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Griffiths acts to improve healthcare design
Health minister Lord Warner and construction minister Nigel Griffiths this week hosted a summit on best practice in healthcare construction.
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Hopkins Architects has won the Wood Awards 2004 Gold Award for its design for the Norwich Cathedral Visitors’ Centre. The centre came first in the Commercial and Public Access category, and was then unanimously voted overall winner. The project team included structural engineer Buro Happold, main contractor RG Carter and ...
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High-density housing ‘must have two family rooms’
The London Housing Federation has published a report on high-density affordable housing that calls for at least two “family rooms” to be provided for a five-person dwelling.
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NewsMCG to review safety policy
The Major Contractors Group is planning to review its safety objectives over the next six months.
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Professional bodies plan joint strategies
Construction’s professional bodies are set to join together to implement a range of strategies across the UK and China.
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Cricket, lovely cricket
Contractor Bowmer and Kirkland has completed the Derwent Gateway Centre, a combined community centre and cricket academy in Derby. Commissioned by Derbyshire County Cricket Club and the Derwent Community Team, funded by Sport England and designed by London-based architect Fluid, the £3.9m centre is on land previously occupied by ...
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Princess Anne this week opened the multimillion-pound navy fleet headquarters in Portsmouth, designed by Midlands-based architect Pick Everard. The Henry Leach Building provides the commander-in-chief and his staff with a desk 20 m from the water’s edge at Whale Island. The external elevations alludes to the historic structures in and ...
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Trade bodies raise fears over cash for vocational training
Institutions welcome Tomlinson proposals to teach trade skills from age of 14, but warn that no funding is in place
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Shuttleworth beats Gehry to Birmingham station
Ken Shuttleworth’s firm Make has seen off a shortlist that included some of the world’s best known architects to win a transport project in Birmingham.
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Sex gap closes on pay
Female construction workers are closing construction’s sex gap, according to an industry job agency.
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NewsBovis scoops Construction Mana
Bovis Lend Lease stormed to victory in the Construction Manager of the Year Awards this week, scooping the overall title on top of other awards.
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Industry leaders fail to trust or inspire staff
A government report has found that Construction’s leaders fail to inspire their staff – possibly because they do not trust them, writes Sarah Richardson.
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Amazing Guangzhou
Architect Richard Rogers Partnership has released images of its design for a rail station in Guangzhou in China. The station, in the Panyu district, could cost up to £340m and would be the largest in Asia. It will form a network of four key rail hubs in the country, along ...
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US academic brought in to improve design codes
Chris Alexander set to establish Prince’s Foundation-backed research unit at University of Greenwich
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NewsBellway’s record profit bucks market slowdown
Housebuilder makes £200m and is set to achieve forward sales target, despite market gloom
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Mouchel Parkman profit up 43% since merger
Support services group Mouchel Parkman has made a £19.4m profit in the first year since it was formed by a merger.
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Bovis’ £220m hospital deal
Bovis Lend Lease has been given the go-ahead for a £220m PFI cancer centre in Leeds.
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Davis Langdon combines UK regi
Qs Davis Langdon has embarked on a regional restructuring programme to create bigger offices across the UK.
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NewsCountryside results deepen housing gloom
Housebuilder Countryside Properties issued its third negative trading statement in five months last week.
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HOK to conduct science experiment
International architect HOK is seeking to expand its work in London by branching out into science and technology design.