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  • Steve Morgan
    News

    Morgan may merge Redrow with private property group

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    Returning chairman considers three options for listed housebuilder, including tie-up with Bridgemere

  • News

    100-home pilot mooted to salvage eco-towns initiative

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    Critics slam communities department plan to get programme moving with demonstration project

  • News

    Iceland loss buries Met’s £30m security HQ

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    Plans for a £30m strategic command facility for the Metropolitan Police– originally designed as part of a security control centre for the London Olympics – have been cancelled

  • News

    Pay talks stall over blacklist issue

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    Ucatt has stopped this year’s round of pay talks in order to force through wage agreements that outlaw the blacklisting of construction workers

  • Cathy Stewart
    News

    Women in Property to tackle ‘male domination’ of Gulf

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    Networking and mentoring group to help women in Middle East challenge male-centred society

  • News

    Cundall vs Global Grange: Payment dispute on luxury hotel

    2009-03-27T10:09:00Z

    Consultant Cundall is suing a hotel group for failing to pay it for its work on a luxury hotel near St Paul's cathedral in London.Cundall's M&E contract for the 450-bedroom Grange St Paul's hotel was due to terminate in April last year, says a High Court writ. Cundall claims that ...

  • “I just close my eyes when it’s on”
    News

    Don’t look now

    2009-03-27T00:42:00Z

    Rob Kirkaldy of Spectrum Acoustic Consultants was a trifle concerned about this DIY-er in Istanbul, and asked why he wasn’t wearing safety goggles

  • Terminal 5
    Features

    Key client? BAA's fading star

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    In the glory days of Terminal 5, BAA seemed to be leading construction into a new golden age of peace and prosperity. One takeover and a recession later, that’s looking unlikely. Dan Stewart assesses the future for a key client, and on page 42 we canvass two rather different views ...

  • Allford Hall Monaghan Morris’ Yellow Building in London
    News

    You be the judge

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    Get a sneak preview of the shortlist for the Building Awards Project of the Year, which includes such stellar schemes as Allford Hall Monaghan Morris’ Yellow Building in London (pictured)

  • News

    Short and Tweet

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    Dispatches from the Twitter social networking tool …

  • The White Stripes
    News

    My digital life: Mark Powell

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    What’s your favourite iTune?

  • Features

    Habla Espanol? Opening up the Latin American market

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    Last week we revealed the lucrative opportunities on offer in Mexico, but such gold can be found all over Latin America, where bullish governments spend billions on infrastructure. Katie Puckett presents a rough guide to working in the region – complete with language tips

  • Comment

    Hobbies and/or interests

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    In tough times, it’s important to distract yourself with such activities as theatre rehearsals, horse racing and … er … whatever a former construction minister got up to in the House of Commons

  • Features

    Suburbia: suing Bellway for letting council tenants in

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    Buyers of Bellway homes near Swindon were dismayed when social housing tenants turned up as their neighbours. Are desperate housebuilders playing fast and loose with homeowners, or is this just a case of snobbery?

  • When the energy rating was calculated for Daniel Libeskind’s Imperial War Museum in Manchester last September, it received a G, the lowest score
    Comment

    Don’t encourage them

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    As with the banking industry, we’ve seen an age where architectural incompetence and buffoonery was rewarded over professionalism

  • Comment

    Accentuate the positive

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    The role of all professionals in development and construction is already changing as a result of the recession

  • Comment

    Cut it out

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    I have just read your article “Robinson Low Francis slash staff pay 12.5%” (13 March, page 15)

  • Comment

    Keep the dream alive

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    Your article, “Death of a dream” (13 February, page 40) is perhaps to be questioned

  • Comment

    Figure it out

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    Re: ‘Colleges delayed’, 20 February, page 10, BAM Construction has 11 colleges currently at approval in design stage and waiting further substantial funding from the Learning and Skills Council

  • Comment

    Keep off my land

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    I would preface my comments by stating that I was brought up on a social housing estate. Our argument is not with social housing tenants but the fact we have been deceived by Bellway (6 March, page 20)