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FeaturesAppointments
ContractorWatford-based maintenance and M&E contractor Procare Building Services has appointed construction industry expert Kim Brown to a business development role within its corporate team.Housebuilders Des Mason has joined South Yorkshire-based Haslam Homes as a construction manager.Galliford Try Partnerships, the specialist affordable housing business unit within Galliford Try, has promoted Martin ...
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FeaturesJust the job: The drumming QS
David Shortt tells Emily Wright how he juggles being a trainee QS in Salford and an up-and-coming rock star
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Wolseley buys five firms in £14m spending spree
Materials supplier Wolseley has made five acquisitions worth a total of £14m across Europe and the USA.
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Barratt falls behind on private completions
Housebuilder Barratt has blamed "testing market conditions" for a 1% reduction in private completions in the past six months.
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NewsKeller to close final salary pension to all staff
All members will be transferred to less generous scheme as engineer tackles fund's £11.3m deficit
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CommentThe best of British
Here's an idea: how about running a London expo to show what we want from the Olympic Games, the Thames Gateway, the Communities Plan and the future of the UK …
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NewsTesco ready to admit defeat in Sunderland
Tesco is set to throw in the towel in its long running battle over a key regeneration site in Sunderland.
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FeaturesIan Simpson
This man knows a thing or two about civic identity and pride of place: after all he’s the architect behind the buildings that have defined modern Manchester. Here he tells Martin Spring why London should watch and learn …
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CommentOne-star review
The DTI has unveiled its proposals to amend the Construction Act. But if the government wants to stop payment abuses, it's not really going about it the right way
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CommentJust don't do it
Adjudicators who try to dig up supporting evidence where it is lacking are committing a grave error - and playing into the hands of their detractors
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Get ready to share
You've all heard of the Freedom of Information Act, but what developers really need to worry about is the Environmental Information Regulations. Here's why...
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CommentDevelopers 1, subbies 0
Contractors and their clients should cheer the latest action from the Construction Act review. Those further down the supply chain, however, might face a drubbing
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CommentMixed-use Mecca
Large mixed-use schemes are reviving the heart of Manchester, but the complexity of these developments means standard form contracts are rarely up to the job
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Features24 hour construction city
Here are six construction sites that epitomise Manchester's changing cityscape, from a slum regeneration in a stricken suburb to this £1bn legal district being built in the heart of the commercial centre.
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FeaturesGreater expectations
Nearly £5bn will be spent on capital projects across the 10 boroughs of Greater Manchester before 2014. Martin Spring maps the extent of the boom's butterfly effect.
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FeaturesThe making of Manchester
First there were derelict warehouses and deserted mills, the wreckage of a great industrial past. Then came music and madness of a generation liberated from that tradition. And at the centre of this Manchester was Factory Records and the Hacienda, both the creation of Tony Wilson, pop impresario, news journalist, ...
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Architect researches office life
Architect Swanke Hayden Connell has been signed up by the British Council for Offices to work out if there is a causal link between office design and business productivity.
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Industry views sought on court changes
The Technology and Construction Court is seeking industry views on two key proposals put forward this week to change the way construction disputes are handled.