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  • News

    Lend Lease hires telecoms man to run European arm

    2003-09-26T00:00:00Z

    Chief executive Greg Clarke brings in former Cable & Wireless colleague to replace John Spanswick.

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    Interior takes stock after being hit by fit-out fallout

    2003-09-26T00:00:00Z

    Chairman of facilities management firm reveals new direction after collapse of office fit-out sector.

  • Comment

    A few hiccups …

    2003-09-26T00:00:00Z

    Imagine you are in a tribunal and one of the panel is either asleep, intoxicated or both. Surely you'd be able to ask for a retrial if it found against you?

  • News

    Housebuilders disclose land assets to disprove claims of price fixing

    2003-09-26T00:00:00Z

    Companies submit their landbanks to Treasury's housing review as proof they are not hoarding land to keep prices high.

  • News

    Hyder puts 20 target firms on shopping list

    2003-09-26T00:00:00Z

    Consultant engineer Hyder has drawn up a list of 20 smaller rivals that it regards as potential acquisitions.

  • News

    Mouchel bids to break into TV

    2003-09-26T00:00:00Z

    Support services group Mouchel Parkman is on the verge of pushing back the barriers of the construction and consultancy sectors by expanding into television production

  • News

    Prisons to get £3bn revamp

    2003-09-26T00:00:00Z

    The Prison Service has selected a team of consultants to oversee a 10-year refurbishment programme for Britain's entire prison stock

  • News

    TUC chief asks government to pay for roving safety reps

    2003-09-26T00:00:00Z

    General secretary calls for government to fund national scheme and give the HSE more money to enforce it.

  • News

    Tube boss confirms plan to close entire lines

    2003-09-26T00:00:00Z

    New London Underground boss Tim O'Toole has confirmed that he is considering closing entire Tube lines to carry out refurbishment.

  • News

    Casino to float off Suffolk coast

    2003-09-26T00:00:00Z

    Plans are being drawn up to turn a former Second World War anti-aircraft base, located on a concrete island six miles off the Suffolk coast, into a 24-hour hotel and casino

  • News

    Thames Gateway to get land from Ministry of Defence

    2003-09-26T00:00:00Z

    English Partnerships will get first refusal on land released for sale by MoD property arm Defence Estates.

  • Features

    Just the job

    2003-09-26T00:00:00Z

    Roger Knowles has spent 30 years running construction and engineering consultant JR Knowles, but still has new ideas and the energy to trot the globe.

  • Features

    Top 250 Consultants 2003: Big hitters

    2003-09-26T00:00:00Z

    This year’s consultants league table ranks the top 250 practices in the UK, then breaks it down into the top 100 architects, engineers and surveyors. But which have the class and the grace to punch above their weight? We report from the ringsideTables compiled by Martin Hewes

  • Features

    A chill in the air

    2003-09-26T00:00:00Z

    In this month's market review, Experian Business Strategies reports that the industry's recent growth spurt is about to come to a halt, with construction activity sagging towards November

  • Comment

    Conspiring with fate

    2003-09-26T00:00:00Z

    Many industries are inherently dangerous, and there's nothing you can do about it. But some have acquired a culture that actually ensures that accidents happen

  • Comment

    Hansom

    2003-09-26T00:00:00Z

    Every construction professional is in on a secret plan to destroy the Earth, Tom Bloxham makes a splash, and a Hawkins\Brown offers a little extra

  • Features

    Building Homes Quality Awards 2003

    2003-09-26T00:00:00Z

    The third annual gathering of British housebuilders took place last week in Park Lane, London, to recognise the achievements of the best companies in the industry. Here's a taste of the evening's celebrations …

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    The nerve of it

    2003-09-26T00:00:00Z

    My case is based on complete tosh but the adjudicator looks like a nice chap and if I put in a claim for a million he may give me half. Yeah, I'd say that was fair …

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    Legal aid

    2003-09-26T00:00:00Z

    In our latest helping of advice from the razor-sharp legal brains at Berwin Leighton Paisner, we look at recovering disruption damages from a piler, extracting nuisance money from a housebuilder and getting your #*&/*„©! retentions back from an employer