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Guilt-free lawyer-lite
Taken a vow of abstinence? Girding yourself for the rigours of rapid detox? The lawyers among you should turn your attention some to some proper resolutions
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Foreign workers? Not a problem
Re: your article about protests against cheap foreign labour (News, 5 December, page 13).
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Superwoman speaks
I am a regular reader of your award-winning magazine and I have been a contributor before on race discrimination issues.
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Can you help stop CSCS fraud?
I read with interest your Leader article which referred to the availability of fake Construction Skills Certification Scheme cards (28 November, page 3).
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NewsTower power
Architect David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, masterplanner Daniel Libeskind and developer Larry Silverstein have unveiled the design of the Freedom Tower, the first and tallest building planned for the 16-acre site of the World Trade Centre. Soaring 1776 ft into the Lower Manhattan skyline, the tower will ...
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Mott MacDonald promotes senior figure to chairman
Multidisciplinary consultant Mott MacDonald has appointed Mike Blackburn chairman, following the retirement of Tim Thirlwall.
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Steel firm fined £15,000
Steel contractor Cleveland Bridge has been fined £15,000 after a staircase collapsed on a scheme in Canary Wharf, narrowly missing some site workers.
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G&T to probe Holyrood – again
Quantity surveyor Gardiner & Theobald has been called up by the Scottish parliament's spending watchdog to help write a report on the troubled £400m Holyrood project, on which rival Davis Langdon & Everest is cost consultant
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Housebuilders face £37m water valve bill
Housebuilders could have to spend £37m to fit hot water safety devices in new and converted homes from 2006.
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Bouygues learns valuable lesson
French contractor Bouygues and Architecture PLB are this month due to clinch financial close on a 25-year PFI contract for two secondary schools in Barking, east London. It will be the first British school PFI project for Bouygues, which has a track record in healthcare PFI, and for Architecture PLB's ...
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NewsBeeb's quay note
BBC Scotland has submitted a planning application for a headquarters at Pacific Quay on the south bank of the Clyde. The David Chipperfield-designed building includes public spaces and amenities aimed at making the BBC more accessible to visitors. The HQ, which is due for completion by 2007, would be digitally ...
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Stanhope faces Croydon threat
Croydon council has urged developer Stanhope to include plans for an arena on its £400m Croydon Gateway project – or risk losing its land to compulsory purchase order powers
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Contractors 'must monitor insurers' practice'
The Construction Confederation has called for contractors to ensure that providers of employers' liability cover stick to the guidelines set by insurance bodies.
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NewsMore room at the inn
Boxmill consulting has been appointed by Grange Hotels to project-manage the extension to its five-star Grange City Hotel in Tower Hill, London. The hotel, which opened last November, has 240 bedrooms over 12 storeys, a sushi bar, health suite, whisky bar and driving range. Planning permission has already been granted ...
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NewsChristmas cancelled
Staff from contractor Kier-Nuttall and project manager Rail Link Engineering worked through Christmas Day to launch a massive steel railway bridge in York Way, London, which will eventually carry the Channel Tunnel Rail Link.The 2065-tonne bridge, which is 1 km from King's Cross station, spans 75 m and was ...
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Shuttleworth sets up shop with key Foster staff
Lord Foster may have accepted his right-hand man's resignation graciously – but will Norman be so benignant now that three of his staff have run off to join Shuttleworth's new venture?
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CommentWonders & blunders
Joan Bakewell gives rave reviews to an institutional home for books, but a north London theatre gets a scathing critique
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Building Honours List 2004
Only three people from the construction people were recognised in the 2004 Honours List, which is a meagre return when you consider that two million people work in the industry. Building is eager to redress the balance and acknowledge those unsung heroes who have made a significant contribution to the ...