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FeaturesGherkin, interior
As the first Swiss Re office workers jostle for the best desks in Foster and Partners' cigar-shaped tower, Martin Spring takes a trip to the top and discovers the design tricks that make it the only green skyscraper in London.
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Government to halve major hospital build programme
DoH will limit schemes to just six over next year as industry runs out of wherewithal to build large facilities
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FeaturesHow to build a model community
Two reports have tried to provide assembly instructions for the ideal sustainable community. We find out if they work.
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CommentBlood and treasure
Firms who took part in the foot-and-mouth massacre were treated like pirates when they presented their bill. This is how they eventually got their gold
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Higher wages transform workers' fortunes
Construction work begins to lose 'dirty hands' image as wage growth once again beats national average
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NewsNo 10 supports creation of taskforce to tackle retention
Agenda for change endorsed by construction minister Nigel Griffiths and chief secretary to Treasury Paul Boateng
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NewsRok boss announces record orders of £275m
Rok chairman Bob Carlton-Porter has announced record orders of £275m, including a 10-year partnership with developer South Somerset Homes for more than 1250 homes.
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New arrival set to help Jarvis move on
Troubled contractor Jarvis, which this week accepted liability for the Potters Bar rail crash in May 2002, is about to bring in a former chief executive of the Highways Agency to reinforce its management
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NewsUK prepares warm welcome for guest workers as EU grows by 10
Government hopes that migration of skilled workers will solve construction skills shortages as union’s labour pool increases by 75 million
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RICS demands English lessons for foreign workers on UK sites
The RICS has urged the construction industry to provide basic English lessons to workers who do not speak the language.
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Government tells industry how to design out crime
First report on crime prevention in 10 years lists key attributes of safe neighbourhoods and offers 17 case studies
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Atkins wins £600m coastal scheme
Atkins has won an international design competition for a £600m tourism and business development on the Lancashire coast
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Shuttleworth teams up with Carey Jones on first bid
Make helps to prepare bid for three-acre mixed-used scheme in Leeds; council to announce shortlist next month
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FeaturesPerfect 10
Last week's landmark 10th annual Building Awards lived up to its billing, with highlights ranging from Angus Deayton to a giant Scalextric to a balloon-popping frenzy … But the best bit for many was collecting a coveted gong – so here are the 2004 winners
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March passed: the MoD becomes Britain's top client
£555m garrison makes ministry UK's biggest spender – and puts Sir Robert McAlpine top of contractors' table
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Against understanding
Not understanding creates innovation, innovation creates risk, risk creates a chance of success, success creates understanding – so we can stop innovating …
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CommentYou be the judge
Three weeks ago we posed a legal brainteaser and asked you to pass judgment. Here are three of the best answers we received and the question-setter's opinion – plus another problem to test your legal instincts
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The big picture
If you’ll indulge us for a moment, we’ll tell you a little bit about the legal system as seen by a legal journalist – and it’s a huge and complex thing