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Mott MacDonald promotes senior figure to chairman
Multidisciplinary consultant Mott MacDonald has appointed Mike Blackburn chairman, following the retirement of Tim Thirlwall.
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Steel firm fined £15,000
Steel contractor Cleveland Bridge has been fined £15,000 after a staircase collapsed on a scheme in Canary Wharf, narrowly missing some site workers.
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G&T to probe Holyrood – again
Quantity surveyor Gardiner & Theobald has been called up by the Scottish parliament's spending watchdog to help write a report on the troubled £400m Holyrood project, on which rival Davis Langdon & Everest is cost consultant
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Housebuilders face £37m water valve bill
Housebuilders could have to spend £37m to fit hot water safety devices in new and converted homes from 2006.
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Bouygues learns valuable lesson
French contractor Bouygues and Architecture PLB are this month due to clinch financial close on a 25-year PFI contract for two secondary schools in Barking, east London. It will be the first British school PFI project for Bouygues, which has a track record in healthcare PFI, and for Architecture PLB's ...
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NewsBeeb's quay note
BBC Scotland has submitted a planning application for a headquarters at Pacific Quay on the south bank of the Clyde. The David Chipperfield-designed building includes public spaces and amenities aimed at making the BBC more accessible to visitors. The HQ, which is due for completion by 2007, would be digitally ...
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Stanhope faces Croydon threat
Croydon council has urged developer Stanhope to include plans for an arena on its £400m Croydon Gateway project – or risk losing its land to compulsory purchase order powers
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Contractors 'must monitor insurers' practice'
The Construction Confederation has called for contractors to ensure that providers of employers' liability cover stick to the guidelines set by insurance bodies.
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NewsMore room at the inn
Boxmill consulting has been appointed by Grange Hotels to project-manage the extension to its five-star Grange City Hotel in Tower Hill, London. The hotel, which opened last November, has 240 bedrooms over 12 storeys, a sushi bar, health suite, whisky bar and driving range. Planning permission has already been granted ...
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NewsChristmas cancelled
Staff from contractor Kier-Nuttall and project manager Rail Link Engineering worked through Christmas Day to launch a massive steel railway bridge in York Way, London, which will eventually carry the Channel Tunnel Rail Link.The 2065-tonne bridge, which is 1 km from King's Cross station, spans 75 m and was ...
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Shuttleworth sets up shop with key Foster staff
Lord Foster may have accepted his right-hand man's resignation graciously – but will Norman be so benignant now that three of his staff have run off to join Shuttleworth's new venture?
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CommentWonders & blunders
Joan Bakewell gives rave reviews to an institutional home for books, but a north London theatre gets a scathing critique
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Building Honours List 2004
Only three people from the construction people were recognised in the 2004 Honours List, which is a meagre return when you consider that two million people work in the industry. Building is eager to redress the balance and acknowledge those unsung heroes who have made a significant contribution to the ...
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Street fighting
Leicestershire County council (LCC) charged Transco Plc (Transco) the sum of £111,500 for six separate failures to complete under-street works to gas pipes on time. Transco was required by statute to give a notice when its works were complete, and it had failed to do so, although it gave notice ...
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Has Cleaver given himself the chop?
Mansell boss Philip Cleaver has been an active part of the deal for Balfour Beatty to take over the contractor. Now he's keeping shtoom about whether he'll be sticking around to see how it works out …
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FeaturesBiscuit world cup 2003
What the building trade lacks in sporting finesse, it makes up for in cookie-munching abilities. To celebrate this gastronomic talent, we invited 16 firms to submit their entries for the Biscuit World Cup 2003 … It's crunch time
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Keep it simple, stupid
Anybody of the opinion that the law is a mammal of the genus equus asinus will be nodding their heads to this plea for common-sense adjudication rules …
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FeaturesEach year, 40,000 desperately needed homes don't get built. Who's to blame?
When Kate Barker announced the findings of her review into housing undersupply last week, housebuilders were smug that the finger was pointed at planners – until they realised they weren't getting off scot-free. So did the industry need to hear a few home truths? We found out