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A response to Ray
Ray O'Rourke claims that CITB-ConstructionSkills is failing in its efforts to attract young people to the industry (19 May, page 14). I'm more than happy to set the record straight.
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Willmott's women
I wonder if Ray O'Rourke works in the same industry as me? As the head of HR for another major contractor, I am very aware that the notion that a building site "is not a place where women fit" left our culture many years ago.
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The mother of invention
Your article "For whom the (school) bell tolls", (28 April, page 24) raised the point that budget overruns associated with new academies can be attributed to extravagant and ill-considered design.
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Who was that masked misogynist
I read with interest your anonymous article on design team meetings (12 May, page 38) and came to the conclusion that your writer was male and a bit of a misogynist.
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Jumping is not the only option
It sounds like your anonymous architect contributor's problem was chairmanship. If he was the chairman (he doesn't say who was), the solution was in his own hands - control the meeting.
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FeaturesHow to wing it
As you might imagine, building a bird sanctuary centre on a Welsh island that is accessible only by boat in fine weather is something of a logistical head-scratcher. Here's how the contractor is doing it …
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FeaturesCost model: Primary healthcare
In the latest of our series of cost models for projects of less than £1m, Max Wilkes of Davis Langdon takes a look at the design considerations, funding, procurement, wider development issues and costs involved in the construction of a new-build primary healthcare centre
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FeaturesA mile apart …
… but one is a world away from what Birmingham should look like by now. Vikki Miller investigates why this city's transformation never got off the ground.
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Carillion storms April league with £660m in contract wins
Contractor comes from nowhere to top monthly chart, thanks to long-awaited close on MoD barracks scheme
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NewsAmec sells Spie for £707m
Support services giant Amec has sold its French engineering arm Spie to a private equity group for more than £700m.
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Mitie sets out on acquisition trail
Support services group Mitie has predicted further acquisitions after revealing a 5.4% increase in pre-tax profit in the past year.
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NewsDecent Homes deadline to be extended
The government has conceded defeat in its quest to bring all council housing up to the Decent Homes standard by 2010.
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Housing stats: New-build sales and completions in April 2006
The latest stats reveal that April’s completions were comparable to last year - but slightly down on last month …
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FeaturesSeconds to midnight
Worried about global warming? Don't be - it's too late to do anything about it … In the last of our series on the future of energy, Thomas Lane met James Lovelock, an eminent scientist who thinks at least 80% of the population of the planet is about to be ...
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UK to get first all-glass bridge
Developer Argent has commissioned public artist Thomas Heatherwick to design what is thought to be the world's first all-glass bridge as the main entrance to its King's Cross Central scheme.
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TCC judges to be trained as mediators
Judges at the Technology and Construction Court are to pilot a mediation-style dispute resolution service from the start of next month.
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NewsEnticing prospect
This commercial development in Waterloo by Austin-Smith:Lord topped out last week.