Construction Products Association (CPA) revealed this week.

  • News

    Merged QS to float on AIM

    2007-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Three UK quantity surveyors to form Baqus and embark on aggressive acquisition strategy

  • News

    Hips rolled out to three-bed houses

    2007-08-24T00:00:00Z

    It was confirmed last week that the Home Information Pack (Hip) scheme will be extended to three-bedroom homes, amid further criticism of the programme.

  • The speed of things: Bucharest is benefiting from huge amounts of inward investment
    Features

    Country focus: Romania

    2007-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Romania is booming after its recent accession to the EU, with a rapidly growing construction industry and the world’s ‘third most promising’ economy, writes Stuart Powls of EC Harris

  • Features

    Gus takes the scenic route

    2007-08-24T00:00:00Z

    The Formica hell of a service station can ruin a bank holiday jaunt. But fear not: dotted around the motorway exits of Britain are some architectural gems to lift the spirits of even the most jaded driver. Gus Alexander enjoys some truly welcome breaks

  • Features

    Uncharted territory

    2007-08-24T00:00:00Z

    The UK Green Building Council wants to create a road map towards a sustainable environment. Paul King, its chief executive and a man of impeccable green credentials, will be in the driving seat – or should that be bike saddle?

  • Features

    The building that wasn’t there

    2007-08-24T00:00:00Z

    LSI Architects’ visitor centre in Cley in the Norfolk marshes works hard not to be noticed

  • Comment

    Building buys a pint for …

    2007-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Squire and Partners

  • Features

    ‘People shouldn’t be scared of doing what they like at university’

    2007-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Don’t have a BSc in construction? Don’t worry. Roma Agrawal’s first degree is in physics, but that hasn’t stopped her becoming one of the main engineers on a £4m project at the tender age of 23. She tells Jo Donnelly how it happened

  • Features

    An irresistible rise

    2007-08-24T00:00:00Z

    The unprecedented run of industry growth is unlikely to come to an end any time soon, with orders high and employment prospects healthy. Experian Business Strategies reports

  • Comment

    My favourites …

    2007-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Scott Lawrie

  • Comment

    Life on the edge

    2007-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Your leader column (3 August, page 3) could not be more apt. On a Sunday morning a few weeks ago, I had to inform some scaffolders who were working on a building on a busy street corner in central London about the dangers of working on the scaffold with no ...