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Home truths in Lijnbaan
The RIBA has just taken itself off to Rotterdam to work out what regeneration's all about. And if you think it's a certain city's loft apartments, you'd be much mistaken
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The well-tempered construction worker
A case of wine goes to Gerald Cole for his very funny account of the future site worker
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FeaturesIt makes you sick...
… to discover that many firms are turning a blind eye to the serious long-term health risks that their workers are being exposed to. We diagnose the problems.
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FeaturesDavid Ridley
He's almost 60 and he's spent 30 years turning Faithful & Gould from a local into a global firm, so you might think he'd be ready to take on something really difficult. And you'd not be wrong …
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CommentMirror, mirror on the wall
You may think you're the fairest adjudicator of them all, but if an informed outsider thinks different, you could find yourself being cut down to size
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NewsTUC chiefs head to Iraq to unionise reconstruction
General council prepares to establish post-Saddam free labour movement, as UK firms start to secure contracts.
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FeaturesWhy are architects so sexist?
Architects stand accused of a 'disgusting' degree of sexism – not least by their own institute. We find out why the RIBA's blown the whistle – and how it plans to tackle the problem
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NewsRidley sets out his stall to expand NBA Quantum
Well connected former Atkins director has one eye on organic growth and the other on acquisitions.
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We're depending on you
As third parties continue to bolster their rights, a word of warning: beware who might rely on your work. And if you exclude liability, be fair about it
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NewsNational forum to oversee £400m training budget
New minister for construction launches body to give industry more say in publicly funded training.
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Moayedi pays high price for Potters Bar accident
Jarvis chairman Paris Moayedi has had his annual pay package reduced by £104,000.
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US guru to upgrade UK hospital design
An American hospital design guru is to be drafted in by NHS Estates to help improve its hospital architecture
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Profit rises at Mitie – again
Pre-tax Profit at support services group Mitie has risen for the 16th consecutive year.
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Holyrood inquiry launched with call for whistleblowers
Former lord advocate promises tough approach and appeals for 'anybody who knows anything' to come forward.
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NewsUCATT slams 'truly horrific' surge in site deaths
Brumwell calls for speedy introduction of tough corporate manslaughter bill to punish culpable employers.
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Contractors vie for advisory role on £750m Liverpool job
Contractors are vying for the job of overseeing a £750m mixed–use scheme in Liverpool, which is due for completion before it becomes the European Capital of Culture in 2008.
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M&E firms shun young workers
M&E contractors are refusing to take on teenage apprentices because they are forbidden to work as many hours as adults under employment regulations introduced in April
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RIBA to crack down on sexism
RIBA president-elect George Ferguson has promised to crack down on gender discrimination in the architecture profession after research showed it was driving women away from the industry