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The code breakers
The Office of Fair Trading has, up to now, reserved its fire for contractors that cross the line during tendering. But it is not all on one side, as this case from Northern Ireland shows
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Wounded McAlpine is takeover target
Alfred McAlpine effectively put itself up for sale this week when it announced that it intended to sell its PFI portfolio and troubled slate quarries, and demerge the rest of the business
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NewsWhitbybird bought by Danes
Whitbybird has merged with Danish engineering giant Ramboll to create an international consultancy with more than 6,000 staff
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Tough energy target for BSF
At least 60% of the energy for every new English secondary school to come from renewables
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Harman backs gangmaster bill
The Labour government is to back a private members bill to protect migrant construction workers from exploitation
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NewsMace scores a hat trick at Wellington Place in Leeds
Consultant lands three roles at £500m scheme to create 2.6 million ft2 urban district
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FeaturesMini cost model: Nursing homes
As people in the UK live longer, demand for residential care and nursing homes is growing – as are our expectations of the standard of living they will provide. Max Wilkes of Davis Langdon looks at how home developers and operators are rising to the challenge
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FeaturesTime for lunch
Lunch is for wimps, right? Who are you kidding? Lunch has come right back into fashion as companies realise that a well-fed workforce is a happy workforce.
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FeaturesAnyone for Hopkins?
With the National Tennis Centre in south-west London, Hopkins Architects has taken a lumbering and guileless building type and instilled in it the grace and finesse of a Roger Federer. Martin Spring admires the architect’s all-round game
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It never happened
Your article on the extension of membership of the CSCS board to housebuilders and civil engineers (3 August page 16) was not correct.
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Forum for debate
Your interview with Mike Davies, the new chair of the Strategic Forum, and his predecessor James Wates (20 July, page 36), refers to the role of the chairman rotating every year between the “three core member bodies”.
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Ivory tower
Colin Harding returned to his architect bashing with his article on “The Prince of Wails” (20 July, page 30). Usually I disagree with his extreme opinions, but this time I had to agree with most of what he said.
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Masters and apprentices
I read with interest the recent findings by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) that 53% of their members are having problems finding the right skills (July 20, page 11). Last year we provided a grant to support FMB members to train nearly 6,000 apprentices.
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FeaturesYvette Cooper
The government’s effort to get housebuilders to produce more homes has been like a man trying to herd cats by shouting into a megaphone. Now it’s looking for more effective tactics. In her first interview since joining the Cabinet, the housing minister tells Stuart Macdonald what they are.
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CommentHansom Sign ‘o’ the times
The silly season is heralded by Serbian ‘folk-pop-dance’ acts, mix-tape morris dancers and those pocket-sized icons of the 21st century, Prince and Hazel Blears
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