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  • Features

    The well-tempered construction worker

    2003-07-11T00:00:00Z

    A case of wine goes to Gerald Cole for his very funny account of the future site worker

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    It makes you sick...

    2003-07-11T00:00:00Z

    … to discover that many firms are turning a blind eye to the serious long-term health risks that their workers are being exposed to. We diagnose the problems.

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    David Ridley

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    He's almost 60 and he's spent 30 years turning Faithful & Gould from a local into a global firm, so you might think he'd be ready to take on something really difficult. And you'd not be wrong …

  • Comment

    Mirror, mirror on the wall

    2003-07-11T00:00:00Z

    You may think you're the fairest adjudicator of them all, but if an informed outsider thinks different, you could find yourself being cut down to size

  • News

    TUC chiefs head to Iraq to unionise reconstruction

    2003-07-11T00:00:00Z

    General council prepares to establish post-Saddam free labour movement, as UK firms start to secure contracts.

  • Features

    Why are architects so sexist?

    2003-07-11T00:00:00Z

    Architects stand accused of a 'disgusting' degree of sexism – not least by their own institute. We find out why the RIBA's blown the whistle – and how it plans to tackle the problem

  • News

    Ridley sets out his stall to expand NBA Quantum

    2003-07-11T00:00:00Z

    Well connected former Atkins director has one eye on organic growth and the other on acquisitions.

  • Comment

    We're depending on you

    2003-07-11T00:00:00Z

    As third parties continue to bolster their rights, a word of warning: beware who might rely on your work. And if you exclude liability, be fair about it

  • News

    National forum to oversee £400m training budget

    2003-07-11T00:00:00Z

    New minister for construction launches body to give industry more say in publicly funded training.

  • News

    Moayedi pays high price for Potters Bar accident

    2003-07-11T00:00:00Z

    Jarvis chairman Paris Moayedi has had his annual pay package reduced by £104,000.

  • News

    US guru to upgrade UK hospital design

    2003-07-11T00:00:00Z

    An American hospital design guru is to be drafted in by NHS Estates to help improve its hospital architecture

  • News

    Profit rises at Mitie – again

    2003-07-11T00:00:00Z

    Pre-tax Profit at support services group Mitie has risen for the 16th consecutive year.

  • News

    Holyrood inquiry launched with call for whistleblowers

    2003-07-11T00:00:00Z

    Former lord advocate promises tough approach and appeals for 'anybody who knows anything' to come forward.

  • News

    UCATT slams 'truly horrific' surge in site deaths

    2003-07-11T00:00:00Z

    Brumwell calls for speedy introduction of tough corporate manslaughter bill to punish culpable employers.

  • News

    Contractors vie for advisory role on £750m Liverpool job

    2003-07-11T00:00:00Z

    Contractors are vying for the job of overseeing a £750m mixed–use scheme in Liverpool, which is due for completion before it becomes the European Capital of Culture in 2008.

  • News

    M&E firms shun young workers

    2003-07-11T00:00:00Z

    M&E contractors are refusing to take on teenage apprentices because they are forbidden to work as many hours as adults under employment regulations introduced in April

  • News

    RIBA to crack down on sexism

    2003-07-11T00:00:00Z

    RIBA president-elect George Ferguson has promised to crack down on gender discrimination in the architecture profession after research showed it was driving women away from the industry

  • Features

    Marching on the spot

    2003-07-11T00:00:00Z

    The winner of Building's £1000 essay competition is Toni Mannell's thoughtful account of what isn't going to happen in the next 30 years.

  • Features

    Copthorn's Challenge

    2003-07-11T00:00:00Z

    Many buyers will think orange render and thatched roofs go together like bacon and hot strawberry jam. In fact, a developer has shown that they make for bold styling – but why risk using it on a mass-market development?

  • Comment

    Back to the drawing board

    2003-07-11T00:00:00Z

    In response to the discussion on architects' education (4 July, pages 40-41), both the skills acquired and their role in the building team, there needs to be more emphasis on the process of design and construction.