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NewsCurrie & Brown loses BSF head
Consultant Currie & Brown is to lose its Building Schools for the Future (BSF) head in the third director-level departure from its PFI team in a month.
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NewsDarling to take final decision on nuclear by end of year
Industry secretary launches final consultation period for fresh generation of power stations
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Barratt to close prefab business
Housebuilder will exit its Advance Housing steel frame JV with Terrapin and instead buy offsite systems from range of suppliers
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NewsKier tenders fall under OFT spotlight
The tenders being investigated by the Office of Fair Trading were submitted by Kier Regional between 2000 and 2005
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NewsRICS: Kelly’s HIPs speech misled parliament
RICS denies Ruth Kelly's claim that it has dropped its judicial review of the HIPs implementation
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The search for meaning
Rhodia vs Huntsman is the case you’ve been waiting for – the one that explores what ‘reasonable endeavours’ and ‘best endeavours’ really entail. Martino Giaquinto explains
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NewsMixed fortune
Company focus Contractor Durkan is benefiting from the move to mixed-tenure housing
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NewsGovernment unveils fast-track planning reforms
The government this week provided the construction industry with the practical detail it had been waiting for on planning reform.
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Hill International wins £12m Iraq contract
The consultant will carry out construction management work for the US army corps of engineers
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NewsCarillion in £2m hospital law suit
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Trust has accused Carillion of fraud in the High Court
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RICS: Kelly’s Hips speech misled parliament
The RICS has accused Ruth Kelly of misleading the House of Commons over the delay to the implementation of home information packs (Hips).
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Cube developer takes on Britain’s biggest DIY job
Birmingham company beats lack of contractors by forming own construction management outfit
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NewsArmitt dons his hard hat for life in the firing line
ODA chairman vows to be less hands-on than Lemley as he faces the press for the first time
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NewsThe last straws: Herzog & de Meuron's Beijing Olympic building
As the structure of Herzog & de Meuron’s awe-inspiring ‘bird’s nest’ stadium nears completion, Catherine Wheatley went to Beijing to find out how the city’s Olympic preparations were progressing
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NewsWritten in stone
Max Fordham reviews the winner, runners-up and the shortlisted books in this year’s international book award for construction – won by an erudite but immensely readable book on stone conservation.
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Now pay for your fun
Of course some of us have drunk too much in our distant – or indeed recent – past. The difference with the RICS young surveyors’ party (18 May, page 11) is that it does not necessarily involve what would in any other scenario be called mindless vandalism.
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Joining the cubs
This has certainly raised the profile of the RICS. Until now, the average Joe had us down as a shadowy outfit somehow connected with lions.
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One rule for them ...
Further to the item in Hansom on 11 May (page 29), I would like to voice my disgust at the item concerning Andrew McAlpine and his use of iTunes.
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Telecoms firm, heal thyself
I read with interest the article about BT’s encouraging more working from home (11 May, page 54).