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  • Reflected glory
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    Reflected glory

    2005-07-15T00:00:00Z

    This gleaming £29m hub for Liverpool University’s engineering department has been designed by Sheppard Robson.

  • Margaret Ford, EP chair
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    English Partnerships sets sights on infrastructure investment

    2005-07-15T00:00:00Z

    Chair and chief executive herald a new chapter for regeneration agency, as income from land sales doubles

  • Ace
    Comment

    Wonders & blunders

    2005-07-15T00:00:00Z

    Just when you thought the tennis madness was over, Alan Mills serves two London landmarks, one by Wren, the other by Foster

  • Features

    A cool summer

    2005-07-15T00:00:00Z

    Despite predictions of some growth in the short term, Experian Business Strategies says the outlook is fairly dull for the construction industry – and sunnier times are not expected until 2007

  • Better safe than sorry: Workers in central London leave a site after a  security alert on Monday
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    Aftermath of terrorist bombs

    2005-07-15T00:00:00Z

    Several contractors, including Bovis, closed their sites, while consultant EC Harris turned itself into a first-aid centre

  • News

    Amec sacks construction boss

    2005-07-15T00:00:00Z

    Support services group Amec has fired Steve Bowcott, managing director of its construction services business, for what the company described as “substantial breaches of business conduct”.

  • Denise Chevin
    Comment

    A close watch

    2005-07-15T00:00:00Z

    More than 50 people killed and hundreds more injured, traumatised or grieving.

  • News

    Off-site manufacture

    2005-07-15T00:00:00Z

    This week, we look at the startling way this bingo hall renovation was designed and how an off-site solution was found for an elegant cedar-framed family house in Oxford. Plus advice on specifying steel frames and all the latest products

  • Hatfield crash
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    Rail bosses escape manslaughter charge for Hatfield crash

    2005-07-14T10:50:00Z

    Judge throws out charges against Balfour Beatty and Railtrack executives.

  • News

    Bovis expects six-month profit to slump by 1m

    2005-07-14T09:25:00Z

    Housebuilder warns of a 16% drop in sales for first half of 2005.

  • News

    Birse profit dives after legal problems

    2005-07-14T13:29:00Z

    Legal and restructuring costs and delayed contracts causes Birse pre-tax profit to fall to £270,000.

  • News

    Nuclear contamination fear at Olympic site

    2005-07-14T10:28:00Z

    Building work could be held up as critics call for investigation.

  • News

    Planning Inspectorate clears appeals backlog

    2005-07-14T12:07:00Z

    £1m cash injection helps restructured Inspectorate get to grips with planning appeals.

  • Features

    Checklist

    2005-07-14T10:34:00Z

    Steel frames are becoming increasingly favoured in off-site construction – but there are some issues for the specifier to consider. Barbour Index and Scott Brownrigg offer some pointers

  • Features

    Costs: Prefabricated structural panels

    2005-07-14T10:26:00Z

    Prefabricated structural panels are increasingly specified as an alternative to traditional site construction. Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans considers the whole-life-cost implications

  • Brick and cedar panel system
    Features

    Specifier Products

    2005-07-14T10:15:00Z

    In this off-site special, a panel-framed home that’s ultra-energy efficient, all-in-one shower pods and how car parks can help solve the housing crisis. Plus the latest on the industry’s movers and shakers

  • This conversion of this former cinema into apartments risked damaging the auditorium ceiling. The answer was to suspend the modular apartments from arches
    Features

    Off-site manufacture

    2005-07-14T09:58:00Z

    This week, we look at the startling way this bingo hall renovation was designed and how an off-site solution was found for an elegant cedar-framed family house in Oxford. Plus advice on specifying steel frames and all the latest products

  • Ian Tyler
    News

    Balfour Beatty closes 127m PFI deal

    2005-07-13T10:23:00Z

    Balfour Beatty secures 25-year Bassetlaw PFI deal for new schools in Nottinghamshire.

  • News

    ACE lines up for Olympics

    2005-07-13T13:16:00Z

    The Association for Consultancy and Engineering is forming two groups to link up with the Olympic delivery team.

  • Ruth Kelly
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    Kelly calls on Europe to invest in skills

    2005-07-12T12:33:00Z

    Ruth Kelly calls on European ministers to address skill shortages in Europe.