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FeaturesWhy does this place matter to you?
You might not recognise Berlaymont, the headquarters of the European commission, but it makes more of a difference to your working lives than ever. To mark the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, Mark Leftly went to Brussels and came back with nine reasons why you ignore it at ...
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March is boom month for industry
March is likely to go down as one of the best ever months for UK construction, according to early economic indicators.
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CommentA curse upon ye
Scottish builders jinx Wembley by burying tartan scarves under the pitch, while Vernon Kay is forced to field hate mail from sensitive scaffolders. At least the Housing Corporation enjoyed a bit of luck ...
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NewsThe finishing line in sight
Wates Living Space has celebrated the topping out of a tower block that will have a grandstand view of the Olympics Games.
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‘Poll tax’ for Surrey developers
Surrey council has given the go-ahead to a “poll tax” on housing developments in the county.
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Lets talk about this
I have been interested to read the responses from quantity surveyors to my letter published in Building (23 March, page 34).
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CSCS cards accepted here
As a card-carrying member of the CSCS fraternity, I was delighted to actually find a use for my black contract managers’ card recently: it is welcome as a form of identification when paying for goods by credit card in New York!
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Stick to the plan
Your article (13 April, page 13) was right to highlight the difficulties posed by local authorities having the autonomy to set their own standards for new homes.
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Qualifications what you need
I was interested to read the KPMG research into the shortage of qualified contractors (9 March, page 16).
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Bosses, commit to apprentices
Recent statistics showing a sharp fall in apprenticeships (www.building.co.uk, 29 March) surprised me because they are not reflected by the industry’s experience.
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FeaturesCarillion didn’t buy a pup, it was a monster. How would it tame mowlem?
It thought it was getting a fabulous £12bn defence contract tied to an old-style contractor with one or two financial issues, but then came the midnight snacks, and the multimillion-pound writedowns ... Carillion’s boss John McDonough tells Angela Monaghan what happened over the next year
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NewsAmnesty in Milan
Wilkinson Eyre Architects has designed this 5,000m2 curvilinear building to stimulate public interaction and debate about human rights.
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NewsViñoly’s cube-shaped vision
Rafael Viñoly’s Atlas Building for the University of Wagingen in the Netherlands was due to open yesterday.
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NewsNouvels plate-balancing act
This £130m concert hall by French architect Jean Nouvel is scheduled to open in the Parc de la Villette, in north-east Paris, in 2012.
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Illegal T5 worker deported
Fresh security concerns have hit Heathrow Terminal 5 after a Home Office raid found an illegal immigrant on the site.
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Butler poached
Andy Butler, a director at Stanhope, is to become development director of the Explore Living housebuilding arm of Laing O’Rourke from June, overseeing projects including Napier Park in Luton.
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Tescos record profit
Tesco has announced record pre-tax profit of £2.6bn in the year to 24 February.
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Green offices: cheaper than you might think ...
A report commissioned by Building says a 2.5% increase in rents could make new-build offices 25% more energy efficient than the current version of Part L of the Building Regulations.
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NewsWorkers remember the dead
Unions in Liverpool will mark Workers Memorial Day on 28 April by laying a wreath at the place where a crane collapse killed a worker earlier this year.