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    Lost in translation

    2005-02-18T00:00:00Z

    Bellwater SL: There was no alliance(Re: Skansen article, 4 February, page 19) A few days after we met in Madrid, Chris Seeley [of Skansen Interiors] wrote to me wishing us luck in the future as an independent company. In the meeting, I had informed both Chris Seeley and Patrick Lucas-Box, ...

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    A century of stasis

    2005-02-18T00:00:00Z

    If Prescott really wants to make a difference to the housing market, then the bar for his £60,000 home challenge needs to be set as high as a similar scheme in 1905

  • Who is going to stop this happening?
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    Who is going to stop this happening?

    2005-02-18T00:00:00Z

    Safety summit 2005: Four years ago, at the 2001 safety summit, the government challenged construction to face up to its appalling safety record. As the next summit convenes, the industry says it’s setting its house in order – and now wants the government to do the same.

  • Defalco: Recovering at home
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    Boss of M&E firm stabbed in chest outside office

    2005-02-18T00:00:00Z

    Barry Defalco, joint managing director of south London firm T Clarke, attacked by man as he went into work

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    InteriorExterior boss quits within a year

    2005-02-18T00:00:00Z

    Contractor InteriorExterior has lost its managing director less than a year after he took over the post from founding director Ivan Millar

  • Raising Xanadu
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    Raising Xanadu

    2005-02-18T00:00:00Z

    Foster and Partners’ additional work to the six-storey Hearst Building in New York has been topped out.

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    Arup backs ‘technically strong’ London 2012 bid

    2005-02-18T00:00:00Z

    The London 2012 Olympic bid has been given a clean bill of health in an independent study by engineer Arup.

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    Deadlock over T5 travel pay

    2005-02-18T00:00:00Z

    M&E employers and union representatives from the Heathrow Terminal 5 site were locked in talks to prevent industrial action over travel pay, as Building went to press.

  • Light at end of tunnel: Jarvis’ fortunes seem to be slowly turning around
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    Jarvis banks to sell £250m of debt to US syndicate

    2005-02-18T00:00:00Z

    Group led by Bank of America buys debt at a reduced price with the option of obtaining a sharehold in the firm

  • Disaster: Four people were killed
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    Report pinpoints causes of Paris roof collapse

    2005-02-18T00:00:00Z

    The collapse of one of the terminals at the Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris last May was caused by structural faults, said a commission appointed by the French government.

  • Name that bridge
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    Name that bridge

    2005-02-18T00:00:00Z

    Mayor Ken Livingstone’s London Development Agency has launched a competition today to name the footbridge in Wembley, which will link the national stadium to the town centre.

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    Bath Spa decision in red tape ‘for months’

    2005-02-18T00:00:00Z

    Bath and North-East Somerset council (Banes) may take more than three months to decide whether or not to hand the troubled Bath Spa project over to contractor Mowlem

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    CABE slams Sunderland regeneration masterplan

    2005-02-18T00:00:00Z

    CABE has criticised architect Howarth Litchfield Partnership’s design for a Sunderland regeneration scheme, claiming the proposals “lack character”.

  • Talking sense: Kennedy and Spanswick clear about what must be done
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    Government must do better on safety, says minister

    2005-02-18T00:00:00Z

    Health and safety minister to tell summit departments can be exemplary clients by hiring only safe contractors

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    Yorkshire agency creates model for regeneration

    2005-02-18T00:00:00Z

    Regional development agency Yorkshire Forward is to draw up a combined architectural and economic charter for the area.

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    Competition for York homes

    2005-02-18T00:00:00Z

    The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is sponsoring a competition to design affordable suburban housing, which it hopes will provide inspiration for a development in York.

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    Hamilton beats HOK over Birmingham masterplan

    2005-02-18T00:00:00Z

    Architect Hamilton Associates has taken over from HOK International on a large masterplanning project in the centre of Birmingham.

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    Crane collapse kills two men

    2005-02-18T00:00:00Z

    The Health and Saftey Executive has closed a Willmott Dixon school site in West Sussex where two construction workers were killed in a crane accident last Friday

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    Hackney seeks contractor to repair Clissold

    2005-02-18T00:00:00Z

    The London borough of Hackney has started to look for a contractor to carry out at least £5m of repairs on the troubled Clissold leisure centre.

  • Guernsey takes off
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    Guernsey takes off

    2005-02-18T00:00:00Z

    A terminal building for Guernsey airport, designed by architect Kensington Taylor, has been completed.