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FeaturesOpen-air surgery
Hopkins Architects’ design for a London hospital is a vivid demonstration of how design and healthcare can be combined to make a healing environment.
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NewsPringle puts ‘smart’ PFI at top of RIBA agenda
Jack Pringle this week put PFI at the top of the RIBA’s agenda before taking up his presidency in September
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Public sector construction output plummets 15%
Industry hopes that figure for non-housing public sector work in first quarter of this year is an ‘aberration’
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McAlpine lands £50m deal at four major BAA airports
Contractor Alfred McAlpine has won a £50m maintenance contract at four of BAA’s seven UK airports.
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Hyder’s profit leaps 81%
Engineer consultant Hyder Consulting this week revealed an 81% hike in pre-tax profit, despite reduced margins on water work in the UK.
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CommentWatching their own backs
Designers have been terrified into assuming responsibility for site safety – so much so that they now have to spend more time saving themselves than the workers
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ODPM set to rethink housing targets in the South-east
Opinion polls indicate that most householders in the region reject higher building levels over the next 20 years
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FeaturesConstruction: no place for women!
You’d think the industry would have moved into the 21st century by now, but when it comes to recruiting women it seems more like a 1950s Harry Enfield spoof. So does the industry not want women or is it they who aren’t interested?
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CommentIt’s down to the developer
A half-baked rethink of the law is unlikely to increase project safety. Placing the burden of responsibility at clients’ doorsteps is a much more effective solution
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CommentThe Dickens of a case
Mr Bumble had a point when he said the ‘law is a ass’ – as was borne out recently by a High Court battle that could have been settled with a phone call
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How to sing like a canary
The Office of Fair Trading is putting firms who operate cartels in a dilemma: do they keep shtoom and hope nobody finds out – or blow the whistle first?
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CommentGo back to square one
The law dealing with negligence and defective buildings is a mess, and every time the courts look at it, they make things worse. We need to start again …
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NewsMace director quits to set up fit-out firm with old boss
Operations director Matt Bray leaves after six months to start Paragon Management with ex-Bellwater chief
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Arcadis set to buy consultant AYH for £16m
International consultant Arcadis has made a recommended offer to buy UK quantity surveyor and project manager AYH for £16m.
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Bingham bashing
I was the architect involved in the case that Tony Bingham wrote about in his article “Too much to ask for” (27 May, page 48).
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Nice NEC does it
Ann Minogue (27 May, page 47) wrote: “At last, someone has produced a consultancy agreement that applies the same terms for each member of the team.”
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Conspiracy theory
Stephen Ratcliffe, chief executive of the Construction Confederation, suggests that my article on the ailing CSCS scheme amounts to an outlandish conspiracy theory (20 May, page 17).