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NewsKey Arup director retires after 24 years
The man behind consultant engineer Arup's work on the Eurotunnel, the 2012 Olympic bid and Crossrail will leave his role as director in April.
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LIFT model planned for Thames Gateway
The government is considering using the LIFT procurement model to deliver large-scale regeneration projects such as Thames Gateway
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NewsRICS faces financial crisis if fee hike challenge succeeds
Rebel QS's plan for judicial review of fee increase may result in '£2m shortfall' in institution's 2004 budget
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Guild chief quits in Part M row
The head of the Guild of Architectural Ironmongers has resigned after the publication of a report sponsored by his firm that recommended the use of a type of door handles that it makes
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Arup studies Olympic rail needs
Consulting engineer Arup has submitted the first draft of its research into whether London's rail system will be able to cope if the city wins the 2012 Olympic Games
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NewsEngineer castigates Crossrail as expensive folly
Leading engineer Mark Whitby has criticised the government's flagship infrastructure project, Crossrail, claiming it would deliver only "mess and disruption, as well as starving other projects of cash".
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Consultants found guilty of cheating £3.5m from charity
Two QSs and an architect convicted of fraudulent invoicing and inflating fees on projects for Talbot Village Trust
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A world where nothing works
As the industry prepares to hear Kate Barker’s review of the planning system, a Building investigation reveals the mess it is in, dogged by bureaucracy, delays and disputes.
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Local lowdown
Private and social housing projects in the Midlands are boosting demand for experienced construction professionals, says Robert Smith of Hays Montrose
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Winter warmer
In this month's Tracker, Experian Business Strategies reports on an unseasonably active December and predicts that growth in UK construction will stabilise over the next three months
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NewsBroker's notes: Pointers to success
To paraphrase the legendary Pointer Sisters, I'm really rather excited and I'm afraid that I just can't hide it.
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FeaturesFurther and better particulars of … Robin Southwell, Chief executive of AirTanker
Our series on key construction figures looks at the former-Atkins-boss-turned-major-client, in his new role as boss of aerospace consortium AirTanker. We analyse the comeback of Robin Southwell
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Don't build Crossrail …
it is an astronomically expensive way of depopulating our capital city. Far more egalitarian would be to spend the money on housing subsidies in central London
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FeaturesSexy education
Last year, 11 signature architects were given some homework: each had to design an ideal school to show education planners what they're supposed to look like. Here's what they handed in
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Victims of the system
It's been a bad week for the paperclip posse. On Tuesday, the government and the Tories called for a mass cull of civil servants.
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Are you considering an Italian job?
Berlusconi's push to bring private finance into public works could be a nice little earner for UK firms. But there may be constitutional hitches ahead …
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A rise in pre-profit tax
Sorry about this, but there are some grim changes to tax law in the pipeline, and the effect will be to make consultants look much harder at the jobs they take on