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NewsMyth #3: Office electrical equipment must be tested by a qualified electrician every year
While it’s good to keep an eye on all electricals, annual professional testing isn’t mandatory
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NewsEssex firm fined for employee racism
Employment tribunal orders Benham General Engineering to pay victim £34,000
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NewsNew business taxes to fund infrastructure schemes
Supplementary business rates for large-scale infrastructure and transport projects, says Alistair Darling
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NewsHGB chief to Business Council: "More communication needed"
Richard Gregory criticises the absence of any senior construction industry figures on the new Business Council for Britain
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NewsImperial College's institute of biomedical engineering opens
Architect Sheppard Robson completes Bessemer building refurbishment
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NewsLilas installation at Serpentine unveiled - images
Architects Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher reveal the design for Serpentine’s summer party
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NewsWhat is wrong with this picture?
Stephen Davis of RPS Burks Green writes: “The eye wanders around until you find the guy balancing on a 230mm wide sheeting rail in the eaves, 6m above the deck.
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NewsMetronet denied £551m emergency funding
Tube repair company may go bust as arbiter refuses emergency funding
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NewsWolseley warns of continued US housing market downturn
The building giant's trading statement reveals pre-tax profits for American operations have fallen further
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NewsGladedale offers £84m for Ben Bailey
Private housebuilder makes recommended share offer for Yorkshire firm
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Federation of Master Builders warns of serious labour shortage
State of Trade survey for this quarter reveals that skills deficit is at its highest level since 2005
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NewsPersimmon completes Ironstone
Image: Ironstone provides 114 new homes for Telford regeneration scheme
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Currie & Brown appoints new finance manager
Also: Gleeds gets a new associate director in Glasgow
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NewsReport warns industry too complacent about structural safety
Structural failure is still a big problem, says Standing Committee on Structural Safety
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NewsManchester supercasino 'remains on the table'
Council says government on track with casino plans despite Brown's review announcement
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NewsHopkins wins Olympic velopark – images
Architect-lead consortium wins design competition for 2012 velodrome and related facilities
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CommentSelf-harm for developers
Developers always try to impose the same liabilities on their contractors that they themselves are under. This is at best futile and at worst a danger to their own interests
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FeaturesTop drawer
Talk about a cabinet reshuffle – Denton Corker Marshall’s flamboyant design for Manchester’s Civil Justice Centre has brought dynamism to the heart of the legal establishment. Over the next eight pages Martin Spring praises the building’s clear, bold expression and on pages 48-50, we meet the Australian trio who designed ...
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FeaturesThe golden age of travel
Is right now, thanks to the bulging pay packets, cushy expat packages, sexed-up CVs and challenging jobs that are on offer to UK professionals willing to work abroad.