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    Pasta and paranoia

    2004-04-02T00:00:00Z

    Rubber chicken takes in a trade fair in Bologna and discovers that the bella paese's historic love of all things beautiful extends to stoats' skulls, fossilised trees and, er, padlocks

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    Roll up the beige carpet

    2004-04-02T00:00:00Z

    It's a fact that all office workers hate their offices. But what if the workspace changes beyond recognition? What if wireless devices replace phones and cafes replace desks? Well for one thing, we'd find it harder to moan about our jobs

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    Economies of space

    2004-04-02T00:00:00Z

    We look at how MacCormac Jamieson Prichard took a tiny patch of land squished between buildings at the London School of Economics and turned it into an Italian-style piazza that is now the heart of the campus.

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    There's a limit to capping

    2004-04-02T00:00:00Z

    The claimant, Westminster Building, tendered for building works in respect of a property owned by Mr Beckingham. The specification stated that the contract would be in the form of a JCT IFC 1998 incorporating amendments. A letter of intent dated 27 June 2002 instructed the claimant to proceed with the ...

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    Laying down ground rules

    2004-04-02T00:00:00Z

    New European regulations about toxic disposal and landfill mean that crucial plans to regenerate brownfield sites could go up in smoke. Now that’s hazardous waste …

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    O'Rourke issues warning to industry's swordsmen

    2004-04-02T00:00:00Z

    Laing O'Rourke chief executive Ray O'Rourke has warned that companies that work with a confrontational style will fail.

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    CABE tears up Leicester tower designs

    2004-04-02T00:00:00Z

    Government design watchdog CABE has slammed the designs for two adjacent high-rise mixed-use developments that will form a southern gateway to Leicester.

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    Kier's team building

    2004-04-02T00:00:00Z

    Kier subsidiaries Kier Southern and Moss Construction have formed a joint venture to build a £13.7m office building in Uxbridge, west London, for client Arlington Business Parks. The joint venture will deliver integrated design and installation solutions for the three-storey building's M&E services. The consultants' team includes architect Fitzroy ...

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    Atkins boss plans to slash equity investment in PFI

    2004-04-02T00:00:00Z

    Keith Clarke sets out his vision for consultant – which could involve selling off its 20% stake in Metronet

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    ACE calls for state to intervene in insurance crisis

    2004-04-02T00:00:00Z

    The Association of Consulting Engineers has called on the government to change insurance laws to take the sting out of professional indemnity premiums.

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    Biggest UK court scheme for 130 years goes on site

    2004-04-02T00:00:00Z

    Work on £108m Denton Corker Marshall project in Manchester begins before official go-ahead

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    Sitting comfortably?

    2004-04-02T00:00:00Z

    Your health in the workplace is your employer's responsibility

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    Housebuilders set to join the superleague

    2004-04-02T00:00:00Z

    The housebuilding industry may start winning hearts and minds in the City if the largest players can break into the FTSE 100 – and one or two are almost there

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    My take … on the cost consultant's new name

    2004-04-02T00:00:00Z

    My take on the rebranding of my company as Davis Langdon, with Everest falling away, is that it is a significant decision in advancing and strengthening the firm's image at home and abroad.

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    Why the Tories will win

    2004-04-02T00:00:00Z

    The government's refusal to treat the construction industry as the special case it is has made it very difficult for Labour to triumph in next year's election

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    Hansom

    2004-04-02T00:00:00Z

    This week, a Sunday Times journalist loses the plot completely and files a story that Brad Pitt and Frank Gehry are to design a town …

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    Keith Clarke

    2004-04-02T00:00:00Z

    We meet the man with one of the truly epic jobs in British construction: taking over Britain's biggest consultant, redefining its strategy and making it work. Here he talks to us about how he plans to tackle this mammoth task – with detours around plastic lunchboxes and leather underpants.

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    Fast track

    2004-04-02T00:00:00Z

    Why the Bahrain F1 project team could teach Michael Schumacher a thing or two about acceleration

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    The RICS must come to terms

    2004-04-02T00:00:00Z

    The civil war at the RICS is in its fifth year.

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    Measure for measure

    2004-04-02T00:00:00Z

    Insurers are providing shrinking cover on terrorism and asbestos risks. Now consultants have new standard contract terms that shrink their liabilities to match