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CommentState-of-the-art stupidity
Thanks to our readers for contributing this gallery of health and safety blunders from around the world...
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Unphased
In 2002 a plan to regenerate Hastings and Bexhill was approved. The proposals were for a mixed development that would proceed in two phases. Phase 1 included the submission of a detailed planning application for infrastructure proposals, and associated surface water attenuation measures, for part of the site. Phase 2 ...
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NewsFive firms set to share £1bn Aldermaston revamp
Hundreds of engineers to receive special training to design upgraded nuclear weapons facilities
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Carillion seals £1.1bn hospital deal
Portsmouth PPP scheme is one of UK's largest hospital projects
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Westbury shareholders to vote on £643m takeover
Investors to get 560p per share in Persimmon bid
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Morrison quits schools race as AWG gears up for sale
Contractor pulls out of bidding for Belfast schools as it emerges parent company may sell the business.
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NewsFoster to design third World Trade Center tower
Building will be one of New York's first "green" skyscrapers
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Pilkington rejects second Japanese takeover bid
Glass firm spurns £2bn approach from its biggest shareholder
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Construction slowdown would rock Irish economy, experts warn
State economists say Ireland must reduce dependence on construction
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Another construction firms quits fuel depot blaze site
Banner Holdings moves staff to Midlands after explosion near Hertfordshire offices
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CommentA night to regret
What happened to my mate Trevor after the Christmas party? He seemed so chatty, so relaxed. And a few hours later he was banged up in a police cell …
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Studying the form
This year the JCT caused quite a stir when it decided to revamp its entire suite of contracts (see Building, 24 June), but it’s the changes to the design contracts – Design and Build Contract and the Intermediate Contract with Design – that have created most interest.
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FeaturesThe £6 House
If you think John Prescott’s £60,000 house was a tall order, how would you cope with a budget of £6? Not too badly, if the efforts of the three teams who attended Building’s housebuilding competition in London are anything to go by.
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CommentA Christmas dinner
When it comes to the economics of happiness, a guaranteed maximum price can entail unacceptable costs – as this festive tale demonstrates
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Coping with a cold snap
Can output growth continue as weather conditions worsen and demand takes a hit from rising tender prices? Experian Business Strategies runs down the key points of its contractors’ survey
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Focus on the regions
More ups and downs across the UK, as activity rockets in the East Midlands but plummets in Northern Ireland and East Anglia, and don’t even look at the West Midlands’ order books …
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FeaturesGoodbye, 2005
The year is gone, but not forgotten – or is it? Try our prize quiz to see what you remember …