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NewsEngineer castigates Crossrail as expensive folly
Leading engineer Mark Whitby has criticised the government's flagship infrastructure project, Crossrail, claiming it would deliver only "mess and disruption, as well as starving other projects of cash".
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Consultants found guilty of cheating £3.5m from charity
Two QSs and an architect convicted of fraudulent invoicing and inflating fees on projects for Talbot Village Trust
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Local lowdown
Private and social housing projects in the Midlands are boosting demand for experienced construction professionals, says Robert Smith of Hays Montrose
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Winter warmer
In this month's Tracker, Experian Business Strategies reports on an unseasonably active December and predicts that growth in UK construction will stabilise over the next three months
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NewsBroker's notes: Pointers to success
To paraphrase the legendary Pointer Sisters, I'm really rather excited and I'm afraid that I just can't hide it.
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FeaturesFurther and better particulars of … Robin Southwell, Chief executive of AirTanker
Our series on key construction figures looks at the former-Atkins-boss-turned-major-client, in his new role as boss of aerospace consortium AirTanker. We analyse the comeback of Robin Southwell
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Don't build Crossrail …
it is an astronomically expensive way of depopulating our capital city. Far more egalitarian would be to spend the money on housing subsidies in central London
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FeaturesSexy education
Last year, 11 signature architects were given some homework: each had to design an ideal school to show education planners what they're supposed to look like. Here's what they handed in
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Victims of the system
It's been a bad week for the paperclip posse. On Tuesday, the government and the Tories called for a mass cull of civil servants.
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Are you considering an Italian job?
Berlusconi's push to bring private finance into public works could be a nice little earner for UK firms. But there may be constitutional hitches ahead …
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A rise in pre-profit tax
Sorry about this, but there are some grim changes to tax law in the pipeline, and the effect will be to make consultants look much harder at the jobs they take on
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Very little change …
The RICS has embarrassed itself by refusing to recognise the demand for an extraordinary general meeting on the subject of subscriptions and governance.
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Yes, I have regrets
Having being a member of the RICS for some 10 years, I think the current 32% increase to be deplorable.
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What RICS stands for
I have been following with interest the debate in your magazine regarding the RICS, and after the latest issue (6 February) have been tempted to chip in regarding the institution and what it represents.
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NewsA home for Wimbledon wanderers
Wimbledon Football Club's proposed ground near Milton Keynes moved a step closer when the government decided not to hold an inquiry into it.
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Advice to halt Scottish parliament ignored
An architectual expert advised the MSPs in charge of the £401m Scottish parliament building to halt construction and freeze all the contracts in 2000, the Fraser inquiry heard this week.
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Permits for new EU labour
Contractors could be forced to seek permits for workers they hire from the countries joining the European Union in May.