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US academic brought in to improve design codes
Chris Alexander set to establish Prince’s Foundation-backed research unit at University of Greenwich
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NewsBellway’s record profit bucks market slowdown
Housebuilder makes £200m and is set to achieve forward sales target, despite market gloom
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Mouchel Parkman profit up 43% since merger
Support services group Mouchel Parkman has made a £19.4m profit in the first year since it was formed by a merger.
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Bovis’ £220m hospital deal
Bovis Lend Lease has been given the go-ahead for a £220m PFI cancer centre in Leeds.
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Davis Langdon combines UK regi
Qs Davis Langdon has embarked on a regional restructuring programme to create bigger offices across the UK.
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NewsCountryside results deepen housing gloom
Housebuilder Countryside Properties issued its third negative trading statement in five months last week.
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HOK to conduct science experiment
International architect HOK is seeking to expand its work in London by branching out into science and technology design.
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Sharewatch: Jarvis’ showdown
There were some early fireworks last week as the board of Jarvis faced an angry crowd of shareholders at its annual general meeting.
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Shepherd hits the top in September with £113m win
Five deals push Yorkshire firm into pole position, but Bovis Lend Lease still dominates the annual table
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FeaturesStop the traffic
Stuttgart has not so much lost a large hostile underpass as gained a stunning £48m gallery of modern art, in the form of Hascher Jehle’s perfect glass cube.
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Time to go …
Jon Rouse The question hanging over much of northern England is: how bad does a neighbourhood have to be before the only thing that can improve it is a bulldozer?
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Don’t twist my words
Open mike: Ashley Pigott’s attack on construction management’s drew on statements made at the Fraser inquiry into Holyrood. Here, the man who made them explains what he meant …
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FeaturesThe greatest buildings never built
A dome that would have covered half of Manhattan … a cathedral that would have towered over Liverpool … the National Gallery’s ‘monstrous carbuncle’ … Naomi Stungo looks back over the 10 finest projects that never made it past the concept stage
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FeaturesUp and coming from down under
This is a good time to be in salary negotiations – especially if you’re a young professional from the antipodes. Victoria Madine analyses the 2004 Hays Montrose/Building contractors’ salary guide, Brett Ryder provides the kangaroo
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CommentProblem, solved
Andrew Hemsley - Wrong contract rates are a classic construction conundrum, to which the courts have provided a beautifully simple answer. So everyone should learn it
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CommentSafety deposit
Tony Bingham - The use of trust funds to protect against client insolvency is a very good idea. So why did parliament reject the idea 10 years ago? And is it ready to reconsider?
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Can I interest you in insurance?
Antoinette Jucker - Next year, draconian regulations are going to be imposed on any firm that so much as thinks about arranging insurance. Here’s how the system will work
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A loss of confidence
Be warned: anyone who acts as an expert witness, instructs lawyers or prepares documents in support of claims can no longer take legal privilege for granted
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Amphibious thinking
Is our industry taking the recent shock announcements of rises in carbon levels, and its potential impact upon global warming, seriously enough? The social and moral responsibility of the construction industry to engage in sustainable construction is two-fold. First, we must take measures to protect, and if possible enhance, the ...