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  • Lakhvinder Sagoo
    Features

    Appointments

    2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Movers and shakers this week...

  • Comment

    Hansom

    2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Take the property industry to Cannes, add champagne, stir, and sit back and enjoy the petty recriminations, boat crashes and inappropriate 1980s dancing …

  • News

    The blindfolded builder

    2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Trying to comply with Part L is a costly game of guesswork.

  • David Cameron
    News

    Cameron rounds on planning gain tax

    2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Tory leader David Cameron has launched an attack on the government's proposed planning gain supplement.

  • Comment

    A league of their own

    2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

    I was quite amazed to read that some architectural firms in this country are so arrogant about their own status that they expect students to work for free ("Exploited youth", 10 March).

  • Comment

    Salary engineering

    2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Your article about the alleged exploitation of architecture students is a warning to us all; it is not just their problem.

  • Comment

    Take some responsibility

    2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

    I applaud your Reform the Regs campaign and welcome much of what is proposed (17 March).

  • Comment

    Some hits, some misses

    2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Tony Bingham was clearly at a different DTI conference to discuss the review of the Construction Act than the one I attended (3 March).

  • Comment

    Building on beauty

    2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

    So to enjoy the fresh air and natural beauty of the Lake District, it is proposed to build "landmark culture projects across Cumbria" (17 March).

  • Features

    Gleeson's choices

    2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

    When chief executive Terry Massingham announces his plans for one of Britain's oldest construction firms next week, there's little doubt they will entail its radical reformation - but it's not clear just how radical, or what will remain when it's over.

  • Denise Chevin
    Comment

    Strong medicine

    2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

    So the PFI has been booked in for some much-needed surgery. For years it has been getting more unwieldy, more expensive and less attractive to the private sector. Finally, Gordon Brown is to do something to save an essential method of upgrading public services.

  • News

    Diana memorial designer lays blame on client team

    2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Landscape architect Gustafson Porter has defended itself and its consultant team against accusations of poor management on the Diana Memorial Fountain in Hyde Park.

  • News

    Health scheme bears results

    2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

    More than one-third of the construction workers who attended an industry occupational health scheme have been referred to doctors with previously undetected health problems.

  • Francis Ives, chairman, Cyril Sweett
    News

    Cyril Sweett plans Indian expansion

    2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Quantity surveyor Cyril Sweett plans to expand its global presence after starting talks with a number of firms in India.

  • Two high-rise schemes worth £200m have won planning permission as part of the £1.5bn regeneration of Elephant & Castle in south London.
    News

    The elephant stomps on

    2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Two high-rise schemes worth £200m have won planning permission as part of the £1.5bn regeneration of Elephant & Castle in south London.

  • News

    Electrical contractor thrown off T5 over labour dispute

    2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Electrical contractor MBS has been thrown off the Heathrow Terminal 5 project after a row over self-employed labour.

  • News

    Schmidlin back in business

    2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Troubled cladding firm Schmidlin has resumed production at its Swiss factory after being sold to a German materials technology group.

  • David Strong
    Features

    UK Green Building Council: here at last?

    2006-03-23T16:57:00Z

    A Green Building Council for the UK would ensure that we stay in the vanguard of sustainable building. There's been one in the USA for 11 years, so shouldn't we have one too?

  • Will Alsop
    News

    SMC Group buys Alsop for £1.8m

    2006-03-23T15:48:00Z

    Prize-winning architect sells out to AIM-listed practice.

  • Burj Dubai
    News

    Strike hits construction of world's tallest building

    2006-03-23T10:01:00Z

    Violence erupts as workers in Dubai down tools over pay and conditions.