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    BAA seeks urgent deal over Heathrow traffic levy plans

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    Airports operator to hold crunch talks with London mayor advisers over threat to Terminal 5 delivery costs.

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    Architect gets go-ahead for tallest tower in Leeds

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    Architect Aedas AHR has been given the green light to proceed with the final designs for the £48m Bridgewater Place development in Leeds, which will include the tallest tower in the city.

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    Mowlem spars with Bath

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    Contractor Mowlem is in negotiations with Bath and North East Somerset council to resolve a dispute over delays to the £22m Bath Spa project.

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    DTI set to relocate 2000 staff

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    The DTI is considering moving more than 2000 clerical staff out of its offices in Victoria Street, central London

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    Row jeopardises introduction of Part P

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    Christopher Leslie, the minister in charge of the Building Regulations, has expressed concern that a spat between two industry groups may upset the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's plan to introduce a new section of the regulations next year.

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    Transformation on the Tyne

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    A £13m headquarters for the Government Office for the North East has started on site at Citygate in Newcastle upon Tyne. The office building, designed by Ryder will accommodate 400 staff. The project is part of the regeneration of the St James Boulevard area of the city. Contractor is Amec, ...

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    Enter a shark, a grubby bed and slices of preserved cow

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    Charles Saatchi's gallery of shock British art opens at the former Greater London Council's headquarters.

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    Galliford Try to axe jobs and close Plymouth office

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    Contractor and housebuilder Galliford Try is expected to announce a restructuring early next month, which will include redundancies and office closures.

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    McAlpine hit by £5.7m loss

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    Contractor Sir Robert McAlpine made a £5.7m loss for the year to 30 October 2002 after it was hit by spiralling PFI costs and contract difficulties.

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    Sharewatch

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    How construction fared in the City this week

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    Bullish Bellway's profit leaps 46% to £57m

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    Housebuilder Bellway announced a 46% increase in interim profit before tax last week.

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    Wimpey: House prices cooling

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    Wimpey chairman John Robinson said last week that the housing market seemed to be cooling after the sharp rise in prices in the sector last year.

  • Features

    Blazing a trail

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    Ballal Raza is a down-to-earth Brummie project manager with bags of confidence and plenty of commitment – and the industry needs to recruit thousands more just like him. We met a young Asian professional taking construction's image issues in his stride.

  • Comment

    Crack the code

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    Designers are increasingly liable for health and safety breaches, and are increasingly finding themselves in the dock as a result. Here's how to stay out of trouble

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    The sound of fiddles

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    OK, the request may be a bit iffy, not 100% legit, but if I turn a blind eye so as to get the job, surely there's nothing wrong with that? Hey, what's that siren…?

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    For a few dollars less

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    Stuffed by an adjudicator? Dry-gulched and embittered? Looking for justice? Well, help is at hand because fast-track arbitration has just ridden back into town …

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    Legal aid

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    Berwin Leighton Paisner's crack legal team take on more readers' dilemmas, and this week they all involve the dodgy doings of dubious contractors

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    United nations taskforce

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    These days, Britain's skills shortage is so severe that our contractors are happy to employ workers from all over the world. But what do they think of working with us? We went to Paternoster Square in the City of London to find out.

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    Local lowdown

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    This week, Robert Smith of Hays Montrose looks at the job market in the South-east, where a building boom means contractors are looking for skilled recruits

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    Hansom

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    This week, the irrepressible glamour of the Building Awards, old habits die hard for 'designer' Uri Geller and the legal definition of torture