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NewsOn the road
Client Billhold Enterprise has received planning permission for this angular office block by the M4 in Brentford, west London. The 6000 m2 scheme was designed by London architect Esa, and will sit opposite another scheme by the practice, the Parkview building. The project team includes structural engineer PBA and services ...
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EP doubles directors to expedite housing delivery
English Partnerships is to beef up its senior management as part of a restructuring led by chief executive David Higgins
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NewsThe bouncing bridge
Pictured left is one of four designs that have been unveiled by Marks Barfield Architects for a £425m Thames Gateway bridge between Beckton and Thamesmead in east London. Transport for London has begun a public consultation on the scheme that will end on 12 August; after that, further consultation is ...
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Laing O'Rourke double whammy
Contractor Laing O'Rourke is favourite to clinch two jobs in London and Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, worth a total of £83m
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BDP founder Sir George Grenfell Baines dies
Architect Sir George Grenfell Baines, who founded Britain's first and largest multidisciplinary practice, Building Design Partnership, died last week aged 95
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BRE cites Building in DTI transport report
A Government-backed transport report has cited evidence from Building's Chop the Charge campaign to demonstrate how the industry can improve transport logistics
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Six vie for £200m village
Developer Urban Splash and the RIBA have shortlisted six architects, including Glas Architects & Designers and Stephenson Bell, for the first phase of Manchester's £200m millennium village
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OFT to investigate unfair public sector contracts
The Office of Fair Trading is to launch an inquiry into the government's procurement policy after a report found that small firms were being locked out of lucrative public sector contracts
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Dawn drugs raid on Skanska's MoD HQ site
Military police have carried out a dawn raid on Skanska's landmark Ministry of Defence headquarters refurbishment project in Whitehall
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NewsOlympian body builder
A futuristic structure that can flex and change shape like a human body is to be built for the Athens Olympic Games. The design, by New York firm ROEWUarchitecture, won an international competition that attracted 470 entries. The submission statement from project architects Chiafang Wu and Stephen Roe said: "We ...
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Costain in talks with Bechtel over Iraqi work
UK contractor Costain has sent two directors to Kuwait to lobby US companies Haliburton and Bechtel for subcontract work in Iraq
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Hunt goes on for chief of development agency
Regeneration body the East of England Development Agency has restarted its search for a new boss
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Clarson Goff hires top dogs
Project manager Clarson Goff has beefed up its management team after the departure of two directors last month
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Features
The top down revolution
Anyone who thinks of roofing subbies as simple, horny-handed sons of toil had better think again. The modern firm is a slick, high-tech, high IQ outfit
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No running in the halls, David
The exuberant school standards minister David Miliband was stopped in his tracks this week by the head prefect, education secretary Charles Clarke, who said repair funds could be used for teachers' pay rises.
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Hope for the no-hopers
The appellant, Chan U Seek, had brought a claim for payment of commission in respect of two contracts entered into by the defendant in 1995 and 1996 with the Indonesian Ministry of Defence. The deputy master had struck out and dismissed the claim under CPR 3.4(2) ...
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FeaturesDavid Langdon & Everest's Rob Smith
Davis Langdon & Everest’s new boss tells us about his plans for the QS in the chilly days to come. Nothing drastic – just a complete change of culture and business strategy …