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NewsOur father, who art in London
Mitsubishi Estate has reached practical completion at all three principal commercial buildings at the Paternoster Square site in the heart of the City of London. The buildings will now be handed over to the office tenants for fit-out. The public spaces, which include the square and the access roads, will ...
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Farrell's landmark Tube station goes to planning
Developer Stanhope has submitted a planning application to Kensington and Chelsea council for a Terry Farrell & Partners-designed Underground station at South Kensington
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Hodder wins Oldham centre
Architect Hodder Associates has won a competition to design a community centre in a district of Oldham, Greater Manchester
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Mowlem team lands £47m Lewisham PFI hospital
Contractor Mowlem has beaten off bids from Costain and Jarvis to be chosen as preferred bidder on a £47m PFI hospital scheme in south-east London
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Persimmon boss rakes in £3.6m from sale of shares
Persimmon chairman Duncan Davidson has reaped nearly £3.6m from the sale of a chunk of his shareholding in the housebuilder
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Protect your BITs
Companies considering accepting a job in a half-dodgy foreign country should have a bilateral investment treaty. What's one of those? Ah, what indeed...
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Warnings mar Wembley progress
The National Audit Office has criticised the government over its handling of funding for Wembley, but says it was right to stump up more money for the beleaguered scheme.
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Learning the lingo
You hear those corporate catchphrases every day. You may even use them. But do you really know what they mean? Make sure with our jargon-busting guide to talking the talk
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The corrections
At last we're to get warranties and a novation agreement that really work – and protect parties from the consequences of some recent court decisions
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FeaturesNow it's critical
In a desperate bid to speed up the delivery of PFI hospitals before the next election, the government has turned to batching contracts. But will the bidders be up to the task?
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NewsWhitehall set to hire private firms to run school PFIs
Government plans to increase competition by breaking 25-year contracts into five-year subcontracts
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Wates keeps promise with 35% safety improvement
Contractor cuts accidents one-third after last summer's prosecution, and announces record pre-tax profit
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Willmott creates one brand to boost support services
Private contractor aims to double turnover in support services arm, now trading as Inspace, within three years
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Easy steps to hair loss
Got a bit too much of a mop up top? Want to look mature and distinguished? Now you too can look like me – just become a responding party in an adjudication!
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FeaturesHard and fast
The project team had to build a village for 1000 students in 91 weeks on a budget that was tighter than a hippopotamus' leotard. The only chance was a risky, little-known construction method. Building found out what happened next
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Management team set to bid for UK arm of Ballast Nedam
Dutch parent group to distribute sales literature for contractor next month after year-long restructuring
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Planning amendments to boost housing
The government is poised to amend the proposed planning bill to help drive through its regeneration plans for the Thames Gateway, Europe's largest brownfield site
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Bucknall Austin axes 15 jobs after shake-up
After rebranding, changing ownership and emerging from administration, Bucknall Austin has made 15 redundancies
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NFB strikes deal with insurer to cut liability premiums
Federation plans to announce details of cut price cover for vetted firms at its annual meeting next month