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    The rules

    2004-05-13T00:00:00Z

    We all know the importance of fire safety and disability access. So why do two sets of regulations appear to contradict each other? Plus, an update on the discrimination debate over metal door handles. Alex Smith reports

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    Costs

    2004-05-13T00:00:00Z

    We tell you to steel yourselves for the latest price rises in metal doors and windows, and explains how the schools market is on the up and up

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    All becomes clear

    2004-05-13T00:00:00Z

    Rick Mather Architects knows that when designing a minimalist building, its windows have a great bearing on its appearance.

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    Checklist

    2004-05-13T00:00:00Z

    With technical advances being made all the time, window specifiers need to keep abreast of the changes. Barbour Index and Building Specifier outline five ways to get the best results

  • Comment

    The chickens have arrived

    2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

    At first glance, we've never had it so good.

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    Police begin second wave of interviews over Bickerton

    2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Serious Fraud Office targets known associates of John Aviss after he loses High Court battle with Artisan

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    Tea in the park

    2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Hopkins Architects' St James's Park restaurant in central London opened last month. Inn The Park, which was developed by the Royal Parks, is run by restaurateur Oliver Peyton. It is made from Austrian larch, concrete and stainless steel and has a grass roof. The interior was designed by Tom Dixon, ...

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    Four in scramble to build Morrisons' £50m HQ

    2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Four contractors are lining up to build a £50m headquarters in Bradford for newly enlarged supermarket chain Morrisons

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    Prescott promises 'controversial' RIBA debate

    2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Deputy prime minister John Prescott will follow up on his honorary fellowship of the RIBA by giving a "controversial" keynote speech on sustainable communities at the institute.

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    Bid splits Peterhouse board

    2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

    David Jackson, the chairman of infrastructure group Peterhouse, has told shareholders not to accept Babcock International's £95m offer for the company.

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    Foster, Gehry and Moneo invited to redesign Beirut

    2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Star architects asked to submit masterplans for Martyrs' Square area destroyed in Lebanese civil war

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    CABE to grill six contenders for top job

    2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Architecture watchdog CABE has drawn up a six-strong shortlist of candidates to succeed Jon Rouse as chief executive.

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    Interserve wins £28m health job

    2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Support services group Interserve has been selected for a £28m mental health scheme in south-east London, as part of the Procure 21 hospital building programme

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    Construction Clients Group hires chairman

    2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

    The chief executive of Barking and Dagenham council has been appointed chairman of the Construction Clients Group.

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    Architects on display

    2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Construction has started on the Architecture Gallery at the V&A Museum, designed by Gareth Hoskins Architects. The gallery is a joint venture of the RIBA and the V&A and will house the UK's only permanent architectural collection. Architect Wright & Wright has also designed study rooms and storage for the ...

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    Schools for Future head to learn lesson on spending

    2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Stanton-Ife pledges DfES will learn from its past and bring public and private sectors closer together

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    Ripoll appoints managing director to run Aukett UK

    2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Jose Luis Ripoll, the new chairman and chief executive of Aukett, has marked the start of his tenure by appointing a UK managing director to look after the firm's design work.

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    HBG fined over site death

    2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

    HBG Construction Southern, formerly Kyle Stewart, has been fined £150,000 and ordered to pay costs of £47,000, after an agency labourer died following an incident on a site at 33 Old Broad Street in the City of London on in February 1997.

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    China's Olympic venues to be watched by eye in the sky

    2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

    CHINA is to launch a satellite to monitor the construction of venues for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

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    Letwin proposes Whitehall cuts

    2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Shadow chancellor Oliver Letwin has hinted that the Conservative party will form a ministry for procurement if it gets into power