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  • Doomsday: The fate of the Barts and Royal London scheme is due to be decided as Building is published
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    Treasury rethinks PFI as Barts hangs in the balance

    2006-01-20T00:00:00Z

    Radical changes in procurement policy mooted as contractors anxiously await news of St Bartholomew's

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    Stanhope and Chelsfield Partners bid for Euston project

    2006-01-20T16:56:00Z

    Network Rail considers the two bids for overhaul of 15-acre site around Euston station.

  • Christopher Chater-Poole
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    Emcor appoint new boss at facilities business

    2006-01-20T16:18:00Z

    Emcor Group appoints Christopher Chater-Poole as managing director of Emcor Facilities Services.

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    G&T managing partner enjoys a very lucrative year

    2006-01-20T07:00:00Z

    Peter Sanders' £751,000 salary, reported in the group accounts, reveals him as one of the industry's top earners

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    Royal oak

    2006-01-20T00:00:00Z

    A 200 m2 visitor centre for Windsor Great Park has been designed by Glen Howells Architects and is under construction by Verry.

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    G&T managing partner enjoys a very lucrative year

    2006-01-20T00:00:00Z

    Peter Sanders' £751,000 salary, reported in the group accounts, reveals him as one of the industry's top earners

  • Alun Michael
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    Minister backs specialists in row over fair payments

    2006-01-20T07:00:00Z

    Subcontractors elated over the DTI's proposed changes to the Construction Act; contractors call plans a ‘burden'

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    Wembley electricians face 74-hour week ultimatum

    2006-01-20T00:00:00Z

    Unions hold emergency talks with employment agency BMS after it threatens workers with dismissal

  • Illuminated tiles
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    Products

    2006-01-20T10:04:00Z

    This week, we introduce you to the latest designer floors, as well as the gear you'll need to heat, repair, cover, edge and suspend them. Plus, all the up-to-the-minute industry news in Movers and Makers

  • Features

    Costs: Floor coverings

    2006-01-20T10:01:00Z

    The cost of floor coverings can be a significant factor in a fit-out and the subsequent cleaning and maintenance regimes. Anthony Waterman of BRE looks at the whole-life costs

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    Flooring

    2006-01-20T00:00:00Z

    This months specifier takes a look at the world below our feet, including the best products, essential points to remember and whole-life costs. But first, the latest in sporting surfaces

  • David Bailey
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    Appointments

    2006-01-20T00:00:00Z

    Movers and shakers this week...

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    Just the job: Malcolm Clulow on Ski Dubai

    2006-01-20T00:00:00Z

    Malcolm Clulow tells Emily Wright how he found himself filling a building with 7000 tonnes of snow

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    Irish builders merchant bullish about future

    2006-01-20T00:00:00Z

    Grafton Group, Irish builders merchant and DIY company, said on Friday that turnover in 2005 was up 37% to *2.6bn (£1.8bn) and that earnings were expected to be in line with expectations.

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    Bellway's positive statement

    2006-01-20T00:00:00Z

    Housebuilder Bellway Homes was in a cautiously optimistic mood last Friday when it made its annual general meeting statement.

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    French pair tops Building's European league

    2006-01-20T00:00:00Z

    French giants Vinci and Bouygues are Europe's biggest contractors for the second year running, according to the the annual survey of Europe's biggest contractors and materials suppliers, compiled by Building and Le Moniteur

  • Quinn: Wants to ‘control rumours’
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    James R Knowles acts to quash rumours

    2006-01-20T00:00:00Z

    Consultaconsultant James R Knowles this week took the unusual step of briefing Building on the progress of its sale by auction, writes Angela Monaghan.

  • Comment

    New blood and treasure

    2006-01-20T00:00:00Z

    Why are QSs so obsessed about limited liability partnerships when they're facing an altogether more challenging problem from their own staff?

  • Comment

    Hansom

    2006-01-20T00:00:00Z

    A veritable surfeit of celebs: the latest on the Frank Gehry and Brad Pitt ‘collaboration', the Tebbits set up shop and Lord Brockett in the house of wax

  • Christophe Egret
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    Life after alsop

    2006-01-20T00:00:00Z

    A year ago Christophe Egret caused a huge stir when he quit Alsop to start his own practice with fellow escapee David West. Vikki Miller found out what's happened to him since then, where he's planning to go next - and what's in his little black books.