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Comment
Kiss and tell
The wrangles between Multiplex and Honeywell at Wembley have thrown up an interesting problem about whether information in a negotiated settlement can be disclosed in court
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Features
The cosmic bungalow
Hydrogen is the basic building block of matter. When it fuses with itself, it releases enough energy to light the universe. When it combines with oxygen, it releases enough energy to heat a small house in the Black Country. Is it the answer to all our problems?
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NewsCommercial growth stutters
Growth in commercial development in June slowed to its lowest rate for five months according to property consultant Savills.
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NewsBoard averted ‘Kier scandal’
Measures put in place to avoid conflict of interest after Dodds and Mattar admitted relationship
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NewsHSE investigates personnel link between crane collapses
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is investigating links between the crane collapse in Croydon last month and the Canary Wharf collapse in 2000, after it emerged that “a number of people” had worked at both sites.
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NewsSilver lining for Hull schools
City’s MPs, including Alan Johnson, to urge fast-tracking of BSF programme after floods
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Population pressure: can Britain learn to live with Hong Kong-style housing?
Developments are being built that cram 2,500 homes into a hectare, and more are on the way. A team of architects has reported on how we can manage the social strains that arise in such ‘superdense’ schemes
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Bovis finance director lost job before joining
Bovis Lend Lease paid off its incoming finance director one week before he was due to start work in May.
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Silver lining for Hull schools
City’s MPs, including Alan Johnson, to urge fast-tracking of BSF programme after floods
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NewsBoard averted ‘Kier scandal’
Measures put in place to avoid conflict of interest after Dodds and Mattar admitted relationship
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Government work propels Kier to the top in June
Contractor picks up 33 small jobs while Balfour wins £331m hospital
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NewsEP reaps benefits of land sales
English Partnerships generated two-thirds of its funding from land sales last year.
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Ucatt steps up ODA battle
Union takes complaints over ‘sordid’ self-employment at Olympics to Treasury and Revenue
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FeaturesSpecialist cost update: Services
Gardiner & Theobald looks at recent changes in the rapidly evolving and increasingly high-tech world of services, from engineering services to lifts and IT systems
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FeaturesBouygues’ battle for Britain
As the 10th anniversary of the French company’s entry into the UK approaches, its managing director tells Mark Leftly about his plans to expand all over the country
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Features‘They all hate me!’
There are some things that the fledgling project manager can’t learn at university – such as how to deal with punch-ups or the nagging feeling that your team couldn’t care less. Debika Ray seeks some therapeutic advice
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Foreman Roberts is bought out
Building services consultancy Foreman Roberts has been bought out by its management team.
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FeaturesPhase one, take two
Young Mancunians were out in force at Building’s second networking party last Wednesday