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Silver lining for Hull schools
City’s MPs, including Alan Johnson, to urge fast-tracking of BSF programme after floods
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NewsBoard averted ‘Kier scandal’
Measures put in place to avoid conflict of interest after Dodds and Mattar admitted relationship
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Government work propels Kier to the top in June
Contractor picks up 33 small jobs while Balfour wins £331m hospital
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NewsEP reaps benefits of land sales
English Partnerships generated two-thirds of its funding from land sales last year.
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Ucatt steps up ODA battle
Union takes complaints over ‘sordid’ self-employment at Olympics to Treasury and Revenue
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FeaturesSpecialist cost update: Services
Gardiner & Theobald looks at recent changes in the rapidly evolving and increasingly high-tech world of services, from engineering services to lifts and IT systems
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FeaturesBouygues’ battle for Britain
As the 10th anniversary of the French company’s entry into the UK approaches, its managing director tells Mark Leftly about his plans to expand all over the country
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Features‘They all hate me!’
There are some things that the fledgling project manager can’t learn at university – such as how to deal with punch-ups or the nagging feeling that your team couldn’t care less. Debika Ray seeks some therapeutic advice
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Foreman Roberts is bought out
Building services consultancy Foreman Roberts has been bought out by its management team.
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FeaturesPhase one, take two
Young Mancunians were out in force at Building’s second networking party last Wednesday
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Comment
Do we need more housing?
Your leader (29 June, page 3) called for a national hearts-and-minds campaign to explain the need for extra housing. It might help if you first questioned whether there really is such a need.
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Quite a bind
Your last editorial had a number of good suggestions for increasing the rate of housebuilding. I have another – easier removal of covenants restricting development. I have a large site adjacent to my house that has planning permission for a detached house. My neighbours have a covenant that restricts each ...
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Work jollies
I was interested to read your recent Building Buys a Pint with the networking organisation, Forum for the Built Environment (29 July, page 34-35). The topics ranged from the smoking ban to the hirsute nature of women in property and construction.
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CommentThe TA needs you …
Great article about the Territorial Army and the insight into what it offers. I recently joined and wish I had done so years ago.
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FeaturesWater fight
The Nirah freshwater aquarium will provide vital scientific research and – at four times the size of the Eden Project – is set to be a huge tourism boost for Bedford. So why has it had to endure an almighty struggle to get planning consent?
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CommentTurning the tables
Things naturally fall apart, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have fun sticking them back together, as we demonstrate in many different ways this week, from dips in the briney to wooden hats