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NewsCABE to grill six contenders for top job
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
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
The chief executive of Barking and Dagenham council has been appointed chairman of the Construction Clients Group.
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NewsArchitects on display
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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NewsSchools for Future head to learn lesson on spending
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
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
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
CHINA is to launch a satellite to monitor the construction of venues for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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NewsLetwin proposes Whitehall cuts
Shadow chancellor Oliver Letwin has hinted that the Conservative party will form a ministry for procurement if it gets into power
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Six to fight it out for RIBA presidency
A RECORD six candidates submitted nominations for the presidency of the RIBA last Friday.
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NewsPier pressure
Work has begun on a 15,200 m2 pier at Heathrow Terminal 3. Designed by architect GMW, the pier will be over 280 m long and provides four gate lounges, separate departure and arrival corridors and a VIP lounge. Each gate lounge will have a seating capacity of 450 passengers. GMW ...
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NewsA Polish performance
Broadway Malyan has been appointed to provide full architectural design services for the Silver Screen cinema to be built at the Wola Park shopping centre in Warsaw. The cinema will provide six screens and 1100 seats, and is scheduled for completion in autumn 2004. The concept for Wola Park concentrates ...
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NHBC seeks judicial review of EU insurance directive
Home warranty provider set to fight proposed EU directive over fears of more costs and bureaucracy
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Birse sues Mott MacDonald for £3m over wall
BIRSE CIVILS has launched a £3.3m High Court legal battle against consultant engineer Mott MacDonald over a land reclamation scheme in Hull docks.
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NewsArup submits Battersea Power Station masterplan
Designs to transform 14.7 ha derelict site involve spending £1bn on hotels, parks, offices and a theatre
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NewsISG lops off facilities arm in bid for faster growth
Interior Services Group sells its barely profitable ISG Occupancy division to FM consultant Erinaceous for £10m
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NewsBroker's notes: Who's afraid of an AGM?
My image to the left, dear reader, is now distinctly out-of-date.
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FeaturesOliver Letwin
The donnish shadow chancellor may look most at home surrounded by dusty tomes, but he's all for rewriting the book when it comes to the civil service. He talks to us about modernisation, decentralisation and, er, oysters.
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FeaturesThe Lewisham job
They designed it so a gang of third graders could have pulled it off. It was fast, it was easy and the score was 30 mill. Only drawback was, it was a police station – but they had a plan for that, too … Gus 'The Hat' Alexander cases the ...
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Comment
Beware their clause
An innocent-seeming sentence in a contract can have potentially fatal repercussions on your liabilities – as the following example demonstrates