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CommentCracking it
Sir Michael Latham CITB–ConstructionSkills is doing more than ever before to provide the construction industry with a highly skilled modern workforce. Here’s how...
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Is this binding?
3DM (3DMA) Pte Ltd (“3DMA”) sought payment of their retainer under an alleged consultancy agreement with 3DM 3DM Worldwide Ltd (“3DM Worldwide”). 3DMA claimed it entered into the consultancy agreement to provide corporate finance advice and project management assistance in developing 3DM Worldwide’s business. Draft consultancy agreements had passed between ...
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Equity firm tipped to make Wilson Bowden bid
Housebuilder's £2.3bn pricetag expected to be too expensive for industry rivals
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Firm fined £10.5k injury to foreign worker
Factory Reconstruction fined after Czech employee injures hand with circular saw
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Atkins will hold on to stake in Metronet
Keith Clarke is adamant he will not sell stake in troubled tube consortium
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CommentBirds eye view
WEB WATCH — With virtual planning and architectural critics judging from on high, Google Earth may transform the way we view buildings – and force us to make roofs more attractive.
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NewsRising high
Architectural design is driving expansion at Sir Terence Conran’s Conran & Partners, with turnover expected to rise 20% this year.
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Hyder hunts for acquisitions in China and Germany
Hyder Consulting is looking for more firms to buy in Asia and Europe after a 216% rise in pre-tax profit to £8.1m for the six months to 30 September.
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CommentFools rush in
The construction world is full of dangers this week – paparazzi poised to pounce, company names to trip over, bungling waiters, errors of protocol – even the angel at the top of the tree is fearful...
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Knock it down and start again
In regard to your recent article on Ascot (17 November, pages 28-30), the original royal enclosure lawn was 2m above the racetrack.
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CommentAnd as for the waiters...
The dining situation in the new grandstand was not as good – the original was more private and special – and the waiters are not attentive.
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Wheres your Olympic spirit?
In the wake of the Wembley fiasco, fears have been raised that the London 2012 Olympics may run over time and budget.
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The killing bill
Again we have a member of the legal profession offering biased views on a political debate to make his life easier.
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How to get recruitment right
It was interesting to see the comparison between gangmasters in the agricultural sector and those in construction (3 November, page 76).
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CommentAnd then she said...
Building control surveyor Sarah Pearce captured this fascinating conversation on a domestic site in Leicestershire. It’s not the spot we’d choose for an intimate chat, unless they really are the confessions of a window cleaner...Email your “favourite” health and safety pictures to building@cmpi.biz. The sender of every published picture ...
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CommentIn the detail
Can you identify this building to win a £25 drinks voucher? This scheme has such a diversity of community uses, it even contains a theatre. But what is it?Email your answer to building@cmpi.biz First correct answer wins. The editor’s decision is final. No cash alternatives will be offered. No ...
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FeaturesThe long haul
Chris Cole has been with WSP for 33 years, during which time it has developed, diversified, turned into a plc, balanced on the edge of disaster and finally grown into one of the industry’s foremost consultants. Here he tells Mark Leftly all about it.