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NewsSisk planning to double Bideem’s turnover
Irish construction giant John Sisk completed its acquisition of Bristol-based contractor Bideem today and announced plans to double the firm’s turnover over the next three years
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Prince's Foundation loses bid to double the size of Ashford
Urban Initiatives comes top of shortlist for masterplan to create 31,000 homes and 28,000 jobs in Kent town
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NewsRoof could land £50m bill in Wimbledon's Centre Court
HOK Sport unveils concertina design as part of total redevelopment of world's most famous tennis club
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Rebels force RICS to call meeting over 32% fee hike
QS Jeremy Hackett leads 901 RICS members in protest against controversial subscriptions increase
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Nedam rejects £58m pension crisis appeal
Dutch contractor Ballast Nedam has refused a request to help cover the £58m owed to pension fund members of its collapsed UK arm Ballast.
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Louis Armstrong made CBE in New Year honours
RICS chief executive Louis Armstrong topped the bill for the built environment sector in the New Year's honours list as he was made a CBE.
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Just the job
Chimwemwe Lungu tells us why she left Malawi to study and work in British construction
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NewsBroker’s notes: Bargain season
My, my, my! There’s nothing like a refreshing Crimbo break followed by a wallet-scorching trip to the sales.
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City Lofts to reinvest £7m windfall
Yorkshire-based mixed-use developer City Lofts is to invest the £7m it raised from going public on the alternative investment market last month in four developments.
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Old-fashioned fun
My, isn't Edinburgh beautiful? It just goes to show, there's nothing wrong with revivalism and pastiche – after all, architecture used to be playful
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FeaturesWhat's in store?
Herzog & de Meuron were so bent on a particular look for an artistic warehouse-cum-showroom, they were prepared to go to any lengths to achieve it …
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A matter of honours
It is little wonder that there were just nine architects, and precisely nobody from construction, among the 300 refuseniks revealed in the Sunday Times to have turned down a New Year's honour.
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Double jeopardy
If a contractor goes bust, a client can keep work on course by paying the subbie directly. But principles of insolvency law must be observed or they could shell out twice
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Guilt-free lawyer-lite
Taken a vow of abstinence? Girding yourself for the rigours of rapid detox? The lawyers among you should turn your attention some to some proper resolutions
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Foreign workers? Not a problem
Re: your article about protests against cheap foreign labour (News, 5 December, page 13).
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Superwoman speaks
I am a regular reader of your award-winning magazine and I have been a contributor before on race discrimination issues.
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Can you help stop CSCS fraud?
I read with interest your Leader article which referred to the availability of fake Construction Skills Certification Scheme cards (28 November, page 3).
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NewsTower power
Architect David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, masterplanner Daniel Libeskind and developer Larry Silverstein have unveiled the design of the Freedom Tower, the first and tallest building planned for the 16-acre site of the World Trade Centre. Soaring 1776 ft into the Lower Manhattan skyline, the tower will ...