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NewsHome on the Baltic waves
Architect Staffan Strindberg has designed a three-storey houseboat off the coast of Sweden. He plans to market the idea so that more customised structures can be built along the coast. The houseboats are not designed to move.
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HSE inspectors commence safety blitz on sites
The Health and Safety Executive has launched a blitz on sites this month as part of a Europe-wide initiative to reduce the number of fatalities and serious injuries.
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NewsStrike fear over foreign labour
The Construction Confederation has warned that the industry faces industrial action unless issues over employing foreign workers can be resolved
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NewsFlying walk-over
Architect Wilkinson Eyre and Arup have designed the 197 m long bridge at Gatwick Airport for client BAA to link the North Terminal with the Pier 6 satellite building. It is the larger of the two passenger bridges in the world that span a taxiway. The bridge will be high ...
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Consortiums vie for key worker housing
English Partnerships has drawn up a shortlist of five consortiums for the London Wide Initiative, the government's drive to increase key worker housing in the capital.
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Wates posts record profit
Wates has announced a record pre-tax profit of £13.3m for 2003, up 37% on the previous year.
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Quintain gets go-ahead for Rogers' Wembley scheme
Millennium Dome developer Quintain Estates has been granted planning permission to develop a site around the Wembley National Stadium in north-west London.
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CommentReach and grasp
Don't believe the hype – the buildings of the future that designers imagined in the 1960s are as far beyond our ability to build now as they were then
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FeaturesCost model: Football stadiums
Developers are in the grip of football fever, building iconic stadiums that will revive out-of-town areas. We look at the challenges in design, security and crowd control and highlights the retail and hospitality potential
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Friendly aliens?
The possible influx of foreign workers into the UK has made the industry think through the consequences of the European single market
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Bias without prejudice
Specialist Ceiling Services Northern Limited obtained an adjudicator's decision against ZBI Construction UK Limited. In this application Specialist sought enforcement of a summary judgment of that decision against the defendant ZBI.
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Bovis' lead over Laing in annual chart tops 700m
Contractor wins £186m work in May to return to top of monthly league, as 2003/04 orders rise above £2bn
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FeaturesThe men who would be mayor
London's election fever infected the Architecture Foundation last week, when the four would-be mayors squared up over the city's skyscrapers, planning, housing and the future of Richard Rogers.
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FeaturesUrban visionaries reunited
Remember this line-up? The Urban Task Force gave the red card to low-density suburban sprawl and switched play to brownfield sites. Five years on, we reassembled the team for an anniversary kick-about.
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Come out to play
From a desert ski resort and consumer paradise to a financial hub with perfect feng shui, Dubai's developers are throwing their vast wealth at some of the world's most hedonistic projects. We find British firms joining in the fun
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NewsBalfour buys 50% stake in Hong Kong contractor
Balfour Beatty's £36m acquisition of Gammon Skanska raises turnover in Hong Kong to £500m
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Miss Mediation
Is it ever permissable to bypass mediation and go straight to court? The answer is yes. A useful guide as to when emerged out of a recent appeal court case
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East European firms offer workers to plug skills gap
Agency to supply UK contractors with overseas workers, who will remain employees in their country of origin