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New rules for the blame game
Remember the architect who got blamed for a fire because he specified the wrong panels? The Court of Appeal has just poured cold water over that decision
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Mouchel Parkman board announced
Recently merged support services group Mouchel Parkman has announced the results of its management restructuring.
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Overseas firm tipped to buy Peterhouse
City experts have used a process of elimination to conclude that the mystery bidder for infrastructure group Peterhouse is from overseas
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Marks Barfield has Eye on international market
Architect Marks Barfield, the designer that shot to fame with the London Eye, is working on a cheaper variant that could be sold across the world.
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NewsGriffiths fails to get Bath Spa out of hot water
Minister's attempt to mediate between client, contractor and architect ends in yet more acrimony
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RICS faces legal challenge over refusal to hold EGM
Rebel QS Jeremy Hackett says he has already received pledges of £10,000 towards £20,000 cost of legal advice
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NewsHousing Forum names firms with unhappiest customers
Barratt, Rialto, David McLean and North Country are the poorest performers in buyer satisfaction survey
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RMJM tipped for Olympic job
Architect RMJM has emerged as the frontrunner for the £400m International Convention Centre for the 2008 Beijing Olympics
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Going places
This quarter we look at how regeneration cash has sparked crossover careers between the private and public sectors
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FeaturesThe buyers
Welcome to Building’s first ever table of construction’s 100 most powerful clients. Over the next eight pages we measure their worth by sector, region, project and reputation. Andy Pearson mingles with the people who push the buttons, Camargue and Glenigan provide the ammunition
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Tender price forecast: London lags behind
London’s office developers are in hibernation and are likely to remain so for at least another year. This is dampening inflation in the capital – but in other areas, such as Wales and north-west England, the market is booming and costs are rising. Davis Langdon & Everest presents the big ...
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Kier pumps up housing arm with £15m buy
Contractor Kier has expanded its housing division by acquiring south Lincolnshire-based housebuilder Tudor Homes for £15.4m.
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Spring is coming to the office market
As demand for office space increases for the first time in nearly three years, we examine the significance for the hibernating commercial sector. In particular, when will it translate into new buildings?
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FeaturesBeginning of a beautiful friendship?
What's this? Surely it can't be true? The private and public sectors working harmoniously side by side on construction projects? We report on what John Prescott's regeneration cash is doing for workers on both sides of the fence
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Regeneration game
Paul France and Steve Glands from recruitment consultants Hays Montrose discuss the regeneration jobs boom …
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What might have been
If you feel you've lost out on a chance in life through somebody else's fault, you can go to court and watch the judge put a cash figure on it
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The lonely life of the builder
There is, I think, no simple answer as to why construction workers are more likely than others to take their own lives (16 January, page 11). It seems this is not just a UK problem – it may be a universal one in this industry.