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NewsBAA sacks T5 groundwork firm over financial concerns
Geofirma gets boot because of 'accounting irregularites' as ductwork supplier Hotchkiss faces axe over pay deal
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FeaturesNew Part L
The second part of our super E-Z-Read® guide to next year’s likely changes to Part L looks at killer details such as refurbishing existing buildings, clashes with other regulations and why the product manufacturers are hopping mad.
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Majors set for top results season
Persimmon and Wimpey will be the big winners among the housebuilders in the forthcoming results season, according to a forecast by analyst Teather & Greenwood
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CommentThe silent service
Adjudicators aren't private eyes – or inquiry judges – looking into every detail of a case. They're paid just to assess the arguments … then keep their mouths shut
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FeaturesTop Ten tips
How to wangle planning permission – by Mary Power, director of property agent FPDSavills
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Jarvis' public sector deals under Treasury spotlight
OGC understood to be reviewing Jarvis contracts after criticism of support services group's performance
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NewsKey Arup director retires after 24 years
The man behind consultant engineer Arup's work on the Eurotunnel, the 2012 Olympic bid and Crossrail will leave his role as director in April.
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LIFT model planned for Thames Gateway
The government is considering using the LIFT procurement model to deliver large-scale regeneration projects such as Thames Gateway
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NewsRICS faces financial crisis if fee hike challenge succeeds
Rebel QS's plan for judicial review of fee increase may result in '£2m shortfall' in institution's 2004 budget
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Guild chief quits in Part M row
The head of the Guild of Architectural Ironmongers has resigned after the publication of a report sponsored by his firm that recommended the use of a type of door handles that it makes
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Arup studies Olympic rail needs
Consulting engineer Arup has submitted the first draft of its research into whether London's rail system will be able to cope if the city wins the 2012 Olympic Games
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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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Comment
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