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New arrival set to help Jarvis move on
Troubled contractor Jarvis, which this week accepted liability for the Potters Bar rail crash in May 2002, is about to bring in a former chief executive of the Highways Agency to reinforce its management
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NewsUK prepares warm welcome for guest workers as EU grows by 10
Government hopes that migration of skilled workers will solve construction skills shortages as union’s labour pool increases by 75 million
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RICS demands English lessons for foreign workers on UK sites
The RICS has urged the construction industry to provide basic English lessons to workers who do not speak the language.
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Government tells industry how to design out crime
First report on crime prevention in 10 years lists key attributes of safe neighbourhoods and offers 17 case studies
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Atkins wins £600m coastal scheme
Atkins has won an international design competition for a £600m tourism and business development on the Lancashire coast
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Shuttleworth teams up with Carey Jones on first bid
Make helps to prepare bid for three-acre mixed-used scheme in Leeds; council to announce shortlist next month
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FeaturesPerfect 10
Last week's landmark 10th annual Building Awards lived up to its billing, with highlights ranging from Angus Deayton to a giant Scalextric to a balloon-popping frenzy … But the best bit for many was collecting a coveted gong – so here are the 2004 winners
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March passed: the MoD becomes Britain's top client
£555m garrison makes ministry UK's biggest spender – and puts Sir Robert McAlpine top of contractors' table
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Against understanding
Not understanding creates innovation, innovation creates risk, risk creates a chance of success, success creates understanding – so we can stop innovating …
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CommentYou be the judge
Three weeks ago we posed a legal brainteaser and asked you to pass judgment. Here are three of the best answers we received and the question-setter's opinion – plus another problem to test your legal instincts
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The big picture
If you’ll indulge us for a moment, we’ll tell you a little bit about the legal system as seen by a legal journalist – and it’s a huge and complex thing
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Home exorcism for beginners
Simon Tolson says there are better options for both contractor and client than partial possession. And he's been longing to move back into any part of his home for 10 months …
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The greatest story never told …
Mark Whitby's idea for a storyline in The Archers (2 April, page 10) is not the first from a design professional.
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RICS roadshow fails to convince
Readers of Building who intend to hear Nick Brooke at one of his whistlestop meetings should be warned that those meetings are unlikely to address the questions that they will expect to be answered.
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Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-ow
I am writing to inform you of a spelling mistake in your edition dated 2 April 2004.
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The CITB is getting there
Tony Bingham is right to say that the Construction Industry Training Board ought to have such a damn good package on offer that joinery manufacturers would be happy to pay the compulsory levy (2 April, page 50).
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A fair slice of PI
The call from the Association of Consulting Engineers to change the laws relating to joint and several liability is a bold move (2 April, page 50) – even though such a bid to reduce the costs of professional indemnity insurance would not alleviate high premiums in the short term.