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  • News

    Growth will slow in 2004, say reports

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    Construction growth will slow in 2004, according to two economic forecasts.

  • News

    City analyst tips investment in construction

    2004-01-16T00:00:00Z

    CITY Analyst Arbuthnot has recommended that investors buy shares in a string of construction companies this year, including Carillion, Costain and Morgan Sindall.

  • Comment

    Construction idol

    2004-01-16T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4's Demolition Day proves that our appetite for reality TV knows no bounds … and that even experts in the building trade can develop a taste for showbiz

  • Comment

    Hansom

    2004-01-16T00:00:00Z

    Our man with the muttonchop sideburns and stupid hat applies a few commonsense Victorian values to architectural ethics, foxy honeys and lap dancers

  • Features

    Fair and square

    2004-01-16T00:00:00Z

    Stride Treglown's rectilinear community building in Bristol enriches the lives of local residents – not least because of its clean lines and accessible courtyard garden

  • Comment

    Suing the sewers

    2004-01-16T00:00:00Z

    If overflowing sewers are driving you round the U-bend, don't hold out any hope of compensation from the water company – just get yourself a good mop

  • Comment

    What's in a handshake?

    2004-01-16T00:00:00Z

    When a TV company started looking for a home for Fame Academy, it kept its options open with two potential agreements. If only it hadn't shook on one of them …

  • News

    Homesick Bovis director defects to Miller Group

    2004-01-16T00:00:00Z

    Manchester regional director and 'family man' joins rival's Scottish division, forcing UK boss Millett to fill in

  • News

    Broker's notes: Bored of the rings

    2004-01-16T00:00:00Z

    The Lord of the Rings trilogy was rubbish. There. I've said it. Hobbits, orcs, elves? That stuff's for geeks!

  • Comment

    An affair of the heart …

    2004-01-16T00:00:00Z

    How rich for journalists, of all people, to be lecturing others on the perils of boozing and bingeing. Well, yes, all right.

  • Comment

    Axed? Not me

    2004-01-16T00:00:00Z

    It is totally wrong for your magazine to have stated that the Richard Rogers Partnership had been "axed" by BAA (19 December, page 13).

  • Comment

    Another axe to grind

    2004-01-16T00:00:00Z

    Your article (19 December 2003, page 13) about BAA cutting firms from its framework agreement is reported in such a way that will be damaging to our business and does not report our true working relationship with BAA.

  • Comment

    Like working for free?

    2004-01-16T00:00:00Z

    It will never cease to amazed me how little attention is paid in the world of business to the ability of a client to pay and how easy it is to convince suppliers to provide goods and services on credit.

  • Comment

    Let's target the target-setters

    2004-01-16T00:00:00Z

    I read with amusement the multiple stories in your 12 December issue (page 3 and15) arising from the woolly targets and grandiose statements issued by Dennis Lenard and Peter Rogers.

  • Comment

    A yell from the rebel

    2004-01-16T00:00:00Z

    The Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors is not to be confused with the well respected ICE further down Great George Street from the RICS.

  • Comment

    Good old-fashioned advice

    2004-01-16T00:00:00Z

    Tony Bingham is absolutely right (19 December, page 46) to advise that firms check the expertise and experience of any potential "other party" before entering into contracts.

  • Comment

    Employers beware

    2004-01-16T00:00:00Z

    Tony Bingham's report on the case of Rupert Morgan Building Services vs Jervis and Jervis is fine as far as it goes (5 December, page 49).

  • News

    HSE inspectors threaten strike over pay row

    2004-01-16T00:00:00Z

    Safety regulator has until today to grant 2.6% pay claim or union will begin disputes procedure

  • News

    Out of the ashes …

    2004-01-16T00:00:00Z

    Coventry has reclaimed its city centre near to the cathedral with Millennium Square, the centrepiece of the £50m Phoenix Initiative, which combines architecture, landscaping and public artworks. The square has a spiral pedestrian bridge designed by artist Alexander Beleschenko and structural engineer Dewhurst Macfarlane, light bars set into the paving ...

  • News

    Shake-up moves Carillion away from roots

    2004-01-16T00:00:00Z

    Carillion has taken another step towards reinventing itself as a services provider after a new-year restructuring, announced by chief executive John McDonough