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City looks forward to bright future for Mears
Analysts predict strong performance for building maintenance firm, with pre-tax profit at £6.3m by 2005.
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NewsBrokers notes: When Jarvis bowed out
After three days supping a little too much of the red stuff in the granite surroundings of the Square Mile, it was a relief to have a dry lunch last Thursday with my old chum Colin Busby, the Kier chairman.
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FeaturesFurther and better particulars of … Richard Cuthbert chief executive of MouchelParkman
In the first of a monthly series on headline-hitting companies and leading industry figures, we chart the impressive rise of MouchelParkman's chief executive Richard Cuthbert
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Give it to me straight
It’s all very well designing a building whose curves have been inspired by a hippopotamus’ backside, but just how does it fit in to our rectilinear urban jungle?
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FeaturesLateral perspective
Terry Farrell has launched two London housing schemes: one a 16-storey block of flats, the other a handful of £4m homes. He thinks one could be the answer to the South-east's housing shortage. So which would you put your money on? (PS: That is a trick question …)
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Don't get too cosy
What do Esso, Jimi Hendrix and the construction industry have in common? The answer, of course, lies with double agent George Blake …
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Stay on the ball
This case demonstrates, once again, the importance of tatooing any amendments you make to a standard form on a readily visible part of your body
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Get back here
The prospect of design work being outsourced overseas ("Good morning Vietnam", 5 September, pages 38-41) raises a number of concerns.
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Adapt or die
The correspondence that followed John Smith's column (12 September, page 29) about suicidal pricing to win work is a perfect example of the lack of innovative thinking in our industry.
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Valuable secrets
I read with interest Ann Minogue's article "Secret squirrels" (19 September, page 57) in which the disclosure of a database of customers was included in confidential trade information.
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The bits you missed
By quoting me selectively and out of context, Marc Hanson may have given the impression that I supported his view that the Be Collaborative Contract would not be widely adopted (Letters, 3 October, page 35).
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Look at the bigger picture
On reading the letter from Marc Hanson I felt I should respond to his assertions.
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Shiny and new – but not for long
I have just read your article on the Birmingham Bullring (29 August, page 30).
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What a site!
While peering out of my office window in Leamington Spa, I happened to notice upon a professional decorating team hard at work.
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NewsHerzog & de Meuron wins Stirling prize
The 2003 Stirling Prize winner is the Laban dance centre in Deptford, south-east London. Designed by Swiss architect Herzog & de Meuron, the centre cost £22m to build and was described by the judges as "a catalyst to the regeneration of the whole area". The other shortlisted buildings were: Tiree ...
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Toolkits for housing PFIs
The government is to provide a toolkit to help local authorities implement its troubled PFI housing schemes.