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  • Features

    Smile … things couldn't be worse

    2003-10-10T00:00:00Z

    After the slow death of the London office market and month after month of steadily worsening statistics, developers in the commercial sector are suddenly feeling a rush of confidence … We find out why

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    Rok searches for takeover targets after Galliford snub

    2003-10-10T00:00:00Z

    One week after failing to acquire its rival, Exeter contractor is on the lookout for its next target.

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    Jarvis considers exit from rail maintenance sector

    2003-10-10T00:00:00Z

    Network Rail and HSE investigations combine with falls in shares and profit to push contractor off the rails.

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    Country & Metropolitan sees off rival's approach

    2003-10-10T00:00:00Z

    Housebuilder rejects 'passing interest' from potential purchaser and concentrates on its own takeovers.

  • Comment

    Angels and Martians

    2003-10-10T00:00:00Z

    Homeowners are from heaven and builders are from Mars and it will take a brave organisation to reconcile them. So, hats off to the Construction Conciliation Group

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    Whitehall threatens industry with on-the-spot safety fines

    2003-10-10T00:00:00Z

    Government considers introduction of instant justice after pledging to invest £3m in roving reps scheme.

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    Survey indicates rise in construction activity

    2003-10-10T00:00:00Z

    Activity in the construction sector rose at its strongest rate in September for more than two years, according to the latest survey by the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply/NTC Research.

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    Architect repels TV attack

    2003-10-10T00:00:00Z

    Architect RTKL has rejected criticism made in a television programme this week of its "muddled" design of Worcester hospital

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    Major contractors hit back at union claims over PFI

    2003-10-10T00:00:00Z

    Industry group issues robust denial of criticisms levelled in Unison report on PFI school construction.

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    Redrow chief's £26,000 raise

    2003-10-10T00:00:00Z

    Redrow chief executive Paul Pedley earned £557,000 in the 12 months to 30 June.

  • Features

    Appointments

    2003-10-10T00:00:00Z

    Movers and shakers

  • Features

    Local lowdown

    2003-10-10T00:00:00Z

    The Celtic tiger economy has produced a boom in Ireland's residential sector. Robert Smith of Hays Montrose looks at the impact on salaries and benefits

  • Features

    Cost model: Urban design and infrastructure

    2003-10-10T00:00:00Z

    Proposals for new communities in the South-east, and the redevelopment of existing urban sites will require large-scale investment in site infrastructure. In this month’s cost model, we examine the cost and value drivers associated with infrastructure and site amenities

  • News

    Montpellier buyout close

    2003-10-10T00:00:00Z

    Roger Feast, director of Montpellier's construction division, is expected to complete the buyout of one-third of the group's contracting businesses by Monday.

  • Comment

    Our chance to shine

    2003-10-10T00:00:00Z

    National Construction Week is reaching out to schoolchildren across the country with a series of events designed to inspire young minds

  • Features

    Kunsthaus Graz: You sexy thing

    2003-10-10T00:00:00Z

    Graz is celebrating its status as Europe’s capital of culture with a dazzling architectural display – and a British contribution is stealing the show. We visited Kunsthaus Graz, a shocking, sensuous, biomorphic art gallery designed by Peter Cook and Colin Fournier – and still found time to sample the city’s ...

  • Comment

    Hansom

    2003-10-10T00:00:00Z

    This week we celebrate the charm of John Prescott, the generosity of Watkins Gray, the taste of Erisco Bauder and the television habits of Dennis Lenard's daughter

  • News

    David Curry

    2003-10-10T00:00:00Z

    Left-wing think tanks are keen to make the government's housing policy as interventionist as possible. But tampering with inheritance tax would be political suicide

  • Features

    In Person: Dennis Lenard

    2003-10-10T00:00:00Z

    Trust an antipodean to want to turn everything upside down. But the new chief executive of Constructing Excellence thinks that's what we have to do to change the industry's image – and he's starting with a fundamental review of his own organisation. We spoke to the man who thinks Australian.

  • Comment

    Carry on at your convenience

    2003-10-10T00:00:00Z

    Understandably, clients feel warmly about a clause that allows them to terminate a contract for any reason. But, as these cases show, judges can be more frosty