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Bids in for Leeds Supertram
The two remaining teams vying for the £500m Leeds Supertram scheme submitted their bids this week.
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NewsMade in Taiwan
Made in Taiwan: London-based architect MET Studio Design has designed a £1.5m visitor centre for the City Hall in Taipei, Taiwan. The scheme is based on the firm’s environment theatre at Taiwan’s National Museum of Natural Science, built in 1995. The scheme, which will include a guide to the city’s ...
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FeaturesOh well played
Bryant Priest Newman has replaced our hallowed tradition of lumpen sports design with an elegant, stylish and surprisingly cheap structure.
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EC Harris poaches two executives from rivals
Top-five QS EC Harris has poached two managers from rivals firms to beef up its facilities management and industrial divisions.
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Pretty succeeds Eaton as Barratt chief
David Pretty has been appointed chief executive of housebuilder Barratt after the death of Frank Eaton in a car crash earlier this month.
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Profit up 28% at Mouchel
Consultant engineer Mouchel has posted a 28% jump in profit for the year to 31 July, despite lower margins caused by increased bidding costs.
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On a permanent high
National Construction Week highlighted the positive developments taking place in the industry. All we have to do now is keep this spirit alive all year round
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FeaturesUp and walking
Opened three years ago in north-west London, the Ambulatory Care and Diagnostic Centre was hailed as a revolutionary healthcare concept: a walk-through day hospital run like a production line. Martin Spring returned and found the stunning building easily adapting to rapid changes in medical practice. Shame it's only working at ...
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Running to stand still
In last year's Hays Montrose/Building contractors salaries guide, we predicted an industry-wide downturn – and our 2002 survey shows this is exactly what happened. Now, professionals' pay rises are often cancelled out by inflation so salaries are going nowhere, says Victoria Madine.
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You poor SAP
Few cases in construction have tested the 'satisfactory quality' standard of the Sale and Supply of Goods Act. Here's one, about boilers, that got a bit heated
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Architectural schizophrenia
A conflict sometimes arises between an architect’s duties as employer’s agent and as an independent certifier. But as long as no bias is shown, they can do both
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The heat of the moment
In this month's Tracker, Construction Forecasting and Research reveals that activity levels across the construction industry heated up in August, although the outlook remains rather more lukewarm
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Local lowdown
Robert Smith of recruitment consultant Hays Montrose continues his series on regional job markets with a look at the hyperactive north-west of England
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FeaturesDoctors and purses
When the contractor building a hospital in Leeds decided on a new structural support system, the cost of the fire protection threatened to spiral. But, writes Alex Smith, a computerised fire-analysis tool took the heat off the specifications team and left the client with money to burn
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Fire door hardware
Control over the supply and installation of fire doors has, in the past, been haphazard and therefore dangerous. Graham Hulland, product marketing manager for Dorma Door Controls, explains how you can avoid the pitfalls
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Early learning
Prescott’s regeneration policy is two years old – and next week it will take its first big test at the urban summit. So what have the flagship brownfield schemes taught the government so far?
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Fire protection
How well structural steelwork is protected against fire can mean the difference between life and death. Peter Fordham, cost research associate at Davis Langdon & Everest, outlines the three main types of fire protection, along with their pros and cons
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Testing times
Fire tests are about to be harmonised throughout the European Union. Alex Smith looks at what the new European Supplement to the Building Regulations will mean for the specifier and the classification of building materials