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Features
Tender price forecast: Varied prospects
London is feeling the pinch as the office market dries up, but prospects are good in many of the regions. The first quarter’s decline in output does not spell doom and gloom, but housebuilders and the public sector will hold the purse strings
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How to repel women
Why are there so few women architects? Disinclination? Not really up to it? Indifference? Or because they take one look at the profession and run a mile?
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FeaturesHitsville, UK
Shoppers brousing the vitrines of High Street Kensington, west London, now have the additional diversion of peering into the jazzy new headquarters of EMI.
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Reasons to be cheerful
Multiparty PFI disputes are increasing, and can end up being very costly. But now there are two methods of streamlining them that should be good for everyone concerned
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Caution wouldn't hurt
I was amazed to see such naivety on the question of financial risk assessments from your deputy editor (25 July, page 3).
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It's not just about the money
Peter Horne makes the point (11 July, page 32) that "most adjudications involve payments".
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Is that your idea of success?
Ken Livingston (18 July, page 29) might be right that the Hungerford pedestrian bridges do not wobble, but to cite them as an example of project success is hardly warranted.
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Don't mention the war
Tony Bingham's column is usually very interesting and relevant but I do not think he should use it to express his opinions on the justification for the Iraq war (25 July, page 68).
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Revival can leave a bitter taste
Rudi Klein's comments on the damage wrought by insolvent firms got me thinking (25 July, page 67).
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Not good enough, eh?
I read with interest that Paul Newman, the RIBA's head of client services, had put together a list of architects suitable for healthcare projects (11 August, page 10).
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Back to school
Joanna Matsumiya agrees with the comments from Peter Rogers and then complains about being unable to find a position as a project manager (18 July, page 31).
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Ian Davidson memorial
A memorial is to be held on Thursday 4 September to remember Ian Davidson, founder partner of architects Lifschutz Davidson, who died suddenly in February 2003 at the age of 48.
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News
Higher pension costs hit Hanson's profit
Building materials company Hanson is the latest construction sector firm to be hit by the pension crisis. It has revealed that its scheme has a shortfall of £121m.
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Andrew Lett bows out at Aukett after 27 years
The former managing director and executive chairman of the UK’s only listed architect, Aukett, will leave the company next month after 27 years of service.
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Banner makes £1.1m return
Contractor Banner Holdings has announced a positive set of annual results seven months after a £5m management buyout from Henry Boot.
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£800m Paddington hospital stretches PFI market
Fears have emerged over the capacity of the construction industry to take on one of the UK's biggest PFI hospitals, the £800m Paddington health campus