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NewsSir Robert McAlpine axed from two major schemes
Developers try to reduce costs on £100m Oxford Street and £140m Newport projects
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NewsPakistan turmoil hits Mott MacDonald
Planning work on £245m Karachi Port Tower in Pakistan has been hit by political unrest
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NewsGary Neville mansion on 'injury' list
Construction problems identified on Man Utd star's home will take six months to fix
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NewsSkanska scoops £53m prison contract
Extension to HMP Dovegate in Staffordshire will include two five-a-side pitches
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NewsWilkinson Eyre and Foster battle it out in St Petersburg
British architects make shortlist for masterplanning of market district in former Russian capital
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IChemE international contracts: international A chemical solution
Contract update — Cecily Davis guides us through the Institution of Chemical Engineers’ suite of contracts for international projects. Not only are they as clear and as simple as their domestic forms, but they also come in pretty colours
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Liverpool’s recruitment ‘failure’
The man chosen last week to head Liverpool’s regeneration and inward investment agency is likely to last only a year in the post, Building can reveal.
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NewsPakistan turmoil hits Mott MacDonald
Planning work on Mott MacDonald’s £245m Karachi Port Tower in Pakistan has been hit by political unrest in the country.
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BAA picks nine contractors for £9.5bn framework
Work may include Heathrow and Stansted terminals Firms could recruit axed BAA staff
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Specialists slam vetting process
Specialist contractors are calling on the government to create a single set of competency standards for the industry, in a backlash against onerous terms introduced by main contractors.
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NewsODA makes U-turn over payments to specialists
Olympic construction director says project bank accounts ‘not appropriate’ for large schemes
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Government ‘faces £8bn bill’ unless inflation is tamed
ICE State of the Nation report calls for independent commission to plan infrastructure work
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FeaturesMeet the new nanny
Lance Taylor is chief executive of Rider Levett Bucknall, a global QS that, according to him, resembles a ‘65-year-old toddler’. Here the rugby-playing hard man tells Karolin Schaps how he plans to nurture it through its teething problems.
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Features‘What’s missing is an understanding of what works and what doesn’t’
Construction accounts for about 10% of GDP, so why is a measly £5m being invested in its R&D? Stephen Kennett looks at the steady evaporation of funding – particularly for the publication of practical guidance – but wonders if we only have ourselves to blame
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FeaturesBetter by degrees
Entering construction as a graduate will stand you in better stead than jumping right in and learning on the job. Even the lack of on-site experience can work to your advantage, says graduate QS Richard Devoy
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Happily floating along
I noted with interest the comment in the Hansom column (14 December, page 27) that we at Baqus must hate Turner & Townsend for stealing our thunder by announcing the day before our flotation that it was planning to do the same.
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An elementary lesson
Following the Bali summit in December there appeared to be an overwhelming agreement that we need to act now to reduce the impact of climate change.
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CommentSpeed isnt everything
As a south Londoner and a frequent user of the Waterloo terminal (below), I am one of that band of travellers for whom the journey time to Paris has increased as a result of the move to St Pancras, so I might be viewed as being somewhat jaundiced in my ...
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Fear not the NEC
Tony Bingham gave us a light-hearted Christmas reminder of the benefits of the employer having on site people who understand the sharp end of construction (14 December, page 56).
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A fledgling workforce
David Cameron’s back to work initiative, raises the memory of the Leeds council community programme of the eighties.