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CABE holds back award
Architecture watchdog CABE has said that the entries for one of its premier housing design awards were not good enough to win the top accolade.
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NewsSun rises on Wuhan contest
GMW Architects is the only British architectural firm to be shortlisted in the competition for the £60m Terminal Two at Wuhan Tianhe Airport in China. The practice is collaborating with the China Aeronautical Project and Design Institute. Scheduled to open in 2007, the 100,000 m2 terminal building will handle more ...
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CommentOpen mike: Eve of destruction
Architect Owen Luder reckons his infamous Tricorn Centre was unjustly demolished without a fair trial; now we must stop his Get Carter car park suffering the same fate
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Getting into Harvard
The business press doesn't write about construction's management strategies, universities don't study them … Are they trying to tell us something?
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FeaturesMark Whitby's 31 buildings
Nick Hornby is not the only one who can write lists, you know. Inspired by Hornby's compilation 31 Songs, by the Sydney Opera House saga and by his lifelong passion for architecture, Mark Whitby, founder of Whitbybird, decided to let us in on his list of engineering masterpieces. Here's the ...
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Darkness at the end of the tunnel
Jarvis shareholders get jittery as City bank attempts to overhaul the management team ahead of the company’s planned strategic review.
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A taxing issue
The defendant had a contract to remove about 425,000 tonnes of material from the site of a new warehouse and lorry park. The claimant sought to require the defendant to register for the aggregates levy pursuant to Section 24(2) of the Finance Act 2001 ("the Act"). The defendant maintained that ...
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NewsGains to remain Mowlem boss for one more year
Chief executive will stand for re-election despite appointment of chief operating officer this week
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Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Ann Minogue welcomes us to the tedious, futile, wasteful, aggressive, pointless, hypocritical, irrelevant, bullying, baffling and pretentious world of her top 10 pet hates
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NewsMace aims to treble QS division
Contractor Mace intends to more than treble the size of its cost consultancy arm by 2006
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CommentPicking the ponies
The people who hire adjudicators want intelligent, nimble beasts that cover the ground at a gallop while safely leaping legal hurdles. But how can they get them?
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NewsStrike threat at T5
BAA and employers fear that sectional dispute over pay could spread if electricians refuse to cross picket lines
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Europe's public projects delayed by language barrier
European tender system is stalled by requirement to translate projects into languages of new member states
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Babcock closes in on Peterhouse deal
Support services group Babcock International is close to completing its £95m acquisition of rival Peterhouse.
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The asbestos challenge
Asbestos rules are about to be updated, and they affect all those who manage business properties. And if you don't comply, you may face criminal charges
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NewsPlan B emerges for Paddington hospital PFI
A Fresh plan for a £800m PFI hospital at Paddington, central London, has emerged days before a review into the beleaguered project is to be published
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NewsStrategic forum calls summit to discuss safety fears
Industry and HSE plan conference as National Audit Office criticises designers, inspectors and government