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More realpolitik, please
I had to read your article "Don't expect any hand-outs from US, Wilson tells firms" twice, as I thought I must have misread what Brian Wilson had said (4 April, page 13).
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More punishment, please
Melinda Parisotti alarms contractors and consultants unnecessarily in her rticle "Pleasure and punishment" (4 April, page 48).
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David Curry
As economic policy, Prescott's communities plan won't wash – it will only exacerbate the North–South divide
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FeaturesSpecialist costs: Office fit-out
Although demand for new-build office space has plummeted in the past two years, one particular office sector is active and competitive. In this model, Davis Langdon & Everest, services cost consultant Mott Green & Wall and property tax specialist NBW Crosher & James examine the falling costs of fit-out
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Model answer
A triple-deck timber drum, meandering internal mall, state-of-the-art IT and an open-to-all crèche, cybercafe and library make Blyth Community College the government's template for future state schools. We took a long, close look.
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Oral promise? It's just talk
This was an appeal to the House of Lords in respect of the applicability of the doctrine of estoppel to guarantees, themselves governed by Section 4 of the Statute of Frauds 1677. Saint-Gobain had retained the First Defendant (“Inglen”) as the main contractor for the construction of ...
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No more chasing Amey
Beleaguered support services firm – and £190m of debt – is finally bought by Spanish giant Ferrovial for £81m
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NewsGeorgia's big night
Young achiever of the year Georgia Elliott-Smith takes centre stage in the parade of winners at the 2003 Building Awards on Tuesday night. The 18 successful entrants with her included Taylor Woodrow, Bellway Homes, Arup and George Brumwell, general secretary of UCATT, who was personality of the year. The awards, ...
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NewsSouthwell re-emerges to make shock bid for Amey
Former head of Atkins considers offer that could make him boss of debt-ridden support services group.
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NewsSetback for Atkins after candidate snubs job offer
Consultant draws up shortlist of six for chief executive after applicant declines chief operating officer post.
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£1000 Building Essay prize
This year, Building will be celebrating its 160th birthday. To mark the occasion we will be publishing a special supplement, Building160, that will look at how the construction industry is likely to fare over the next 30 years.
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FeaturesIf I were in your boots
In the first of a new series of columns in which industry figures sort out other people's messes, Andrew Gay, former chief executive of M&E contractor Drake & Scull, tells how support services firm Amey can climb out of the mire
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FeaturesDavid Gann
The head of Imperial College's innovation studies centre has spent years gently taking the fear factor out of innovation. Now, says Josephine Smit, it looks as if a conservative construction industry has finally plucked up the courage to trust him.
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Decision dodgers
Contractual disputes are getting bogged down in phoney challenges to the adjudicator's authority and spurious arguments about enforcement
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Prescott asks Egan to tackle skills 'disgrace'
Sir John Egan is to head a review of skills shortages in the construction industry. Deputy prime minister John Prescott has called him over fears that the industry may not be able to deliver the government's regeneration programme.
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NewsMansell to postpone listing until FTSE recovers
Stock exchange collapse means contractor will wait until first quarter of 2004 at the earliest before going public.
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Premature adjudication
All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and entrances – and heaven help them if they get the timing wrong