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    Social housing

    2003-05-02T00:00:00Z

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    Appointments

    2003-04-30T11:18:00Z

    Movers and shakers

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    Go-faster bunnies

    2003-04-25T00:00:00Z

    After a slow start, leading industry figures are gushing about MBAs being a must-have for anyone wanting to get ahead in construction. If you have experience, motivation and the right institution, they say, it can bring your career on leaps and bounds.

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    If we can make it there …

    2003-04-25T00:00:00Z

    With Murray Grove, Cartwright Pickard established itself as the practice that could turn modular technology into architecture. Now that the Americans want it to do the same for them, the practice is poised to realise some of its ambitions. And boy is it ambitious …

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    If the cap fits …

    2003-04-25T00:00:00Z

    You've got insurance cover for up to £5m. Great. Trouble is, you're being sued for £50m. Not so great. So, ever thought of capping your liability?

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    The Status Seeker

    2003-04-25T00:00:00Z

    RICS president Peter Fall wants the institution to have a global profile and he expects its members to fork out for it. The only problem is, some of them are beginning to wonder just what the point of RICS is …

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    Serious Fraud Office to examine Driver Construction

    2003-04-25T00:00:00Z

    Police interview creditors as sibling of collapsed Bickerton Construction tries to avoid liquidation.

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    Ferrovial shares drop after £81m Amey buy

    2003-04-25T00:00:00Z

    Price of Spanish contractor falls 3% as Madrid stock market learns of acquisition.

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    Bringing up baby

    2003-04-25T00:00:00Z

    Next week, adjudication turns five – and now that the industry has taken the little 'un to its heart it's time to pack him off to school for a little education

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    Scots procurement tsar to crack down on cost overruns

    2003-04-25T00:00:00Z

    Officials in London and Edinburgh draw up radical plans to cut costs and delays on public buildings.

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    UK consultant wins first post-war Iraq work

    2003-04-25T00:00:00Z

    UK QS and project manager Baker Wilkins has secured commissions on two new commercial projects in Iraq and is planning to re-enter its dormant office in Baghdad next month.

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    Arup leads race to win gold in Olympic masterplanning

    2003-04-25T00:00:00Z

    Speculation is intensifying that the government will give the go-ahead for a 2012 games bid within weeks.

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    Calatrava's Athens stadium begins race against time

    2003-04-25T00:00:00Z

    Spanish architect dispels fears of Olympics committee over strength of roofs – and faces 500-day deadline.

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    Gains backs CITB against Prescott

    2003-04-25T00:00:00Z

    Construction Confederation president John Gains has rejected government criticism of the Construction Industry Training Board, writes Tom Broughton.

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    600,000 building workers to get 23% pay rise

    2003-04-25T00:00:00Z

    Construction unions and employer bodies last week agreed a 23% pay rise for more than 600,000 building workers over the next three years.

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    Constructionline is on the mend, says taskforce study

    2003-04-25T00:00:00Z

    A progress report by the Local Government Task Force says that the contractor vetting service Constructionline has made significant service improvements.

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    Gains backs CITB against Prescott

    2003-04-25T17:16:00Z

    Construction Confederation president John Gains has rejected government criticism of the Construction Industry Training Board.In a letter to deputy prime minister John Prescott, Gains said he was “disappointed” by his attack on the board. Prescott called it “a disgrace” for not tackling the skills shortage adequately (see Building, 11 April, ...

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    600,000 building workers to get 23% pay rise

    2003-04-25T17:09:00Z

    Construction unions and employer bodies last week agreed a 23% pay rise for more than 600,000 building workers over the next three years.The deal was thrashed out at a meeting of the Construction Industry Joint Council, a committee made up of the Construction Confederation and union representatives from UCATT, GMB ...

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    Interserve steals March with deals worth £87m

    2003-04-25T00:00:00Z

    £38m Ministry of Defence college and Tyneside office block help support services firm beat off Carillion.

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    Just the job

    2003-04-25T00:00:00Z

    Philip Cooper tells us why structural engineering is all about using your imagination