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FeaturesHow Charles is taking over the new communities
With the Prince's Foundation tipped to masterplan 31,000 homes in Kent and the government leaning towards Poundbury-style design codes for its new communities, Charles is emerging as a key player in the regeneration process.
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PFI may be ruled illegal by Brussels competition law
Construction Confederation asks Treasury to take urgent action to dilute planned European commission directive.
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NewsAmey to join with Ferrovial to pitch for PFI work
Spanish subsidiary plans partnership with Amey to target one-off health and education schemes in Britain.
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A case of foot and mouth
If you think an adjudicator has no right to decide a dispute, be careful about what you say – you can lose the right to have the court overturn the result
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'I thought the whole thing was coming down'
Workers who survived Canary Wharf crane collapse tell coroner about moment TC-3 came away from its fixings.
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Wilson Bowden’s £24m buy
Wilson Bowden subsidiary David Wilson Homes has acquired Frenchay Developments for £24m.
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Ballast asks Botes to take over £88.5m job
Ballast Nedam, the former parent of failed UK contractor Ballast, has approached the London firm Botes to complete construction work on the £88.5m Tower Hamlets PFI schools contract
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NewsEDAW unveils Lea Valley Olympic masterplan
Design for London's 2012 bid includes largest urban park to be built in Europe for two centuries.
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HOK Sport to advise South Africa on World Cup bid
South Africa favourite to win bid for 2010 Football World Cup as architect flies out to advise on city stadiums.
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Mowlem client sues for £1.4m
MOWLEM and development partner Bride Hall have been sued by insurance company Allianz Cornhill for £1.4m over alleged defects in the design and construction of its headquarters in Woking, Surrey
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NewsCITB's inner city training drive
The government has launched a training initiative in an attempt to recruit local people to work on inner city regeneration projects
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McCarthy & Stone puts off search for chief executive
Retirement homes specialist McCarthy & Stone is unlikely to appoint a chief executive for at least nine months.
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One mean industry
They talk a lot about sabotage on site, but maybe they ought to look for the guys who wrecked the industry's labour relations … with apologies to Raymond Chandler
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FeaturesCan Pay keep on climbing?
For the second year in a row, executive's pay packets have climbed, according to the 2003 Hays Montrose/Building executive salary guide. But, as we find out, there are signs that this trend may have peaked.
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FeaturesMr Conservative
Linford Group chairman David Linford is taking drastic action to help plug the heritage skills gap, such as building a new training centre, swapping workers with firms abroad – and even recruiting in primary schools.
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FeaturesGo get 'em, tiger
Kim Gregory of TSO Consulting explains why more and more high flyers are getting professional coaches to help them stretch their wings
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FeaturesCrisp and complex
A cuboid visitors centre in an Austrian vineyard bottles 900 years of tradition for slurping, sloshing wine bibbers.
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FeaturesSpecialist contractor Awards 2003
The first-ever gathering of specialists took place in London last week to recognise the construction industry's crack firms. Here's some of the highlights