All Building articles in 23 July 2010 – Page 3
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News
'Several hundred' in Atkins redundancy talks
Government cuts could force QS to slash transport division workforce
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Giant Brazilian mega-church gains planning approval
Rogério Silva de Araújo’s 55m-tall design will seat 10,000 worshippers
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Wates poaches Laing O'Rourke's education boss
Stephen Beechey is to run Wates’ PPP schemes as group investment director
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Plans for new £40 million Hampshire police HQ shelved
Hampshire Chief Constable says he would rather catch criminals than spend money on new Winchester headquarters for the force.
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ODA bosses claim £56,000 in expenses
Construction director claims most while chief exec spent just £99 entertaining
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Comment
Schools out for tender
It’s a new order for those involved in building schools after the coalition’s savage cutbacks. But the changes should bring opportunities for smaller contractors
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Morrell: we still need PfS
Paul Morrell, the government’s chief construction adviser, has called on the coalition not to abolish delivery agencies such as Partnerships for Schools
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MoD: ‘We’re still spending’
Defence Estates procurement chief says he has plenty of work to hand out despite £50m cuts
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Comment
How does the state imagine?
The next decade is going to reinterpret, reorganise and abolish much of our familiar world, so we’ll need creative thinking from government. Which could be a problem
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Features
Graham Shennan on Morgan Sindall's merger
It’s been a month since Morgan Sindall’s building and civils arms became one, and MD Graham Shennan is still explaining that it’s all part of a planned bid for market share. Is Joey Gardiner persuaded?
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Comment
Have glass, won't travel
Here’s a new feature concept: “Building buys a pint for … anyone outside London.”
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News
Garden gate
The Queen last week officially opened Edward Cullinan Architects’ John Hope Gateway at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh
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Comment
Hansom: Fruit loops
Though life’s no bowl of cherries for construction, our resilient colleagues have been going bananas on the 2012 site, tapping away on BlackBerries and spilling raspberry juice over a top chef’s kitchen
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Features
Market forecast: On the level
The brief rise in tender prices is over but so, it seems, are the sharp falls that characterised last year.
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Comment
Let's get falls to fall
Recently released Health and Safety Executive figures, showing that worker deaths were down from 178 fatalities in 2008/09 to 151 in 2009/10, are testament to the work of safety practitioners across the UK
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Comment
Schools are too expensive ...
The number of people involved and the massive fees that are paid, no wonder the cost of the schools is off the scale
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News
Hopkins to stay in Dubai despite legal wrangle
Hopkins Architects is to keep its office in Dubai, despite being embroiled in a 30m dirhams (£5.4m) legal battle with state-owned developer Dubai Properties and having little work in the emirate