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C'mon everybody
Here are 10 steps to making the world a better place to do business in – and all can be adopted without converting to Buddhism, becoming celibate or giving up alcohol
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Revealed: McAlpine civil war may hinge on 1930s deal
Alfred McAlpine faces £2m loss if Sir Robert wins High Court injunction to stop rebranding under family name
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FeaturesWhere grass will be greener
Last Friday, Wimbledon submitted designs for a brand new Centre Court. We report on the concertina roof that will revolutionise our televisual experience of the tennis championship by banishing the rain, extending the hours of play and, most importantly, keeping a lid on Sir Cliff
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FeaturesHomage to isokonia
This block of tiny flats in north London was once the trendiest address in 1930s Britain. Agatha Christie, Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer all lived here. In the 1990s, only the pigeons called it home. We report on the restoration of a modernist gem
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Broker's notes: Adios, pie army
Oh dear. It seems that I opened a can of worms with my rather provocative column last week.
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CommentShadows and doubt
An adjudicator's decision can be thrown out over the merest hint of unfairness. Good news for the system's integrity, bad news for parties left in limbo
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NewsHochtief snaps up ex-Ballast boss to lead PFI charge in UK
Phillip Cooper is expected to bring in former employees of Ballast Services, PFI arm of the failed contractor
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Judges reject Laing race case appeal
Contractor Laing this week lost a landmark ruling over a racial discrimination case that dates back to its work on the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, writes a court reporter.
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Five contractors in frame for £45m City office scheme
Speculative HQ building for client Prudential raises hopes that sluggish commercial market is reviving
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Five contractors in frame for £45m City office scheme
Speculative HQ building for client Prudential raises hopes that sluggish commercial market is reviving
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Contractor gets £1m bill for DLR tunnel explosion
Japanese firm Nishimatsu is fined £700,000 after admitting serious safety breaches on light rail extension
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London can cope with Olympics, says Arup
An Arup report into accommodation needs for London's 2012 Olympic bid claims that the capital will be able to cope with the hundreds of thousands of visitors expected at the games.
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Careers: Ask Edward
Having problems at work? Not sure about your legal position? In the first of a regular series our expert Edward Goodwyn, a partner at solicitor Masons, answers your questions
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Feeling the winter chill
The first Tracker of the year from Experian Business Strategies forecasts that construction growth will cool off over the next three months, but offers a sunnier outlook for 2004 as a whole
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NewsFurther and better particulars of … Tom Dengenis, Chief executive of Asite
Our monthly series on the construction people in the news targets the chief executive officer of loss-making internet portal Asite. Here he tells us how he plans to make it pay
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A turn for the worse
A decade of revolutionary culture change seems to have culminated in the triumph of a class of supervisor bureaucrats. The real workers are back where they started
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NewsLiving in the past
Concept homes are supposed to lead the way to the future. The only problem is, the housebuilding industry never wants to follow. As David Wilson Homes launches a fresh mission, we wonder whether the industry will ever boldly go anywhere
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David Curry
The chronic housing shortage has spurred Whitehall into commissioning a host of well meaning reports, but the tricky policy decisions may take a good while longer to emerge
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You’ll pay for this
Why are construction leaders so reluctant to join the political fray over tuition fees?