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Amec boss sacked over wife’s £250k PR contracts
Company says Stephen Bowcott was dismissed for awarding contracts to PR executive, who he married last month
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Design champions
Like the eight winners in the completed projects category of this year’s Housing Design Awards, announced yesterday, the 10 designs to triumph in the unbuilt schemes category all demonstrate imaginative ways to regenerate brownfield sites.
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Government finally faces its critics over planning system
As government unveils planning proposals, planners and housebuilders complain that it has been ‘far too long’
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Fifteen golden rules
I am sure Keith Pickavance needs no advice from me about the real cause of disputes such as Wembley (Letters, 24 June, page 40).
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Brain matter
It was a pity that your recent article on women in construction (10 June, pages 28-31) failed to point out the basic fact that most people working in today's construction industry use their brains, not their bare hands.
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Morgan the martyr
I note that Launce Morgan, the chairman of the RICS construction faculty, has resigned from that appointment and his job at Northcroft (8 July, page 15).
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Steady on …
I’m delighted to see that you thought it worth noting that maids in Notting Hill were Filipina.
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CommentTraining for the Olympics
If winning the Olympics was a triumph, building them will be a miracle. The reason is that we don’t have enough skilled workers – but who’s to blame for that?
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NewsIce station on skis
Faber Maunsell and Hugh Broughton Architects have won the British Antarctic Survey competition to design the Halley VI Research Station in Antarctica.
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GLA to review Gateway vision
London mayor Ken Livingstone has appointed developer Urban Catalyst to work on a major review of the Greater London Authority’s vision for the Thames Gateway
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Delay in energy rules threatens targets
The government’s target of cutting carbon emissions 20% by 2010 is being threatened by a delay in the introduction of energy regulations.
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NewsStraight up, with a twist
Consultant EC Harris has been appointed commercial consultant on the 80-storey al-Durrah tower in the Gulf state of Dubai.
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Clissold parties agree truce
Architect Hodder Associates and contractor Gleeson have been absolved of liability for the failure of the Clissold Leisure Centre.
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Olympic eco-consultant to be sold for £290m
ERM, the environmental consultancy that advised on regeneration proposals for London’s successful 2012 Olympic bid, is to be sold by its venture capitalist owner for about £290m.
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NewsArmed Albanian gangs target sites in South-east
Gangmasters use intimidation tactics, including firing automatic weapons, to force contractors to accept workers
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CSCS board wins power struggle with CITB
The management of construction skills cards has moved to end the involvement in the scheme of the Construction Industry Training Board by opening up its health and safety test to other service providers
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NewsThe boulevards of Salford
Salford is set to undergo a “magnificent metamorphosis” after years of neglect, according to Italian architect Massimiliano Fuksas.