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NewsLottery set to fund revamp of four landmark buildings
Tate Modern, the Lowry, Eden Centre and The Deep expect to be awarded cash for improvements next week.
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NewsEmcor plans to expand UK facilities management arm
US parent backs Emcor UK's pitch for 15 FM contracts and promises to fund further acquisitions in the sector.
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FeaturesThe fall guys
Falls from height caused 37 deaths on site last year, yet firms continue to ignore the risks. We find out what the industry's doing to tackle the problem – and who's to blame
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Fair enough?
An adjudicator who decides a case that they have already been involved with risks being accused of bias. So, courtesy of the courts, here are some guidelines
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NewsRogers slams 'weak' project managers and contractors
Chairman of strategic forum Peter Rogers points finger at inadequately trained staff and backward-looking firms.
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NewsPidgley: I'm staying for 10 years
Berkeley Group chief executive Tony Pidgley has said he wants to stay at the helm of the company he founded for at least another decade
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CommentUpside down, up in front
New Zealand has learned from our mistakes and introduced a corker of a Construction Act. And it's got the focus right – on an improved payment system
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Bovis to sign £400m contract for BBC HQ
Contractor Bovis Lend Lease is due to sign a £400m-plus contract to redevelop the BBC Broadcasting House headquarters in Portland Place, London
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News'Think big on training,' says outgoing RIBA president
Paul Hyett says young architects need early experience on large projects and predicts more practice mergers.
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NewsRevamped Trafalgar Square returns to public domain
Ken Livingstone opens Foster's subtly redesigned square at the heart of an increasingly pedestrianised London.
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HSE orders immediate halt at 332 sites
The Health and Safety Executive has reported that more than a quarter of construction sites failed to meet government safety standards on falls from height.
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Minister foresees 'ruthless' regeneration
Local government minister Nick Raynsford has predicted that public and government will take a more "ruthless" attitude to regeneration
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Three vie for £70m MoD HQ
Three consortiums are competing for a £70m contract to decommission a huge network of tunnels and caverns belonging to the Ministry of Defence in Wiltshire and create a headquarters for its communications division
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Architects in crisis
Construction is trying to meet the demands of 21st-century clients with a design sector largely made up of CAD-equipped hand-loom weavers. Clearly, architects are going to have to reorganise themselves fast or they will face commercial extinction. But how?
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The Architect's role
Architecture professionals need to raise their game – or face permanent relegation in the project team
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FeaturesGeorge Ferguson
Don't be fooled by the crimson trousers: RIBA president-elect George Ferguson is deadly serious about advancing architects' interests. We met the seasoned campaigner, entrepreneur and, er, fashion icon.
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FeaturesGood for nothing?
George Ferguson is right about tackling architecture at its training roots. Currently, UK students undergo a course that is so unrealistic, many practices won't hire them
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Job priorities
Money makes the world go round – even construction employers know that. But if they think lucre's all that matters to today's job applicants, they should think again …