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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).
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Blame where its due
The jury is still out on the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) record on prosecutions resulting from construction fatalities following Ucatt’s Levels of Convictions report and the HSE’s counterclaims. The results paint a confusing picture of the actual number of convictions.
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FeaturesComing to a universe near you
The Peter Harrison Planetarium is about to bring the mysteries of the cosmos to Greenwich park
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FeaturesThe testing of Kenneth Shuttleworth
How they made it It wasn’t easy, but a combination of 21-hour days and a decent helping of luck combined to make the man we know today.
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FeaturesSaving St George
Purcell Miller Tritton’s lavish £22m restoration has returned Liverpool’s grade I-listed St George’s Hall to its glorious past – just with fewer prisoners and hopefully more tourists.
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Renew’s profit leaps 72%
Renew, the contractor formerly named Montpellier, has reported a 72% rise in interim profit after a restructuring.
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FeaturesCountry focus: France
With President Sarkozy newly instated, Patrick Leniston, country manager for EC Harris in France, reports on the construction issues that may affect the country’s future leader
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Pootling along
Activity in March may have been less buoyant than a month earlier but it’s still running along quite nicely. Civil engineering continued to dominate, putting the residential and non-residential sectors in the shade. And, according to Experian Business Strategies, order books were healthy
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NewsGive first-time buyers a leg up
The shortage of one- and two-bedroom homes has driven up prices, to everybody’s detriment
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Gleeson Building’s £16m hotel is first development project
Gleeson Building has won its first development project, a £16m hotel in Luton.
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NewsZaha’s magnum Opus
Zaha Hadid has unveiled this design for Opus, a £235m development in Dubai’s Business Bay for Omniyat Properties.
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NewsFoster’s Faustino pact
This winery, designed by Foster + Partners, is under construction in the Ribera del Duero wine region in the north of Spain.
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Accounts reveal scale of problems at Wembley subcontractor
Pre-tax profit at Wembley M&E contractor Phoenix Electrical fell 60% in 2006, its penultimate year on the stadium, according to figures published this week.
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Metronet set to axe 490 staff
Metronet, the PPP London Underground consortium that includes Atkins and Balfour Beatty, is to make almost 300 of its full-time staff redundant
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CSCS in row with CITB over smartcard plan
CITB–ConstructionSkills and CSCS are in a contractual stand-off over the introduction of smart card technology to the industry’s skills card scheme.
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NewsCounting the cost
It is not yet known to what extent Monday’s fire at the Cutty Sark in Greenwich, south-east London will set back the 19th century ship’s £25m restoration.
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Erinaceous jumps 7% after Tchenguiz approach
Erinaceous saw its share price climb 7% this week as a takeover approach from Vincent Tchenguiz, brother of the Iranian millionaire Robert, signalled a potential bidding war over the property services company.