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  • News

    Miletrian reveals £3m loss after two directors quit

    2003-03-21T00:00:00Z

    Banks to review borrowing facility at end of month after fit-out contractor posts 'poor' results.

  • Comment

    Never trust a copper

    2003-03-21T00:00:00Z

    Mr and Mrs Venables found that the water pipes in their new home were ruined, so they sued their plumber. What followed illustrated an important legal point

  • Comment

    Brief encounter: When can you kill people?

    2003-03-21T00:00:00Z

    Are the US and Britain be within their legal rights to invade Iraq? The second in our series of chatrooms tackles their motives and the nature of the UN debate

  • News

    New bosses for Kier and McAlpine

    2003-03-21T00:00:00Z

    Contractors Alfred McAlpine and Kier have announced the appointments of chief executives, as two of the industry's key players scale back their roles

  • News

    Firms hope US gives them a look-in after the war is over

    2003-03-21T00:00:00Z

    Construction trade body selects firms with expertise to carry out reconstruction work after second Iraq war.

  • News

    DTI launches inquiry into Bickerton affair

    2003-03-21T00:00:00Z

    A fresh investigation has been launched into the collapse of regional contractor Bickerton

  • News

    Swan Hill admits slowdown

    2003-03-21T00:00:00Z

    Housebuilder Swan Hill said this week that it has been affected by a slowdown in the market.

  • News

    Laing shares set to soar despite loss

    2003-03-21T00:00:00Z

    City analysts expect shares in support services group Laing to increase about 40% to more than 200p in the next 12 months, despite its reporting of a pre-tax loss of £18.6m this week.

  • News

    Government prepares for London terror attack

    2003-03-21T00:00:00Z

    The government has compiled a list of structural engineers that could assess the fall-out from a terrorist attack in London.

  • News

    Pidgley Jr breaks silence on his father, the Berkeley bid, his ex-wife and his mother

    2003-03-21T00:00:00Z

    Tony Pidgley explains why he bid for his father's company and how, in the end, family comes before business.

  • News

    Network Rail reveals two cut-price framework deals

    2003-03-21T00:00:00Z

    Gravy train hits the buffers as rail infrastructure body tries to slim down £225m bill for consultants.

  • News

    Firms donate services to help children with rare diseases

    2003-03-21T00:00:00Z

    Director of PRP architects organises free refurbishment of Paddington hospital after it saves his son's life.

  • News

    HSE asks designers to stop falls

    2003-03-21T00:00:00Z

    Health and Safety Executive inspectors met more than 130 architects and planning supervisors from across Scotland and the north of England this week to try to design out the risks from falls

  • Features

    Workshop

    2003-03-21T00:00:00Z

    This week, check out some nifty kitchens for the stylish but spacially challenged, the roofing system that can reduce your insurance premiums and a hand-picked selection of the finest construction guides

  • Comment

    A paradise for parasites

    2003-03-21T00:00:00Z

    To shut out small firms, the Treasury made the PFI process so adversarial that it got captured by lawyers, who are now eating us out of schools and hospitals

  • News

    David Curry

    2003-03-21T00:00:00Z

    John Prescott's communities plan has a lot of support – if only we had a government that could actually deliver it

  • Comment

    You're forgetting someone

    2003-03-21T00:00:00Z

    Your editorial on the Congestion Charge (7 March, page 3) came as something of a surprise to the manufacturers and distributors in the construction industry.

  • Comment

    Chop the campaign

    2003-03-21T00:00:00Z

    Having read and enjoyed your magazine for more than five years, and particularly appreciated the role it has played in promoting change and sustainability in the construction industry, I am astounded that you should embark on some thing as "builder's bum" as a Chop the Charge campaign.

  • Comment

    The cart before the elephant?

    2003-03-21T00:00:00Z

    I am writing in response to the piece about Elephant & Castle and Foster and Partners' masterplan for the redevelopment of the Heygate Estate (28 February, page 15).

  • Comment

    Waiting for Woodrow

    2003-03-21T00:00:00Z

    I refer to your financial news article in which Taylor Woodrow's chief executive, Iain Napier, indicates that the government should be listening to housebuilders in order to meet housebuilding targets (7 March, page 21).