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NewsFarrell appointed masterplanner at Paddington hospital
Terry Farrell and Partners submitted initial hospital plan to Westminster City Council last week.
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News£7m grant completes Aylesbury funding jigsaw
Work on phase one of the renewal work on the Aylesbury Estate in London will start in mid-2005.
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RMC appoints Rontgen
Alexander Rontgen becomes RMC’s international director and heads up firm’s new international cement division.
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FeaturesGunite wins Little Britain
The Little Britain Challenge Cup attracts 2,500 sailors and sees concrete firm Gunite win the main event.
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Parkwood in the swim
Leisure PFIs help Parkwood Holdings to increase interim turnover by 29% to £31.2m.
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NewsSix share £4.5bn water deal
Welsh Water selects six contractors including Costain and Amec as preferred partners in a 15-year deal.
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Councils give 2012 Olympics green light
Four councils in East London have given planning permission for the proposed Olympic complex in East London
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Spinning yarns
Rain may have stopped play at a David Wilson Homes’ sponsored cricket match but it didn’t dampen the spirits of the has-been cricketers booked for the event.
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FeaturesWaste not, want not
Council nimbyism and short-sighted government policy is in danger of turning Britain into a fly-tippers paradise. If the UK is to deal with its growing mountain of rubbish thousands of waste treatment facilities will have to be built by 2020, says Nigel Mattravers.
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NewsORourke launches surprise attack on labour market
6000 temporary workers will have working week slashed for same money – if they become permanent staff
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FeaturesThe Bin Laden story
Summer 1971 in the small Swedish town of Falun. Twenty-two members of Saudi Arabia’s richest construction dynasty pose for a holiday snap. Second from the right is a 14-year-old called Osama, later to become the world’s most wanted terrorist. We report on how his relatives have tried to rescue the ...
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At source
The claimants, Thames Water Utilities Ltd (TW) brought a claim against the defendants, London Underground Ltd (LUL) arising from a burst water main. They contended that the burst water main was caused by works carried out by LUL on the construction of the Jubilee Line extension (pursuant to powers conferred ...
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NewsThree major deals revive London commercial market
Contractors vie for £35m British Land scheme and two Foster-designed tower blocks worth a total of £90m
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Wembley subbies threaten legal action over GMB picket
Subcontractors consulting solicitors about legal validity of picket line and level of intimidation against workers.
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NewsORourke launches surprise attack on labour market
6000 temporary workers will have working week slashed for same money – if they become permanent staff.
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NewsWembley subbies threaten legal action over GMB picket
Subcontractors consulting solicitors about legal validity of picket line and level of intimidation against workers
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Architect quits over troubled Nato project
The NATO headquarters project in Brussels has been thrown into further disarray after the Skidmore, Owings & Merrill architect in charge of the project quit the practice
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NewsBig in Beijing
Arup has won the competition for the New China International Exhibition Centre in Beijing.
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NewsNew UCATT leader declares war on migrant exploitation
General secretary-elect Alan Ritchie says health and safety and immigrant welfare are priorities for union
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Trade bodies fight war of words over industry capacity
Construction Confederation calls claims that skills crisis will hinder schools programme ‘seriously misguided’