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HSE inspectors commence safety blitz on sites
The Health and Safety Executive has launched a blitz on sites this month as part of a Europe-wide initiative to reduce the number of fatalities and serious injuries.
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NewsStrike fear over foreign labour
The Construction Confederation has warned that the industry faces industrial action unless issues over employing foreign workers can be resolved
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NewsFlying walk-over
Architect Wilkinson Eyre and Arup have designed the 197 m long bridge at Gatwick Airport for client BAA to link the North Terminal with the Pier 6 satellite building. It is the larger of the two passenger bridges in the world that span a taxiway. The bridge will be high ...
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Consortiums vie for key worker housing
English Partnerships has drawn up a shortlist of five consortiums for the London Wide Initiative, the government's drive to increase key worker housing in the capital.
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Wates posts record profit
Wates has announced a record pre-tax profit of £13.3m for 2003, up 37% on the previous year.
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Quintain gets go-ahead for Rogers' Wembley scheme
Millennium Dome developer Quintain Estates has been granted planning permission to develop a site around the Wembley National Stadium in north-west London.
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CommentReach and grasp
Don't believe the hype – the buildings of the future that designers imagined in the 1960s are as far beyond our ability to build now as they were then
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FeaturesCost model: Football stadiums
Developers are in the grip of football fever, building iconic stadiums that will revive out-of-town areas. We look at the challenges in design, security and crowd control and highlights the retail and hospitality potential
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Friendly aliens?
The possible influx of foreign workers into the UK has made the industry think through the consequences of the European single market
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Bias without prejudice
Specialist Ceiling Services Northern Limited obtained an adjudicator's decision against ZBI Construction UK Limited. In this application Specialist sought enforcement of a summary judgment of that decision against the defendant ZBI.
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Bovis' lead over Laing in annual chart tops 700m
Contractor wins £186m work in May to return to top of monthly league, as 2003/04 orders rise above £2bn
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FeaturesThe men who would be mayor
London's election fever infected the Architecture Foundation last week, when the four would-be mayors squared up over the city's skyscrapers, planning, housing and the future of Richard Rogers.
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FeaturesUrban visionaries reunited
Remember this line-up? The Urban Task Force gave the red card to low-density suburban sprawl and switched play to brownfield sites. Five years on, we reassembled the team for an anniversary kick-about.
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Come out to play
From a desert ski resort and consumer paradise to a financial hub with perfect feng shui, Dubai's developers are throwing their vast wealth at some of the world's most hedonistic projects. We find British firms joining in the fun
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NewsBalfour buys 50% stake in Hong Kong contractor
Balfour Beatty's £36m acquisition of Gammon Skanska raises turnover in Hong Kong to £500m
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Miss Mediation
Is it ever permissable to bypass mediation and go straight to court? The answer is yes. A useful guide as to when emerged out of a recent appeal court case
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East European firms offer workers to plug skills gap
Agency to supply UK contractors with overseas workers, who will remain employees in their country of origin
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NewsCompetition for top job at Wates
Private contractor Wates is halfway through speaking to applicants for the post of chief executive