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Industry leaders fail to trust or inspire staff
A government report has found that Construction’s leaders fail to inspire their staff – possibly because they do not trust them, writes Sarah Richardson.
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Amazing Guangzhou
Architect Richard Rogers Partnership has released images of its design for a rail station in Guangzhou in China. The station, in the Panyu district, could cost up to £340m and would be the largest in Asia. It will form a network of four key rail hubs in the country, along ...
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US academic brought in to improve design codes
Chris Alexander set to establish Prince’s Foundation-backed research unit at University of Greenwich
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NewsBellway’s record profit bucks market slowdown
Housebuilder makes £200m and is set to achieve forward sales target, despite market gloom
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Mouchel Parkman profit up 43% since merger
Support services group Mouchel Parkman has made a £19.4m profit in the first year since it was formed by a merger.
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Bovis’ £220m hospital deal
Bovis Lend Lease has been given the go-ahead for a £220m PFI cancer centre in Leeds.
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Davis Langdon combines UK regi
Qs Davis Langdon has embarked on a regional restructuring programme to create bigger offices across the UK.
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NewsCountryside results deepen housing gloom
Housebuilder Countryside Properties issued its third negative trading statement in five months last week.
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HOK to conduct science experiment
International architect HOK is seeking to expand its work in London by branching out into science and technology design.
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Sharewatch: Jarvis’ showdown
There were some early fireworks last week as the board of Jarvis faced an angry crowd of shareholders at its annual general meeting.
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Shepherd hits the top in September with £113m win
Five deals push Yorkshire firm into pole position, but Bovis Lend Lease still dominates the annual table
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FeaturesStop the traffic
Stuttgart has not so much lost a large hostile underpass as gained a stunning £48m gallery of modern art, in the form of Hascher Jehle’s perfect glass cube.
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Time to go …
Jon Rouse The question hanging over much of northern England is: how bad does a neighbourhood have to be before the only thing that can improve it is a bulldozer?
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Don’t twist my words
Open mike: Ashley Pigott’s attack on construction management’s drew on statements made at the Fraser inquiry into Holyrood. Here, the man who made them explains what he meant …
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FeaturesThe greatest buildings never built
A dome that would have covered half of Manhattan … a cathedral that would have towered over Liverpool … the National Gallery’s ‘monstrous carbuncle’ … Naomi Stungo looks back over the 10 finest projects that never made it past the concept stage
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FeaturesUp and coming from down under
This is a good time to be in salary negotiations – especially if you’re a young professional from the antipodes. Victoria Madine analyses the 2004 Hays Montrose/Building contractors’ salary guide, Brett Ryder provides the kangaroo
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CommentProblem, solved
Andrew Hemsley - Wrong contract rates are a classic construction conundrum, to which the courts have provided a beautifully simple answer. So everyone should learn it
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CommentSafety deposit
Tony Bingham - The use of trust funds to protect against client insolvency is a very good idea. So why did parliament reject the idea 10 years ago? And is it ready to reconsider?
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Can I interest you in insurance?
Antoinette Jucker - Next year, draconian regulations are going to be imposed on any firm that so much as thinks about arranging insurance. Here’s how the system will work