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FeaturesHome improvement
The three ugly sisters of Marsham Street are dead – and a much prettier successor has risen from their ashes. We assess the new Farrell-designed home of the Home Office
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FeaturesExplosive situations
Discovering old war rooms, tackling six-metre-thick concrete walls, blowing up buildings in the middle of London and racing against time … Well, at least this project wasn’t dull
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NewsTurner & Townsend plans ambitious global expansion
New head of international division sets five-year growth target, including ventures in the Middle East
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FeaturesThe messenger
Construction’s safety record never looks worse than in the living room of a bereaved family. Alan Ritchie knows – he’s been there too many times. The new general secretary of UCATT tells us about his plans to make employers and government listen.
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Europe’s catwalk
Norman, Zaha, Daniel, Cesar and many more of world architecture’s signature brands are flocking to Italy to put their stamp on the design capital of Europe
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CommentJust not good enough
What verdict should the Health and Safety Executive pass on the construction industry at next week’s summit?
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CommentNo quick fix
Reports that Lafarge may have supplied faulty cement raise a host of problems for suppliers and contractors that face legal claims – or want to pass them on
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CommentStop having fun
In Scotland, parties can no longer indulge in games of ambushing courts with fresh evidence. An eminently sensible idea, and one that should apply to adjudication
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Who do you think you are?
If you are signing a contract as part of a consortium, it’s vital to identify all of the contracting parties. A recent case reveals the dangers of not doing so
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CommentFat-cat scapegoats
The public appetite for tougher corporate killing penalties is being fed by a private member’s bill – which excludes the government from its scope
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Comment
No more heroes, please
I am writing to comment on an advertisement in the 28 January issue (page 66). Under the banner “Unsung heroes”, there is a picture of a worker sitting high in the air on a steel beam. From the picture there is no clear means of fall protection, although he is ...
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A federal feud
Colin Harding (Letters, 11 February, page 39) is often blunt but always, in my opinion, right in his criticism of our industry’s federations and the plight in which we “small builders” constantly find ourselves.
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Sub standards
The time of the year has once again passed when chartered surveyors look at the subscription demands and wonder why they remain members of the RICS (answers on a postcard – I can’t fathom it).
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Lost in translation
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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CommentA century of stasis
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
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FeaturesWho is going to stop this happening?
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.
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NewsBoss of M&E firm stabbed in chest outside office
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
Contractor InteriorExterior has lost its managing director less than a year after he took over the post from founding director Ivan Millar