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    Axed? Not me

    2004-01-16T00:00:00Z

    It is totally wrong for your magazine to have stated that the Richard Rogers Partnership had been "axed" by BAA (19 December, page 13).

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    Another axe to grind

    2004-01-16T00:00:00Z

    Your article (19 December 2003, page 13) about BAA cutting firms from its framework agreement is reported in such a way that will be damaging to our business and does not report our true working relationship with BAA.

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    Like working for free?

    2004-01-16T00:00:00Z

    It will never cease to amazed me how little attention is paid in the world of business to the ability of a client to pay and how easy it is to convince suppliers to provide goods and services on credit.

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    Let's target the target-setters

    2004-01-16T00:00:00Z

    I read with amusement the multiple stories in your 12 December issue (page 3 and15) arising from the woolly targets and grandiose statements issued by Dennis Lenard and Peter Rogers.

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    A yell from the rebel

    2004-01-16T00:00:00Z

    The Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors is not to be confused with the well respected ICE further down Great George Street from the RICS.

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    Good old-fashioned advice

    2004-01-16T00:00:00Z

    Tony Bingham is absolutely right (19 December, page 46) to advise that firms check the expertise and experience of any potential "other party" before entering into contracts.

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    Employers beware

    2004-01-16T00:00:00Z

    Tony Bingham's report on the case of Rupert Morgan Building Services vs Jervis and Jervis is fine as far as it goes (5 December, page 49).

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    HSE inspectors threaten strike over pay row

    2004-01-16T00:00:00Z

    Safety regulator has until today to grant 2.6% pay claim or union will begin disputes procedure

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    Out of the ashes …

    2004-01-16T00:00:00Z

    Coventry has reclaimed its city centre near to the cathedral with Millennium Square, the centrepiece of the £50m Phoenix Initiative, which combines architecture, landscaping and public artworks. The square has a spiral pedestrian bridge designed by artist Alexander Beleschenko and structural engineer Dewhurst Macfarlane, light bars set into the paving ...

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    Shake-up moves Carillion away from roots

    2004-01-16T00:00:00Z

    Carillion has taken another step towards reinventing itself as a services provider after a new-year restructuring, announced by chief executive John McDonough

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    Good year for Dunlop

    2004-01-16T00:00:00Z

    Regeneration specialist Urban Splash and architect Shed KM have received planning permission for their revamp of the Fort Dunlop building next to the M6 in Birmingham. The building, which has been vacant for 20 year, is to be fitted with a 50 m electric blue "spine", round portico windows, shops, ...

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    Millennium Village cladding contractor goes bust

    2004-01-16T00:00:00Z

    One of the main subcontractors on the £250m Greenwich Millennium Village project has gone into voluntary liquidation.

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    More evidence emerges of construction's suicide risk

    2004-01-16T00:00:00Z

    Researchers at Leeds University find that 16% of all suicides in the city are committed by construction workers

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    Ballast's subcontractors look to the courts

    2004-01-16T00:00:00Z

    A group of subcontractors owed £5m as a result of the failure of Ballast UK will appoint lawyers next week to advise them on how to get their money back.

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    Battle for UCATT job heats up

    2004-01-16T00:00:00Z

    The political battle to succeed George Brumwell as general secretary of construction union UCATT is to begin next week, when the union's executive committee announces plans for the election process.

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    Work floods in to US M&E company

    2004-01-16T00:00:00Z

    Specialist contractor Emcor has landed a slew of contracts, the largest of which is a £20m deal to provide M&E services to the Broadgreen hospital in Liverpool for Norwest Holst.

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    Winner grabs all

    2004-01-16T00:00:00Z

    Building was this week named weekly magazine of the year at the CMP Information awards, held at Le Meridien Grosvenor House Hotel in central London. CMP Information publishes a range of business-to-business magazines in sectors as diverse as the music industry and farming. It acquired Building in the summer of ...

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    CSCS calls in consultant to plan expansion of skills card

    2004-01-16T00:00:00Z

    Outgoing chairman sets up overhaul of identification scheme as elections for new chairman loom

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    HSE report allays fears over car park collapse

    2004-01-16T00:00:00Z

    THE health and Safety Executive has alleviated fears that car parks built in the 1960s may be unsafe. The move comes after the partial collapse of Pipers Row car park in Wolverhampton in March 1997.

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    Smooth crossing

    2004-01-16T00:00:00Z

    Transport for London has unveiled plans for the £425m Thames Gateway Bridge, designed by Marks Barfield Architects, which is to span the Thames between Gallion's Reach and Thamesmead. TfL estimates that improved access could create the potential for up to 26,000 jobs in the Gateway. The river is 650 m ...