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NewsBlair shortlists 14 public projects for award
Prime minister Tony Blair this week shortlisted 14 projects for his third Better Public Building Award.
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David Wilson plans to reinvent conventional home
Housebuilder David Wilson Homes is starting a research project to rethink the conventional house.
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Greens target Travis Perkins
Greenpeace has protested at the failure of builders merchant Travis Perkins to stop importing illegal Indonesian timber.
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NewsHSE targets small firms over site accidents
The Health and Safety Executive has launched an initiative to reduce accidents on small construction sites.The High 5 leaflet, produced by the HSE's Working Well Together campaign, was prompted by HSE research showing that 75% of deaths and injuries on site happen to self-employed workers or those who work ...
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NewsNo beauty without pane
Development Securities has obtained detailed planning permission from Westminster council for phase two of its Paddington Central office scheme. The 40,000 m2, Kohn Pedersen Fox-designed scheme is on the northern edge of the site next to the A40 in west London. The full-height glazed atrium reception will be accessed ...
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Union threatens Carillion over pension scheme
Carillion is facing industrial action from transport union the RMT over plans to close its final salary pension scheme to new entrants.
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NewsGrainy shot
Manhattan Loft Corporation has completed the first phase of its £50m redevelopment of Ealing studios in west London. Phase one consists of three flexible office buildings, each between 1250 m2 and 1500 m2. The look is dominated by an exposed steel-frame and side-walls clad in cedar boarding. The ...
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FeaturesThe siege of Edinburgh
A cost increase that took the Scottish parliament building 10 times over budget has prompted MSPs and the tabloids to launch a vicious attack on the project team. But are the politicians trying to divert attention from their own failings?
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CommentWonders & blunders
We explore the life and death of urban public space in England and Italy. Guess which country gets the thumbs-up …
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Raising a stink
Taylor Woodrow (the defendant/first Part 20 claimant/third Part 20 defendant) was engaged to carry out improvement works to sewage treatment works owned by Yorkshire (the claimant). Taylor claimed to have appointed Biwater (the second Part 20 defendant/third Part 20 claimant/third Part 20 defendant) as its subcontractor on the terms set ...
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Devil in the details
As the row over the Holyrood cost overruns rumbles on main contractor Bovis puts its side of the story
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Canary Wharf retail: Shop smart
It’s not all about the offices or even about lunch for the people in them. Canary Wharf is now a retail destination – complete with 51,000 m2 of high-street favourites and stylish boutiques
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The simple seven
Tinkering with construction's outdated payment practices is not good enough. So here are a few straightforward steps to radically improve the situation
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FeaturesAfter the floodgates open
The biggest dam in the world, the Three Gorges in China, has started to turn the Yangtze into a 480 km long reservoir. As the water rises, Building considers the tasks still facing the Chinese: completing the dam and building three cities for 1.2 million displaced people
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Amey chairman will face job review in six months' time
Chief executive Mel Ewell speaks for first time since the Ferrovial takeover, and outlines plans for Amey
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FeaturesTower of Babble
As the Swiss Re tower nears completion, the public is busy picking holes in the design and construction work. Building looks at how the erotic gherkin's dominant presence on the London skyline has inspired a wave of urban myths...
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NewsSex offenders free to work on high-risk airport sites
Secret documents reveal that the anti-terror clampdown will not apply to those convicted of bestiality