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FeaturesYour passage to India
One of the fastest-growing economies on the planet, India will be the second biggest economy in the world by the middle of this century.
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FeaturesMusic, maestro
Santiago Calatrava’s £82m opera house in Valencia is a symphony in concrete and glass: the largest auditorium in Europe and the centrepiece of an arts and sciences complex designed by the local virtuoso
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CommentThe troubles we’ve seen
If there’s one thing you can confidently predict about 2006 it’s that the rows that raged in 2005 will rage on. In case you needed reminding, here they are …
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Not bad, not biased and not barking
Depending on who you ask, the new NEC contract displays favouritism to contractors or employers. In fact, it is the lawyers who amend it who are causing the problems
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CommentBosses beware
his year is going to be packed with changes to employment law. This is what you need to know on age discrimination, illegal workers, TUPE and more …
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FeaturesYou know what your trouble is?
Now that we’re in the penitential month of January, it’s time to take a long, cold, sober look at what’s wrong with everybody else. So here’s how the professions think their industry colleagues could improve …
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CommentThe Shanghai express
Sir Terry Farrell’s vision for the Thames Gateway, which is largely accepted by David Miliband, is exactly what we should avoid. Instead, we should look to the East
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CommentConsider Macau
When it comes to high-rise living, the Far East has got it down to a fine art. So why can’t our own crowded little island do something similar?
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FeaturesWorld service
The attractions of foreign labour extend beyond the waking giant of India. More and more UK companies are finding more and more ways of using the global labour force to boost performance. Thomas Lane reports on who’s doing what, and how much money they’re saving
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Projects update: Regulations
Not only is the controversial Code for Sustainable Homes a watered-down version of BRE’s EcoHomes scheme, but it will have to be revised in about three years …
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NewsMore problems for Wembley as car park hits delays
Multiplex’s FA Cup hopes fade as car park is delayed by two months and striking steelworkers fail to return to site
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Holyrood boss to head £2bn Dubai scheme
Alan Mack, the man in charge of the construction of the Scottish parliament building in Edinburgh, is leaving Bovis to become the project director of Carillion’s £2bn Festival City project in the Gulf state of Dubai.
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Warning on material prices
This month’s material price rises for contractors are expected to be followed by more increases later this year as energy prices climb.
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Balfour still keen to acquire Mowlem, despite Carillion
Balfour Beatty has pledged to continue its pursuit of Mowlem, despite it looking increasingly likely that Carillion will get in first.
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NewsPiano composition
Renzo Piano has designed this 55,700 m2 tower as part of the regeneration of the London Bridge area of the capital that will also include the landmark Shard of Glass tower. New London Bridge House will have a 3300 m2 inclined roof complete with photovoltaic panels.
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Prosecutors open investigation into ice rink disaster
German prosecutors have launched an investigation into the collapse of the roof of an ice rink in Bavaria on Monday in which at least 14 people died.
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NewsPaddington hospital goes back to drawing board
David Morley to draw up plans for £400m St Mary’s hospital, originally part of failed £1bn PFI health campus
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Conservatives attack rise in green-belt development
The government has come under fire after figures revealed that the number of dwellings built on green-belt land in England had risen.
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Alarm over US decision to cut Iraq funding
The BRITISH government has stepped in to assess the prospects for UK construction projects in Iraq after the US administration announced that it would stop funding infrastructure work.
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NewsIslamabad heights
Consultant Atkins has unveiled plans for its first large-scale development in Pakistan, to include the country’s tallest building.