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Manser to design 600-bedroom hotel at T5
Airports operator BAA has appointed the Manser Practice to design a four-star hotel at Heathrow Terminal 5.
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NewsTo the lighthouse
Contractor Linford Group has completed the restoration of a grade II-listed lighthouse cottage on Skerries Island seven miles off Anglesey. The project was jointly funded by the Welsh Historic Monuments Organisation and Trinity House Lighthouse Services, which bought the Skerries Island lighthouse in 1841. The cottage has been restored to ...
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Call for industry health scheme
The Construction Confederation has urged chancellor Gordon Brown to fund an occupational health scheme for the industry through the insurance premium tax.
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Willmott Dixon profit doubles after restructure
Private contractor Willmott Dixon has unveiled a pre-tax profit of £2.3m for the first half of 2003, nearly double the £1.2m it made in the same period last year.
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Watch out – there's a TV licence man about
Television licensing officials have launched a blitz on construction firms that permit employees to watch television during the day but do not pay for licences.
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NewsMove on up
Gaunt Francis Architects has secured detailed planning consent to carry out refurbishment and building work on the grade II-listed Lee House in Manchester (pictured). Gaunt Francis was commissioned by developer Green Property to increase the 1930s mixed-use building from eight to 16 storeys without causing disturbance to tenants occupying the ...
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News£300m mega-mosque takes shape in Abu Dhabi
Third biggest mosque in the world enters its second phase, six years after work started on the Gulf state site.
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All aboard: Network Rail plans to take on 18,500 rail workers
By summer 2004, all railway maintenance work will be done in-house by Network Rail. But with 18,500 workers to transfer to the payroll, a shortage of engineers, and compensation owed to contractors, how much money will the move save?
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A question of currency
This was an appeal by the defendant, Manuel Revert, from a decision of His Honour Judge Hegarty QC delivered on 6 December 2002. The Judge ordered that the claimant, Virani Limited, was entitled to damages which were to be assessed in US dollars. Manuel was a purchaser of cloth, while ...
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NewsMouchelParkman gives debt pledge to public sector
Newly merged support services firm says it will not take on debt worth more than 25% of net assets.
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Check the expiry
Tesco was understandably peeved when one of its superstores burned down, and it wanted cash back. But was the claim past its sell-by date?
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FeaturesJohnny on the Spot
How does Tim O'Toole plan to upgrade the world's biggest underground system, using the most complex contracts in history, when he can't seem to keep its trains on the track?
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FeaturesSeen my new mobile?
Young urban professionals like the idea of a £30,000 retreat in the country but hate the idea of owning a mobile home. So architect Buckley Gray has designed one that will change their mind for them.
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NewsBlock planning approvals proposed for Thames Gateway
Prescott hopes to grant permission to entire masterplans to speed up delivery of new communities.
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NewsBroker's notes: When Kajima tripped up
Let's forget share prices for a mo' – wasn't the rugger marvellous?
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CommentCruel and usual treatment
You contractors get stroppy when your subbies fail to deliver, but the culprit is often the dodgy, lazy, time-honoured ways of the good old British building industry
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NewsConcorde's swansong causes chaos at Heathrow T5
Row breaks out over whether Laing O'Rourke workers could take today off as the plane makes its final landing.
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Mapeley set to bid for Ballast Services
Outsourcing specialist Mapeley is expected to launch a bid for Ballast Services, the PFI and facilities management division of failed contractor Ballast. However, it is likely that an offer would be met by a counterbid from a management buyout team
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Halcrow wins two major design contracts in Qatar
British multidisciplinary consultant beats off international competition to take projects worth £210m.