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FeaturesMichael meacher
The minister has a few modest targets for you to meet: like eliminating carbon dioxide emissions, beating the Germans, making Part L even tougher, rescuing pandas, preventing floods – and saving the world … Matthew Richards finds out more.
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FeaturesOn easy street
This year's Hays Montrose/Building executive salary guide reveals that top professionals have manoeuvred out of last year's salary cul-de-sac onto streets paved with gold.
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A landmark protocol …
The Society of Construction Law has just launched its Delay and Disruption Protocol. It's a splendid guide to solving extension of time and compensation problems
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PFI to overtake stock transfer in social housing
Stock transfers from councils to private sector landlords are likely to be replaced by the PFI as the government's preferred method of managing and refurbishing social housing projects.
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English Partnerships to open Thames Gateway in Barking
Regeneration quango is negotiating with developer and council to accelerate 4500-home development.
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NewsHyder plans six more acquisitions
Engineering consultant Hyder aims to make at least six acquisitions around the world as part of a drive to increase turnover and raise margins.
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… but fundamentally flawed
John Sims Admirable in some ways, the protocol has it got it badly wrong in the advice it gives on the subject of float as it relates to extensions of time
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Former Amey director denies he is to replace Staples
Robert Osborne dismisses rumours that he could return as chief executive of beleaguered services firm.
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NewsWestbury's profit jumps 25% after acquisition
Housebuilder Westbury's profit has risen by one-quarter for the six months to 31 August, after its acquisition of Prowting Homes in May.
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NewsTwin towers’ columns failed, say experts
The collapse of the World Trade Centre towers in New York was caused by a failure of the supporting columns and not the floor trusses, as originally thought, according to a report by structural engineers.
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NewsHousing associations spurn government prefab cash
Housing Corporation admits it is finding it difficult to give away £80m of grants for off-site manufacturing.
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NewsTry tipped for £35m Oxford Islamic centre
Contractor Try is in line to pick up the £35m contract to build the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies.
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BAA pioneers project insurance
Airport operator BAA is to use project-based insurance for its Terminal 5 project at Heathrow.
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Carillion sues over £679m MoD dockyards project
Contractor claims it is owed more than £7m by Devonport Royal Dockyard for non-payment of invoice.
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The end of the affair
Where – if anywhere – does Amey go from here? After a turbulent five months, during which two finance directors made spectacular exits, the support services firm's largest shareholder has called for the group to be broken up or sold. Amey is resisting such a move, but that hasn't silenced ...
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NewsBuro Happold reveals new prefab concept
A prefabricated housing system concept which involves the use of steel containers that can be stacked 16 storeys high has been unveiled by a consortium including structural engineer Buro Happold.
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NewsSaxon: We'll bury the Egan bodies
richard saxon has predicted that the government-sponsored groups set up to disseminate culture change in the construction industry would fold within two years.
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Bournemouth to get first PFI tourism job
The government has handed out an award of £9.8m for the first PFI tourism project.
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Rogers calls for 100% brownfield target
Urban taskforce chairman Richard Rogers is to use his speech at the Urban Summit this week to call on the government to stipulate that all development in “many parts of the Midlands and the North” be on brownfield land. The current target is 60%. Rogers, who will be speaking after ...
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NewsHanging gardens of Islington
Hanging gardens of Islington: Developer Metropolis has completed a £3m residential complex in Goswell Road in Islington, north London, which comprises 14 luxury apartments and houses. Designed by architect Harper Mackay, the 2000 m2 scheme is based around a central courtyard and a has a series of layered gardens and ...