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    Three vie for McDonald’s top ODPM role

    2005-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Richard McCarthy, Neil Kinghan and Joe Montgomery vie for senior role at ODPM.

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    Living in the dark ages

    2005-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Building on how current housing policies are depriving us of space and light

  • The Laird’s estate
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    The Laird’s estate

    2005-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Michael Laird Architects has unveiled its designs for Leamington Wharf, a £2m waterside terrace of contemporary townhouses is located on a narrow strip of land next to the newly restored Union Canal in Edinburgh.

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    Former ODPM adviser calls for halt to new regulations

    2005-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Paul Everall, the man who oversaw the introduction of Part P and Part B, says there is ‘too much regulation’

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    Industry fatalities reach three-year high

    2005-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Seventy-two workers died in the construction industry in the past year, the highest number for three years, according to a report revealed this week.

  • Features

    Checklist

    2005-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Office fit-outs are carried out to tight deadlines and to tough client requirements. Barbour Index and Scott Brownrigg suggest how specifiers can ensure they deliver their brief

  • Glasgow office gets natural stone flooring
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    Specifier Products

    2005-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Everything you need to create a sophisticated, modern office environment, from frameless glass partitioning to wall-mounted uplighters, plus systems for heat recovery, air-handling and sunshading

  • Denise Chevin
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    A culture of collusion

    2005-08-05T00:00:00Z

    It’s disappointing to see the reputation of the industry taking a battering again. That, inevitably, is the consequence of what the Office of Fair Trading is finding about anti-competitive practices in the construction sector.

  • News

    The golden Quartermile

    2005-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Laing O’Rourke Scotland has won the contract for the £350m Quartermile redevelopment of the former Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. The firm will begin construction work on the first phases of the 19 acre site in the next few weeks. The initial contract is worth in the region of £50m. Quartermile will ...

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    On-site renewable energy

    2005-08-05T00:00:00Z

    A report has cast doubt on the government’s policy of encouraging the generation of on-site renewable energy.

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    Pressure on for more prisons

    2005-08-05T00:00:00Z

    The prison service has asked local authorities to identify sites for prisons in greater London as the government moves to accommodate record prison numbers.Planning consultant Paul Dickinson and Associates has been commissioned by the service to liaise with local authorities and it is understood that the firm is working with ...

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    Farrell team furious as Weymouth bid is rejected

    2005-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Council opts for rival bid for £90m waterfront scheme, despite initially backing Urban Catalyst–Terry Farrell team

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    T&G man claims he was forced off Wembley site

    2005-08-05T00:00:00Z

    A union official at the Wembley national stadium project has claimed he was sacked from the site, and has begun grievance procedures.

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    Amicus names construction boss

    2005-08-05T00:00:00Z

    The M&E union Amicus has appointed Bob Pagan, already a senior official, to head its construction division. He will replace Paul Corby who took voluntary redundancy in May.

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    Architect jailed for manslaughter of wife

    2005-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Millionaire architect Michael Morton was jailed for seven years at the Old Bailey this week after he was found responsible for the death of his wife.

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    Eye of the needle

    2005-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Developer Hammerson has been granted planning permission for a 20,600 m2 office building at 60 Threadneedle Street, London EC2.

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    After the awards

    2005-08-05T00:00:00Z

    After the awards …

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    Bid rejected by CABE set to win £60,000 house contest

    2005-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Richard Rogers understood to be on list of winners, despite being shunned by design watchdog.

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    Lords committee backs Bolkestein directive

    2005-08-05T00:00:00Z

    A House of Lords report has backed the controversial European Union services directive. The construction industry had lobbied against the directive on the grounds that it threatened working conditions.The Lords’ committee on the European single market has issued a report backing the proposal, commonly known as the Bolkestein directive, which ...

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    North London prepares to meet threat of Stratford City

    2005-08-05T00:00:00Z

    The four most northerly boroughs of London are talking to the London Development Agency in an attempt to upgrade their retail centres to meet competition from the Stratford City development.