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NewsStewart McColl steps down as chief executive in SMC reshuffle
Chairman Rodney Walker takes over dad to day running of the architect following profit warning as McColl moves to role of deputy chairman
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NewsODA launches e-tendering website
Firms will be able to sign up for email alerts giving them advance notice of 2000 London Olympics contracts
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NewsHouse prices now over £200,000
Price of average house in UK is £201,090 according to latest figures from DCLG
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NewsGroundworks firm fined £3500 after drilling accident
Livingston firm Consolidate is fined for health and safety breaches following accident on drilling rig
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NewsPeter Bennett takes up City post dating back to Middle Ages
Chartered surveyor takes over from Ted Hartill in a role that dates back to 1478
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NewsPaper round: Health warning for HSE
The Times reveals an accident prone HSE while British Energy enters nuclear talks according to the Independent on Sunday
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SIG appoints Christopher Davies to board
Materials supplier appoints managing director of its Europe division as an executive director
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NewsRichard Rogers Partnership to change name in April
The famous practice will be known as the Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
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NewsA bed of thorns
If you were the victim of a bed delivery mix-up would you remain sanguine or serve a writ? Our legal columnist considers the options and sees parallels in the construction industry
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NewsOlympic stadium scaled back amid fears over cost
Design will include only one covered stand and remain athletics venue as masterplan unveiled
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FeaturesEnergy rating issues: The window – a 21st century solution
Last week Building revealed that air-conditioned buildings could face a D rating when non-residential energy certificates are introduced next year. So does this mean the end of air-con? Or will tenants simply ignore the certificates when choosing their offices?
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NewsPFI specialist Nightingale hit by healthcare slowdown
Architect posts pre-tax loss of £105,000 and warns that it will be ‘lucky to break even’ this year
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Broadway Malyan to design rest of Greenwich village
Architect has been picked to tackle 1,650 homes in exemplar millennium community
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NewsOlympic stadium scaled back amid fears over cost
Design will include only one covered stand and remain athletics venue as masterplan unveiled
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NewsBlowing in the wind
The Joseph Rowntree Trust’s pioneering development – the pre-fabricated city-centre apartments for single people at affordable rents (CASPAR) housing scheme in Leeds – will be demolished.
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CommentBarratt’s big deal is just the start
The increasingly dramatic world of housebuilding took a spectacular plot twist this week.
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Without a care
On 9 January 2001, Ian Gray, a fire alarm installation engineer and employee of Fire Alarm Fabrication Services Limited (FAFS) fell through a skylight window in the roof of a building at Victoria Station. He died as a result of the injuries he sustained.This was an appeal by E H ...
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Features‘How could this happen in a civilised country?’
Last September, Liliana Alexa’s son Michael died while he was washing his car – the first member of the British public to be killed in a tower crane collapse. Angela Monaghan explains why a public register of crane safety checks is needed to ensure that he is the last.
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CommentA skip of one’s own
If a skip has your name stamped on the side, that’s your skip, isn’t it? And anyone who takes it should jolly well give it back, right? Well, not always, as this cautionary tale demonstrates