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  • News

    Site death victim 'worked without certification'

    2003-05-02T00:00:00Z

    A John Doyle Construction site foreman who died on a housing project in south-west London had insufficient documents to act as a banksman, an inquest heard this week.

  • Features

    Redundancy survival kit

    2003-05-02T00:00:00Z

    Facing the prospect of losing your job? Michael Archer, partner at solicitor Beale & Company, tells you what to do if the worst happens

  • Features

    Tender price forecast: All good, bar London

    2003-05-02T00:00:00Z

    Tender prices and workload are to continue to grow in the country as a whole, despite the consequences of the invasion of Iraq. But, as we point out, the outlook is not so good in the capital, where an ailing office market has caused a slump in work output.

  • News

    C&M hunts for rival in South-east

    2003-05-02T00:00:00Z

    Country & Metropolitan is aiming to acquire a rival housebuilder by the end of the year

  • Comment

    Our other prime minister

    2003-05-02T00:00:00Z

    Blair may be disenchanted with Brown, but he is stuck with him. As the Budget showed, the chancellor has complete control over the domestic agenda

  • Comment

    Hansom

    2003-05-02T00:00:00Z

    This week, squatting birds, pampered bats, committed contractors, genial developers – and an architect that is demolishing itself

  • Features

    Mike Coleman

    2003-05-02T00:00:00Z

    Project managers have a unique opportunity to influence change in the industry, are they making the most of it?

  • Features

    A Disney classic

    2003-05-02T00:00:00Z

    It would have been the first 'Bilbao' if not for years of delays. But now, finally, Frank Gehry has come home to La-La Land with his suitably fantastical Walt Disney Concert Hall

  • Comment

    Court is your last resort

    2003-05-02T00:00:00Z

    The relaunch of the Court of Appeal mediation scheme is a clear sign that the UK's senior judiciary wants litigation to be used only when there is no other way

  • Comment

    Let the seller beware

    2003-05-02T00:00:00Z

    Another housing project more or less finished, so it's pints all round while we wait for the money. Sadly, new mortgage rules mean it may be a long wait …

  • Comment

    A stinging rebuke

    2003-05-02T00:00:00Z

    I am sorry about the delay in sending in this letter but I have only just been catching up on my reading of Building.

  • Comment

    Let's build in Gordon's garden!

    2003-05-02T00:00:00Z

    Having just read Gordon Isgrove's argument in your Homes supplement arguing for more building on greenfield sites, I feel the need to ask if Gordon was scared by a tree when young.

  • News

    Gensler wins Deutsche Bank HQ

    2003-05-02T00:00:00Z

    Property company Helical Bar and architect Gensler have been appointed by Deutsche Bank to redevelop Ropemaker Place in the City of London

  • News

    Cue Q

    2003-05-02T00:00:00Z

    The mixed-use Q building in Stratford, east London, has been completed. It was designed by Buckley Gray for Imperial Developments, and includes 27 one and two-bedroom apartments, all with external terraces. Four floors of apartments sit above a restaurant and bar.The building uses a combination of timber, glass, ...

  • News

    ¡Olé!

    2003-05-02T00:00:00Z

    Richard Rogers Architects has unveiled plans to convert a historic bull ring in Barcelona into a £63m leisure centre. A huge semi-transparent dome will cover the Las Arenas bull ring, which opened in 1900. The complex is to include a central garden complete with palm trees. It will remain an ...

  • News

    Workshop

    2003-05-02T00:00:00Z

    This week, it's out with the cold and in with the tactile – put the touch of Italy into your bathroom with these textured tiles. Plus, sleek fittings for glass doors and the latest news from manufacturers

  • News

    FMB poll calms market fears

    2003-05-02T00:00:00Z

    Fears over the impact of the Iraq war eased this week after a Federation of Master Builders survey showed 41% of small and medium-sized firms had increased workloads in the first quarter.

  • News

    Sharewatch

    2003-05-02T00:00:00Z

    How construction fared in the City this week

  • News

    HTA wins £200m Coventry plan

    2003-05-02T00:00:00Z

    London-based architect HTA has been selected as preferred bidder to draw up the masterplan for the £200m regeneration of four rundown housing estates in Coventry

  • News

    Building sites face logistics nightmare

    2003-05-02T00:00:00Z

    Construction firms face an increasingly exhausting struggle to get their materials moved to building sites, according to research carried out by the Road Haulage and Freight Transport associations.