All articles by Matthew Richards – Page 5
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China starts Olympic design race
China has given architects just two weeks to register an interest in two competitions to design facilities for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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Conscientious objectors
Almost 80% of fund managers are deterred from investing in firms with bad human rights or environmental records, which means that ethics has suddenly become big business. Matthew Richards finds out what construction can do to impress the money men
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FeaturesThe Wright way
This Preston contractor gives all profit left after investment to charity, organises free holidays for deprived kids and says it only exists for the benefit of its staff. Can this really be a recipe for success? Matthew Richards finds out.
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Scientific recruitment
Bill Watts of building services engineer Max Fordham tells Matthew Richards why it takes more than just an engineering degree to impress his firm
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NewsAmec shake-up will pay in a year
Amec chief executive Sir Peter Mason has told the City that the £5m bill for restructuring the group's senior management will be recouped within a year.
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US bankers jittery over PFI after Enron collapse
Industry fears American funders will make "subliminal" link between PFI projects and failed energy giant.
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NewsFalconer taskforce to push for more affordable homes
DTLR unit to crack down on councils that pass schemes with low levels of social housing.
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Redrow slashed Tay jobs by one-third after acquisition
Housebuilder reveals that last year's purchase resulted in 60 redundancies at Yorkshire-based firm.
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Mind your language
As construction sites become increasingly dependent on foreign workers, Matthew Richards asks whether the industry is doing enough to break down a potentially fatal language barrier
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FeaturesGet shorter
Just a year ago, it seemed a string of skyscraper proposals were about to turn London into Chicago-on-Thames. Now, tall is out and once again the groundscraper is flavour of the month. Matthew Richards discovers that big offices are laying low
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News£200m Chelsea barracks scheme to get green light
Decision on sale of 13 acres of prime development land to be made within two months.
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If you think it's bad here…
In the second of Building's safety series in the run-up to John Prescott's summit, we look across the Channel to see how Britain's site death record compares with the rest of Europe.
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