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Government to hold home inspector recruitment show
The ODPM is holding a trade show to kickstart the recruitment of 7500 home inspectors over the next 28 months.
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Lawyers in the dock over ethics
Construction lawyers may be required to comply with an ethical code to be recommended in a report later this month
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First ODPM skills centre to be built in Leeds
The first centre for sustainable community skills is set to be in Leeds, deputy prime minister John Prescott revealed this week.
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Glenn Howells Architects is converting one of the Royal Navy’s historic storehouses in Portsmouth into an art gallery.
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A well-kept secret
The steel lattice frame of a 1912 airship hangar is to be reassembled as an outsize garden pergola at a business park in Farnborough, Hampshire. It will form the centrepiece of a large public square, designed by conservation specialist Julian Harrap Architects and developed by Slough Estates. The 10 ha ...
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CITB plans industry-wide apprenticeship scheme
Construction bodies get on board to develop initiative that could entice school-leavers away from university
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Client body gets tough over CSCS compliance
The Construction Clients’ Group is increasing pressure on clients to ensure workers are CSCS qualified by incorporating the requirement into its clients’ charter.
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NewsSydney: The director’s cut
Sydney Opera House, the most iconic building of the 20th century, has been partly refurbished by its original architect and engineer, Jörn Utzon and Arup.
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Prescott sets out vision for regeneration of the North
Deputy prime minister draws up plan – with high-density, mixed-use development at top of agenda
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Fairbriar starts three-year drive to raise profit to £10m
Residential developer sets out ambitious growth plan after investment boost from Singapore shareholder
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Connaught takes £8m hit to refocus business
Connaught, the AIM-listed social housing expert, this week warned that it was writing off £7.75m for the 2004 financial year.
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Corus in black for first time
Corus has announced its first pre-tax profit since it was formed in 1999.
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Knowles’ shares plummet after profit warning
James R Knowles, a construction consultant that is listed on the alternative investment market, issued a profit warning on Tuesday that sent its share price down almost 30%.
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NewsNew Mace boss to drive bullish growth plans
Construction group Mace is set to restructure its senior management by promoting Steve Pycroft to chief executive as the company moves into a new phase of expansion
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Kier posts record profit on back of public spending boom
Kier Group has posted record results thanks to increased government spending on schools and hospitals.
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NewsSharewatch: Berkeley’s gamble
Tony Pidgley and three of his fellow senior executives at Berkeley Group must have had a good weekend.
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CommentGenerals and mercenaries
If construction and warfare have anything in common, it’s that the top brass position themselves a safe distance from the people on the front line
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FeaturesRichard McCarthy
The sheer get-up-and-go of the head of the ODPM’s sustainable communities group is proving increasingly valuable – particularly in easing the ‘creative tension’ between government and housebuilders. We got him to sit still for a minute.
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CommentWhat are you implying?
The hills of Stockport were alive with implied terms, or so Mowlem and one of its subcontractors, PHI Group, thought. But were they right?