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News
Amec lands £200m rail contract
Amec's prospects were boosted last week after it secured a £200m contract with Network Rail.
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Comment
What the forum is for
Peter Rogers' strategic forum is a tough and capable vehicle for driving industry reform – but it should restrict itself to a few crucial objectives
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Features
£100m BBC deal helps Bovis take top spot for 2002
Broadcasting House win allows Bovis Lend Lease to dominate December's chart – and the league for 2002.
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Comment
Decline and fall
Further to Mr John Smith's article (22 November, page 36) about the state of training in the industry and the comments of subsequent correspondents, I am moved to respond.
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Comment
Paddington is go
I write in response to your news article entitled "Rogers' £150m Paddington office is put on ice" (10 January, page 15).
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Comment
A swing at the faceless bureaucracy
I was sorry to hear that Sir Michael Latham was saddened to read my article and I thank him for his efforts to raise my deflated spirits.
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Comment
Less bling bling, more working
How entertaining to find Citizen Smith reappearing after all these years, masquerading as Wayne Hemingway (10 January, page 26).
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Comment
Let me first remind you of my rate
In relation to your recent correspondence on mediation, I endorse the comments of Christopher Cox (13 December, page 25).
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Features
We love you
A shocking reports into the state of Britain's building consultants (courtesy of the CIC and the DTI) finds that they are doing amazingly well, thank you. And contributing more to UK plc's economic well being than all those music, film, fashion and media jobs put together. We crunch the numbers.
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Comment
An industry turned upside down
Something miraculous occurred this week. The dirty, smelly, low-status construction industry suddenly became the year's hottest career option.
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NewsBristol beacon
Architect Peter Meacock Central Workshop has submitted plans for the redevelopment of the Sheldon & Bush Shot Works, one of Bristol's landmarks. Hyland Properties bought the property, which includes a 43 m-high grade II-listed tower and a base building of 370 m2, last year. The building will have a ...
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Artisan (UK) plc
A report (Building, 10 January 2003) referred to litigation between John Aviss and contractor Artisan over the sale in July 2001 of Bickerton Construction.
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NewsCrafty piece of work
Architect Softroom has won a competition to design the redevelopment of the Riverside Mill for the Devon Guild of Craftsmen in Bovey Tracey. The shortlist included Urban Salon, Satellite and Diva Architects. The 19th-century mill will be a venue for the display and sale of arts and crafts in the ...
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FeaturesA woman's place …
This library in the City of London, winner of the best public building award, is Britain's main academic resource for those researching women's experiences. It is also a demonstration of the power and subtlety that brick can offer a sensitive architect
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NewsBrixton's Angell wins top prize
Architect Burrell Foley Fischer's Angell Town Regeneration Scheme was named the best brick building in the UK at the Brick Development Association's 2002 awards.
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Prince Charles takes up his trowel at SkillCity
Prince Charles pitted his bricklaying skills against young would-be brickies during last November's SkillCity Show in Salford Quays, Greater Manchester.
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Selling bricklaying to schoolchildren
The Better Brickwork Alliance has launched the "Get a Life with Brick" campaign to encourage 13 to 17 year olds to choose bricklaying as a career.
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European standards are here
The British Standards Institution published the CEN European product standard BS EN 1344 Clay Pavers – Requirements and Test Methods in the summer of 2002.
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Brick contractors form lobbying group
Twelve of the UK's leading brickwork contractors have come together to form The Association of Brickwork Contractors (ABC).