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Dutch parachute into Barking
Dutch architect Maxwan has been appointed to draw up a masterplan to salvage a regeneration project at Barking Reach in Dagenham, east London
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Cedric Price, architect and thinker, dies at 70
Cedric Price, one of Britain's most provocative and inspirational architectural thinkers of the past half century, has died aged 70.
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NewsTrawling for teenagers
The Construction Industry Training Board this week launched its latest advertising campaign to encourage school leavers and graduates to consider a career in construction. Advertisements appeared in magazines such as Loaded, FHM, Match, The New Musical Express, Bliss and Smash Hits. Most of them are revised versions of the designs ...
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NewsDublin's even fairer city
A £50m extension to Dublin airport is out to tender. Designed by the London office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, it is the first European airport project by the US architect. An elevated, covered walkway will connect the extension to the terminal and sweep in a wide arc around the ...
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RICS: Too broad a church?
New RICS chairman Nick Brooke wants to go global but many QSs are reluctant to fund the move.
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A hitch in time
This was an appeal by the claimant, VAI, from a decision of 30 October 2002 striking out the particulars of claim on the basis that the claim was statute barred. On 5 September 1994 Davy (later taken over by VAI) entered into a contract with Bostock for the supply of ...
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FeaturesComeback kid?
Down Kenneth Clarke may be, out he certainly isn't. The man who claims to have invented PFI is on bullish form and ready to take on contractors, civil servants, bankers – oh, and the Labour government, of course, for messing up his big idea.
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Justice au naturel
The reliance on third party experts has dangers for adjudicators, particularly with regard to fairness. Fortunately, a recent case provides guidance
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FeaturesAll you need, all the time
Imagine project data, emails and the company file server at your fingertips, whether on site or on the move. Then again, why waste time imagining: wireless technology is here and it’s about to do to data exchange what the mobile did to voice communication.
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Bank extends loan deadline for High-Point Rendel
Barclays agrees to two-month breathing space to repay £3m loan after clients fail to pay consultant's fees.
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NewsStar architects chosen for Crossrail station redesigns
McAslan and Wilkinson Eyre among practices appointed as Crossrail boss lays out PFI funding plan.
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CommentI know your sort
A witness takes the stand and gives testimony that may send someone to prison or ruin a company. How do we decide whether to believe them?
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FeaturesDude, where are the waves?
QS David Weight has spent 10 years struggling to convince councils that his artificial reefs would make Britain the wave centre of Europe. Now it looks like he's about to get his big break. We paddled out to talk to him …
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Civils reach end of growth road
The workload of civil engineering companies has decreased over the past 12 months, according to a survey by trade body Civil Engineering Contractors Association
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NewsHousebuilder may axe 75 staff after planning refusal
Senator Homes threatens to slash workforce after Cumbrian planners revoke permission to build estate.
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NewsMcAlpine draws up acquisition hitlist
Contractor Alfred McAlpine has drawn up a shortlist of possible acquisitions in the highway maintenance and waste-water sectors.
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T5 workers offered cheap flights home
Laing O'Rourke has negotiated discount flights for construction workers who travel long distances to work on the Heathrow Terminal 5 project in west London
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NewsContractors urged to protect site workers from sun
Health and Safety Executive issues set of guidelines for construction workers suffering in the sunshine.
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UK firms queue up to work on world's tallest building
Davis Langdon & Everest approached to cost 150-storey tower, as UK firms join Dubai goldrush.