All articles by Phil Clark – Page 16
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NewsTube teams set to shut down entire lines for up to a year
Consortiums Metronet and Tube Lines argue that working during the day will halve time and cost of upgrades.
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FeaturesEat to your heart's content
Ruth Rogers, founder of The River Cafe, works on the principle that fresh, healthy ingredients make for delicious meals. Here are her suggestions for the industry, and six tips for a happy heart
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FeaturesGoodbye, Mr Chips
Has Britain's culinary revolution really reached the site canteen? In the final part of our health series, we examine whether the worker's staple of carbohydrates fried in grease is under threat and discovers that firms are increasingly treating diet as a health and safety issue. He also tests Bovis' model ...
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Capita aims to become top construction consultant
IT specialist plans to create £200m-turnover operation by buying 10 firms and focusing on regeneration.
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NewsRidley sets out his stall to expand NBA Quantum
Well connected former Atkins director has one eye on organic growth and the other on acquisitions.
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FeaturesDavid Ridley
He's almost 60 and he's spent 30 years turning Faithful & Gould from a local into a global firm, so you might think he'd be ready to take on something really difficult. And you'd not be wrong …
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Holyrood inquiry launched with call for whistleblowers
Former lord advocate promises tough approach and appeals for 'anybody who knows anything' to come forward.
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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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License contractors, says CIOB
The Chartered Institute of Building has called on the government to introduce a contractor registration scheme to improve safety and rid the industry of cowboy builders
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NewsF&G surveyor dies in car crash
A Faithful & Gould surveyor died and three of his colleagues were injured in a traffic accident on Saturday
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FeaturesThe siege of Edinburgh
A cost increase that took the Scottish parliament building 10 times over budget has prompted MSPs and the tabloids to launch a vicious attack on the project team. But are the politicians trying to divert attention from their own failings?
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City scorns McCarthy family bid to buy £600m firm
The City has poured scorn on the McCarthy family’s attempt to buy out retirement home specialist McCarthy & Stone this week.
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NewsBovis breaks its silence over £375m Holyrood debacle
Project team is released from gagging order as fresh fears are raised of more cost hikes and overruns.
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Handover heart
You work at it, you complete it, you celebrate it and you go home feeling warm and fuzzy. And the next morning your client moves into an office that's too hot and too cold. Architect Mark Way has a way to stop this happening. We find out how
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Watchdog slams use of PFI yardstick in courts scheme
National Audit Office report into PFI court says cost comparisons with traditional procurement 'told them nothing'
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A blow to one's pride
The British Council for Offices' Barcelona do was an opportunity for the industry to exchange views, get robbed and become horribly, horribly embarrassed
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Wembley was on the brink of collapse, say audit chiefs
Revealed: Plan to create national stadium would have ended in failure if retender plan had gone ahead
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Enough to make you sick?
The story of the £87m Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle should be triggering sirens and blue flashing lights at the Department of Health, Number 10 and the Treasury
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Planning amendments to boost housing
The government is poised to amend the proposed planning bill to help drive through its regeneration plans for the Thames Gateway, Europe's largest brownfield site
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McAlpine leads utilities race
Alfred McAlpine has emerged as favourite to buy £100m-turnover utilities group Subterra, an arm of Thames Water