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NewsSMC snaps up rival architect
Architect pays initial fee of £3.6m forCharter Partnership, to increase market exposure in south and east England.
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NewsGovernment to rethink planning gain supplement
Treasury announces at select committee inquiry that there will be a ‘further consultation' on the housing levy.
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NewsOxford gains fresh injunction against protesters
Judgment adds all contractors who supply any goods or services to the university as a new category of "protected persons" against animal rights extremists.
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NewsKey Olympic players invited to secret 2012 summit
The Olympic Delivery Authority held first design review meeting last week of top designers, clients and advisers.
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NewsFerrovial happy to co-operate with OFT
Spanish construction group says it will co-operate with any competition investigations if its bid to buy airport operator BAA is successful.
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O'Rourke faces backlash after BCO speech
Anger grows over comment by head of Laing O'Rourke that women do not belong on building sites.
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NewsMiller secures £50m contract for Scottish mall
Developer Land Securities chooses Miller construction over Sir Robert McAlpine and Bovis Lend Lease for Almondvale.
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CommentShuffling out
Another minister is brought in to tackle the demanding construction portfolio. But how long will Margaret Hodge have before she's moved on, too?
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CommentThe quiet Americans
The Americans are in Hungary to spread the good news about dispute resolution boards. But their approach is no match for the power of adjudication …
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CommentTwo unhappy customers
This month our panel of legal experts wrestle with the case of an M&E contractor that worked for nothing and a client whose contract administrator certified defective work
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CommentCity plans
The European parliament is about to vote on an innovative urban environment report. But will this mean neglected cities finally receive funding proportional to their needs?
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NewsIt's a mad world
Over the past eight months, we've been inundated by photographs of the world's most dangerous sites. But which has been the grossest breach of health and safety?
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Comment
The enthusiasts' revolution
Sir David King's enthusiasm for nuclear power is taking us back into the mainframe trap.
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Comment
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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Comment
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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Comment
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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Comment
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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