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Incoming BDP boss aims for £100m turnover
Peter Drummond, who was appointed chief executive of architect Building Design Partnership this week, is hoping to turn the practice into a £100m turnover business in the next five years.
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C&M doubles profit
Listed housebuilder Country & Metropolitan almost doubled its profit last year after focusing on the first-time buyer market.
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Mears Group creates chief operating officer role
Mears Group, the maintenance firm, has appointed Stuart Black chief operating officer.
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NewsLeading cement supplier warns of 15% price hike
Castle Cement blames rising energy prices and European legislation – and predicts knock-on effect
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Public spending growth is lowest in five years
Government spending in the third quarter of 2004 on schools and hospitals fell to its lowest level of growth in five years, research this week showed.
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Waterman freezes payout
Waterman, the support services group, this week froze its annual dividend payout but said that an improving commercial sector would lead to increases in the future.
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Morgan Est lands £340m Midlands contracts
Morgan Est, the infrastructure services division of Morgan Sindall, has won two contracts worth up to £340m for a five year period.
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CommentGreen grass roots
Since politicians clearly cannot be trusted to tackle climate change, it’s up to the lowly masses to make a difference – and that includes designers and engineers
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FeaturesThe lone ranger rides again!
Tired of the long hours and unpaid overtime, professionals are heading for the open plains of self-employment – in increasing numbers. We talked to construction’s guns-for-hire
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The hired gun's guide
Working for an agency can boost your freelance earnings - as long as it also works for you. We look at how to get the best service
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FeaturesMore haste, more speed
Ministers may have promised a bill for London’s superfast transport link Crossrail next spring, but boss Norman Haste is not leaving his £9bn project until then. We saw him in action at the Labour Party Conference
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A touch of class
This City Academy is the first of 200 the government wants to build in deprived inner city areas. However, it’s unlikely that the others will be designed by Richard Rogers and boast a really pukka kitchen garden
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CommentGood times don’t come cheap
“We’ve had six fantastic years of steady growth. Now it feels much more fragile.”
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CommentThat settles it
So, you’ve dispensed with the expensive lawyer and drawn up the final settlement yourself. Here’s how to make sure the agreement means what it says
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CommentTrouble in the nursery
The Latham payment review panel has failed to produce an ABC for squabbling subbies. Nanny government must decide when to step in, and when to keep clear
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The dangers of dropping an E
A court found that a developer accidentally dropped a crucial clause ‘E’ from a contract, but then deliberately ignored its own mistake. The judge was not happy …
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CommentHe knew he was right
Construction management has failed several Arts Council projects and now the Scottish parliament. Of course, if those clients had just listened in the first place …
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The value of conflict …
Peter Rogers’ argument for one professional institute to replace all the existing bodies (24 September, page 24) is a step too far – too radical for the “silo mentality” of the individual professions (the unhappily accurate words of your perceptive leader that week, page 3). But perhaps more importantly, the ...