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    Multiplex's legal position

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    Last month's news that the FA has switched the Cup Final to Cardiff shocked the industry - it should also prompt us to question the use of lump-sum contracts

  • Terminal 5
    Features

    Cleared for take-off

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    As you can see, most of the heavy lifting is done at Terminal 5. Now, BAA has to get all the systems, from baggage handling to security systems, integrated by March 2008.

  • lovestruck colleagues
    Features

    How to survive … an office romance

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    Amaya Lopez offers lovestruck colleagues a 10-step guide on how to avoid losing your job and breaking hearts

  • David Jones
    Features

    Appointments

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    Movers and shakers this week...

  • News

    Capita Symonds hits £200m

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    Consultant Capita Symonds this week said that it had become a £200m-turnover business.

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    Rock and William Pears form LIFT joint venture

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    Rock Consulting, the PPP management consultant, and support services group William Pears have set up a company to operate in the NHS LIFT market.

  • John McDonough of Carillion
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    Shortlists announced for 2006 Building Awards

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    The winner will be announced at a ceremony at Grosvenor House Hotel on 4 April.

  • Persimmon’s John White (left) and Taylor Woodrow’s Iain Napier have posted contrasting results
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    Persimmon thrives as Taylor Woodrow falters

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    There were contrasting fortunes for two of the the UK's largest volume housebuilders this week.

  • Hansom
    Comment

    Hansom

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    What are the connections: Mace and an East End hard nut; Richard Rogers and the Windsors; Boris Johnson and Jaws; Renzo Piano and the X Factor? Read on …

  • News

    Help us to help you

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    The government must not hinder efforts on customer satisfaction.

  • Craig Phillips
    Features

    A self-made man

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    Craig Phillips is not your typical Big Brother survivor, scraping a living from their diminishing fame. Rather, he has invested his vast energy in a vast range of projects, including a skills centre in his native Liverpool.

  • The rippling forms facing the park are created by horseshoe-shaped lecture halls shaded by hanging gardens
    Features

    Equatorial chic

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    Edward Cullinan Architects knew how to design a university, but not how to design one in a country where the annual temperature varies between 85 and 89°F. Yet its solution was brilliant...

  • Features

    Now you're one of us

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    After four months of gruelling round-the-clock negotiations, Carillion finally handed over £313m and took control of its similarly sized rival Mowlem. Now the hard part begins …. Illustration by Elliot Thoburn

  • News

    Parliament to get new entrance

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    The Houses of Parliament is to have a visitors' centre, designed by Architects Design Partnership.

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    Sir Robert McAlpine to win ‘Snoasis' resort

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    Sir Robert McAlpine is set to build the Snoasis winter leisure resort in Suffolk after its sole rival Mowlem withdrew from the bidding process.

  • News

    New kid on the block

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    Aedas Architects has submitted this £38m scheme to Manchester council for approval.

  • News

    Out in Africa

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    A 4500 m2 British embassy in Harare, Zimbabwe, has been designed for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office by Manser.

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    Comment

    One fell swoop

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    The housing minister seems to like the idea of changing the regulation-making process. Might it be, asks Paul Everall, that in future all changes happen at the same time?

  • Denise Chevin
    Comment

    McDonough's gamble

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    A minute's silence, please, for the passing away of an industry giant.

  • Carillion HQ
    News

    Carillion regroups for future as £4bn megacontractor

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    Company puts finishing touches to Mowlem deal as chief executive John McDonough draws up fresh structure