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FeaturesSir Steve Redgrave
Britain’s leading Olympian has retired from the soul-bending agony of international athletics and has begun a number of jobs in construction, the industry he left 20-odd years ago. Tom Broughton found out what they are, and why he’s returned.
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FeaturesExtra time and penalties
Football fans, government officials and construction experts alike are obsessed with the struggle to get Wembley finished in time for the FA Cup Final in May.
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FeaturesUp, up but not away
The world’s first permanent inflatable roof has just landed at Heathrow airport. Before it got there, a project team including a hot-air balloon specialist had to design it, build it and get it past the regulators. Thomas Lane finds out how they made sure it didn’t fly away
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McAlpine nets £160m shopping centre job
Contractor Sir Robert McAlpine has been confirmed as the winner of a £160m contract to build the Shires shopping centre in Leicester.
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NewsDiamonds in the rough
Contractor Mansell has picked up a £4m contract to build a community education centre in Deptford, south-east London, for the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust
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NewsIn the bank
The Royal Bank of Scotland’s £200m, 100,00 m2 headquarters is the largest in the current crop of new buildings in Edinburgh.
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ODA allays fears over programme manager role
The Olympic Delivery Authority has moved to allay fears that new chief executive David Higgins could abandon the search for a programme manager for the London 2012 Games.
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PFI community dismisses claims of hospital rethink
Top PFI players have denied that the government’s hospital programme is on hold.
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NHS contractor issues writ
Contractor CH Pearce is locked in a dispute with the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital in Birmingham that could cost the NHS trust almost £1.6m.
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NewsHamburg office set for take-off
The architect m2r, which has offices in London and Berlin, has submitted this office project in Hamburg for outline planning consent.
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Election of Brumwell’s successor at CSCS delayed
The election of the chairman of the CSCS skills card scheme will be delayed for two months, it was revealed this week.
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High Court ruling on M6 toll road threatens PFI financing
Lawyers have warned that PFI project finance arrangements will have to change after the High Court ruled that PFI contracts that restricted the right to adjudicate were illegal.
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NewsHolyrood settlement
Sir Robert McAlpine has reached an out-of-court settlement with the Scottish parliament for a £4.3m claim over alleged tendering breaches during the construction of Holyrood.
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Aedas Architects’ US drive
Peter Oborn has taken over as managing director at commercial architect Aedas, the world’s sixth largest practice, and will spearhead its expansion drive in the USA.
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Systech offers 25p a share for rival James R Knowles
Construction consultant Systech Group has made a formal bid of 25p a share for its AIM-listed rival James R Knowles.
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ODPM hires planning chief
The ODPM has appointed a new planning director amid mounting concerns that it has lost focus.
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Milton Keynes rejects housing demolition idea
Milton Keynes council has rejected proposals by the new town’s delivery agency for the demolition of large numbers of council houses.
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CommentOn the way to the forum
“Item 1: If we scrapped ourselves tomorrow, would anybody notice?” One suspects that this is unlikely to appear on the agenda when members of the Strategic Forum for Construction next meet. But it wouldn’t be a bad starting point for their discussions, would it?