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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.
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Landmine claims first contractor to die in Iraq
An employee of Halliburton, the US energy services company, became the first Western worker to be killed in Iraq after his lorry struck an anti-tank landmine this week.
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NewsSprint finish for Olympics bid
A consortium led by masterplanner EDAW and architect HOK Sport this week started a race against the clock to design a £1m masterplan for London's 2012 Olympic bid
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NewsLabour ruined PFI, says Clarke
Former Conservative chancellor Kenneth Clarke has accused the government of ruining the PFI by giving in to the trade unions
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Local lowdown
Robert Smith of Hays Montrose continues his series on regional job markets with a report on the Shangri-la that is the Thames Valley
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Tender price forecast: Varied prospects
London is feeling the pinch as the office market dries up, but prospects are good in many of the regions. The first quarter’s decline in output does not spell doom and gloom, but housebuilders and the public sector will hold the purse strings
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How to repel women
Why are there so few women architects? Disinclination? Not really up to it? Indifference? Or because they take one look at the profession and run a mile?