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Shares fall after Tube trouble
Shares in the Metronet and Tube Lines consortiums fell on Monday after the weekend's derailments on the London Underground.
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CITB plans virtual training companies
The Construction Industry Training Board is in talks with the government to create "virtual training firms" that would give young people the chance to work on live construction projects.
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Peter Rogers complains about DTI snub
Industry leader Peter Rogers is upset that construction has been sidelined by the DTI in its strategy document Prosperity for All.
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NewsWild wood
Edward Cullinan Architects' gridshell for the Weald and Downland museum topped this year's Wood Awards. It won the structural category and took the gold award as overall winner. The contractor on the project, in Chichester, West Sussex, was EA Chiverton and carpentry was by the Green Oak Carpentry Company. ...
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NewsBorn in Belfast
Architect Watkins Gray International, in association with Todd Architects, is working on designs for operating theatres, laboratories and a £30m maternity unit at the Ulster hospital, Belfast. The design will be complete in August next year. It is estimated that construction will take 15 months. The QS for the project ...
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Hackett to throw down gauntlet to RICS 'in a week'
Jeremy Hackett, a QS who is leading the campaign to reverse the RICS' recent fee increase, has said he is about to call an extraordinary general meeting.
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Three in race for masterplan
David Lock Associates, John Thompson & Partners and EDAW are among the architects in competition to draw up a masterplan for West Bromwich in the West Midlands.
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Rogers sails through Southampton contest
Architect Richard Rogers Partnership has beaten off rivals to win the masterplan for the Woolston Shipyard site in Southampton.
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NewsWelcome to sunny Stratford
Architect Broadway Malayan has been granted planning permission by Newham council for a mixed-use scheme called Stratford Gate, part of the regeneration of the deprived east London borough. The scheme, which is being developed by Barratt, includes 200 residential flats, 30% of which are affordable, and three live–work ...
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Met office launches bespoke forecasts
The Met office has launched a weather forecasting service tailored to the needs of the construction industry.
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Countryside's £89m scheme
Housebuilder Countryside Properties has signed a joint-venture agreement with developer Quintain to build an £89m mixed-use development in Collier's Wood, south-west London.
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Carillion backs down on M6 job after strike threat
Carillion has backed down in a dispute with the GMB union over the working hours of 120 workers on a road contract in north-west England.
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NewsGreen giant
Architect Scott Brownrigg has been granted planning consent for an office for the Environment Agency at Howbery Park in Wallingford, Oxfordshire. The scheme includes two 3250 m2 three-storey buildings that form a gateway to the park. The frontage, a south-facing elevation, has a screen of solar panel louvres procured through ...
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NewsProfit dips at Feilden Clegg Bradley
Architect Feilden Clegg Bradley has disclosed a fall in its annual profit after withdrawing from a contract in central London
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Avonside bosses complete buyout
Roofing contractor Avonside has completed a management buyout, creating the country's only independent national player in the sector.
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Former Capita man launches consultancy
Former Capita Property Consultancy regional boss Andrew Harnett has formed a building surveying and project management consultancy.
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Skill bill: Government in talks over site training centres
In the fight to halt the partly self-inflicted skills crisis, the CITB’s latest scheme is project-based training centres. But is it all too little, too late?
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Good day at the office, dear?
The claimant, Mr Horkulak, had been threatened and humiliated by his manager over a period of some months. Finally, he walked out of his job as a senior managing director in a major broking house in the City of London. He saw his doctor the next day, who put him ...
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Working in harmony
This month, a double issue of Specifier looks at doors and windows and flooring – and what dynamic sectors they are. Despite a flurry of new rules, architects are still turning out some great pieces of work – and Tinside Lido in Plymouth is one of them. The project team ...
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FeaturesDamage limitation
Richard Rogers' design for Heathrow Terminal 5 has a 43 m glass facade to flood his elegant interior with natural light and lift weary travellers' spirits. But would it be safe in a bomb blast? Alex Smith talked to Pascall + Watson about how to specify for terrorproofing