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NewsMuseum piece
This £12m courtyard development of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge will be officially opened on Monday. It is the first stage in a long-term development programme. Designed by architect John Miller + Partners and supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the southern courtyard has a new building and the adjacent ...
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Taskforce to tackle South-east development
A group of 13 council leaders, business people and charity heads is to meet for the first time today to work out how the South-east can combine 200,000 extra homes with sustainable development, as required by John Prescott's communities plan.
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NewsTuskforce
Architect de Rijke Marsh Morgan and Southern Housing Group have been appointed by Southwark council to design and build the first housing scheme of the 5300 unit Elephant & Castle regeneration. The 29-unit block with modern interiors (pictured) will be located at Wansey Street in Walworth, and will be used ...
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NewsCampus in the park
A learning resource centre designed by Building Design Partnership will kick off Middlesex University's Trent Park campus, located in the green belt near Enfield in north London. The campus, which was masterplanned by Tibbalds TM2, will replace a post-war training college. The learning resource centre will be wrapped around a ...
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Self-certifying options for electrical firms
Electrical contractors will be able to use one of five self-certification schemes to comply with Part P of the Building Regulations.
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NewsBack to Bed
This design for a £1.5m block of 12 key worker flats in Lambeth, south London, is the first fruit of Bill Dunster Architects' collaboration with PRP. It uses low-energy ideas pioneered in Dunster's BedZED scheme in Sutton, also in south London.The block forms part of the St Matthews Estate ...
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Features
A world beyond conference centres
Stan Hornagold, senior partner at management consultant Hornagold & Hills, gives us some principles to follow if the Thames Gateway development is to succeed
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FeaturesTime machine
Completion dates in contracts are more wishful thinking than statement of fact. But what if you could predict the actual time it takes to construct buildings? We look at an aid that's supposed to transport clients and consultants into a more certain future.
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One more roll of the dice
The government is set to invest considerable time, money and effort on resurrecting its anti-cowboy builder scheme, the Quality Mark. But will this gamble pay off?
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Comment
When insurers won't pick up the tab
The defendant firm of solicitors was retained by a subcontractor of Mowlem in connection with an arbitration commenced by the subcontractor against Mowlem. The subcontractor sought to recover £150,000, which they claimed was owing to them. Mowlem brought a counterclaim for a much larger sum, and the arbitrator ultimately ...
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FeaturesHow’s this for reality?
Find one badly rundown mining town; set up a team of regeneration agencies, architects and council; ask the straight-talking locals what they want to happen. Then stick a TV camera in front of the lot … and watch.
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NewsClarke pledges to focus Atkins on key markets
Chief executive says he will concentrate on high-value work as consultant announces return to profit
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Jarvis brings in Deloitte to quell financial concerns
Accountant examines books and cash flow as support services group renegotiates banking agreements
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CommentReturn to sender
Attention all clients! If an adviser turns itself into a limited liability partnership and writes to ask you to change your contracts accordingly, don't. This is why …
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CommentLegal aliens
The little green men from Euroland love to stamp on anything the British are good at, such as the PFI – although 'competitive dialogue' may mark a lighter touch
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NewsPension change slaps £500m liability on contractors
Quoted companies are ill-prepared for next January's accounting rule that pension deficits must be declared
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NewsMultiplex boss Gandy steps aside in company shake-up
Noel Henderson becomes UK chairman of Australian construction giant as predecessor moves to development