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NewsImage: Spanish practice
Reid Fenwick Asociados reveals its design for the Madrid retail and leisure park
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NewsTesco boss quits
Tony Vasishta, the supermarket’s development director, heads exodus of property team
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Davis Langdon moves to fill sustainability skills gap
Consultant introduces training for all technical workers as number of green projects rises
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NewsCPA calls for cheap land for eco homes
Association challenges government to demonstrate its eco credentials
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CommentOut with the new
The government is promoting modern methods of construction to make homes cheaper, but what are the true costs of these methods for the people who build and inhabit them?
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FeaturesBetter than the real thing
Can a combination of virtual reality sites and actors playing stroppy carpenters prepare workers for a career in construction? Dan Stewart gives it a try
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CommentHansom Mixed emotions
Anger and confusion reign at the Lighthouse Club, boredom (with the merest threat of violence) pervades a Bovis networking event and a whole lot of cheekiness takes place in a hotel car park
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FeaturesSuffering in silence
For the 25 years that he was a crane driver, Terry Duxbury endured the job’s unsafe conditions and culture of never speaking out. Here he tells Sarah Richardson about the terrible personal price he had to pay before he found his voice
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NewsTaywood’s new broom plans sweeping changes
Chief executive Ian Smith sets out a complete overhaul of group’s business strategy
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NewsHousebuilders set to overturn ban on building near warblers
Report says moratorium on development near ground-nesting birds is ‘disproportionate’
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NewsTesco boss quits
Tony Vasishta, the supermarket’s development director, heads exodus of property team
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CommentThe watchdog has finally barked
At last, after months of misery, anger and frustration, we have this frank admission from Alistair Buchanan, the head of gas and electricity regulator Ofgem:
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Striking a balance
This was an appeal against a decision incorporating a term into a contract between Gordon Russell (UK) Ltd and Peter Warwick. Warwick had bought bespoke furniture from Gordon Russell. Gordon Russell had provided three quotations to Warwick. The third quotation included the term that the balance was due “on completion/sign-off ...
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NewsFoster + Partners’ estimated price falls to £300m
Concern about continuing involvement of Lord Foster knocks up to £200 from likely price
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FeaturesThe i-wasp generation
Reading University’s Colin Gray explains how construction best practice can be downloaded as easily as music
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CommentShopfitters of the world unite
Open mike Specialists such as shopfitters should make their voices heard if standards are to be maintained along the contracting supply chain.
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Features
A happy new year for Bovis as it tops the charts
Contractor takes the lead with £451m worth of projects in January
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NewsCPA calls for cheap land for eco homes
The Construction Products Association (CPA) is challenging the government to demonstrate its eco credentials by supplying cheap land for 5,000 low and zero-carbon homes a year.
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NewsNG Bailey calls for help over video nasty
M&E contractor NG Bailey is working with industry trade bodies to investigate whether dangerous stunts revealed on the internet site YouTube are evidence of an emerging trend in the industry.
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NG Bailey calls for help over video nasty
M&E contractor investigate dangerous stunts revealed on YouTube