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FeaturesUnder the spotlight
Recent campaigns by environmental pressure groups have exposed the construction industry to a barrage of bad press, with the aim of shaming firms into changing their ways.
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NewsCrunch summit to decide migrant worker scheme
Employers, TUC and construction unions will meet Home Office to debate seasonal working visas.
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Skanska's US boss in line to be group chief executive
Stuart Graham tipped as favoured internal candidate to take over from Claes Björk in July 2003.
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FeaturesThe duke of hazard
How much was your last insurance premium? Too much, probably. Construction is a risky business but, if that risk is managed, it needn't push up your costs, says American expert Michael Mainelli. He tells Victoria Madine how we could learn from other high-risk industries
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Back-to-back basics
No apologies for bringing up a fundamental problem with construction contracts: they don't work very well. In fact, the answer may be to radically change them …
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Word domination
Global claims have as much chance as getting 'archaeology' on three triple word squares. But is this true? A recent case suggests it might not be so cut and dried
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Laing/Mace to bid for Paddington
Laing O'Rourke is to team up with Mace to pitch for a £150m Richard Rogers-designed office block in Paddington, central London.
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Clients told to pay part of Constructionline cost
Local authorities call for cost of vetting service to be spread to clients and for IT infrastructure to be upgraded.
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Southwark sacks Elephant & Castle group
Southwark council has sacked a key community group from the troubled £1.5bn Elephant & Castle project in south London.
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HBG is sold for second time in two months
Contractor HBG was this week facing its second sale in as many months after Dutch rival BAM agreed an offer of £464m with Spanish owner Dragados.
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Manufacturers gear up for prefab push
Manufacturers are responding to the government's concern about the lack of housing for key workers by expanding their prefabrication capacity.
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£80m Bradford mill plan reprieved
Developer Urban Splash's delayed £80m regeneration of a derelict woollen mill in Bradford may get the go-ahead if a deal on state aid is agreed between the government and the European Commission.
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Ethics are not optional
A housebuilder, now sadly deceased, once recounted the tale of how he won permission for luxury flats in Europe by agreeing to sponsor the local football team and paying for the mayor and his family to stay at The Ritz for a month. That was 20 years ago, but international ...
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Britain set to get new embassy in China
The government is working up plans for a British embassy in Beijing.
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NewsDesigning for diseases
Designing for diseases: An extension to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in central London has been granted planning permission. Designed by Devereux Architects, the addition comprises a seven-storey, 2269 m2 extension in the northern courtyard of the school within a glass atrium. It is linked to the ...
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Three winners score hat-tricks at RIBA awards
Architects Building Design Partnership, Feilden Clegg Bradley and Munkenbeck + Marshall were the principal winners at the RIBA awards this week.
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BDP gets green light for CrossRail stations
Building Design Partnership has been selected to design train stations on the proposed £200m CrossRail train lines in central London.
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Waterworld
Waterworld: This is the first view of the Terry Farrell & Partners-designed aquarium planned for the Thames Gateway. The 12,000 m2 building, sited between the Silvertown and Victoria docks, received backing from London mayor Ken Livingstone last month. The project, which will be London's first purpose-built aquarium, follows hot on ...
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Contracts
Jaguar pounces on BirseBirse Construction has won a £5m contract to design and build a new car park and rail terminal for Jaguar at Castle Bromwich, Birmingham.Offshore fabrication for AmecAmec has secured a £50m contract to provide main deck fabrication and integration work for an offshore development for BP Exploration.Shepherd ...
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NewsFit for a millionaire
Fit for a millionaire: Work has started on this £45m residential tower block in Liverpool's Old Hall Street, which is due to house the city's first £1m apartment. The 27-storey tower, designed by Aedas AHR (formerly Abbey Holford Rowe) and developed by Beetham Organisation, will have 132 apartments, a swimming ...