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Kier on top in March with 77 contract wins worth £300m
Public sector work puts contractor and housebuilder in number one spot, pushing Sir Robert McAlpine into third
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NewsJones replaces Sanders at G&T
Quantity surveyor Gardiner & Theobald is set to appoint managing director Simon Jones as its managing partner following the retirement of Peter Sanders last Friday.
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Miller Group boss richer than Queen
Keith Miller, chief executive of Miller Group, was named one of the biggest risers in The Sunday Times Rich List 2006, after amassing a £715m fortune.
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FeaturesJust the job
Design consultant Maurice Rosario tells Sonia Soltani all about working (and eating) in Cairo and Istanbul
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NewsLiverpool lashes out at cut in EU funding
Liverpool council has strongly criticised the government for not lobbying on its behalf after it emerged that its European funding for regeneration is to be cut by two-thirds.
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NewsFaster home delivery
The merger of the Housing Corporation and EP is good news for housebuilders
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FeaturesA £64m rumpus room
Avant-garde architect Morphosis has created an extraordinary recreational centre for this Ohio university, complete with suspended running track, swimming pool and restaurant
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Foreign Office wins first City job
Foreign Office Architects has been appointed by developer the Beetham Organisation to design a 8400 m² commercial project in the City of London.
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Land Sec to refurbish City tower block
Architect Fletcher Priest is to submit a planning application for an overhaul of Land Securities' 15-storey Dashwood House in the City of London.
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NewsRosy future
Cartwright Pickard Architects has submitted a planning application for this £12m mixed-use scheme in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
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NewsOn time? Wembley? Really?
In contrast to the larger stadium next door, the 13,000-capacity Wembley Arena has been refurbished on time and on budget. The £35m makeover of the arena by PRP Architects and Tooley & Foster Partnership has been completed in 15 months by John Sisk & Son.
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Chimneys gain reprieve after Part L oversight
Housebuilders set to reintroduce chimneys in designs after rule change improves their carbon rating
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FeaturesFor whom the (school) bell tolls
Political scandal, organisational muddle and diminishing funds are threatening to kill off Tony Blair's cherished city academies. George Hay looks at what went wrong, and whether lessons can be learned in time to save them
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CommentNo end of a lesson
The government's 21st-century schools extravaganza is in deep, deep trouble.
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OFT set to crack down on housing repair sector
Smaller builders expected to be hit hardest in new wave of inquiries as OFT continues hunt for industry cartels
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HSE issues safety alert after Jurys Inn collapse
The Health and Safety Executive has issued a safety alert to the industry following the fatal scaffolding collapse in Milton Keynes two weeks ago.
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NewsFeilden's country pad
Feilden Clegg Bradley Architects has become the first architect to be granted planning approval for a country house under the ODPM's policy statement on sustainable development in rural areas. PPS7 permits such buildings, even if they contravene the local development plan, as long as they are designed to "the highest ...