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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.
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NewsMorgan Sindall defies City expectations
Contractor Morgan Sindall has outperformed City predictions in its 2003 results, announced yesterday.
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More funds for HSE, urges confederation
The Construction Confederation has called on the government to invest more resources in the Health and Safety Executive.
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NewsDes res in the docks
Bristol council has given planning consent to detailed designs for the residential and leisure elements of Bristol's Harbourside development, part of the first phase of Crest Nicholson's masterplan for the Canon's Marsh site.
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MCG says 66% of members hold CSCS card
The Major Contractors Group has carried out a workforce audit that has revealed that two-thirds of its members hold CSCS cards.
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Halcrow to report on quake
Consultant Halcrow is to report on the earthquake in Iran that killed more than 40,000 people on Boxing Day last year.
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Blow the whistle on 'bad' gangmasters, urges UCATT
UCATT general secretary George Brumwell has called for members to report to the union any groups of migrant workers that may be being exploited by gangmasters.
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Strategic forum to quiz OGC over e-bidding
A delegation from the strategic forum is to meet officials from the Office of Government Commerce to voice concerns over online reverse auction bidding.
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NewsEven Greater Sutton Street
Planning consultant Hepher Dixon has obtained planning permission for the redevelopment of a hotel on Great Sutton Street, Clerkenwell, north-east London. Architect Horden Cherry Lee has redesigned the 1970s building, which is owned by Reuters. The building will be extended to provide space for shops and restaurants on the ...
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NewsUrban splashes
Prince Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud has opened Aukett's Salam Park development, a 30 ha scheme in the centre of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Aukett masterplanned and provided the landscape concept and detail for the £10m project, which has redeveloped an area in the older quarter of Riyadh. The main feature of ...