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NewsCompetition for top job at Wates
Private contractor Wates is halfway through speaking to applicants for the post of chief executive
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Let's take a closer look
By now you'll be aware that mediation is the hot topic of conversation this week. But just what did go on at the Court of Appeal to cause all this fuss?
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NewsGovernment backs fire escape lifts for high-rises
The use of protected lifts to empty tall buildings could cut evacuation times by up to 40%
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Raven Mount makes loss of £2.1m
Upmarket housebuilder Raven Mount has announced a pre-tax loss of £2.1m for last year, after a pre-tax profit of £3.8m in 2002. Turnover fell by more than £6m to £59.4m.
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Rail incident triggers Balfour safety review
Rail contractor Balfour Beatty has revised its working practices after an incident in south London involving workers and an engineering train
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Shortlisted Shuttleworth lures two more from Foster
Former Foster's star celebrates Leeds success by recruiting another two senior architects from his old employer
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NewsPaddington PFI hospital plan attacked in Commons
West London MP John Randall cites evidence in Building investigation as he calls for inquiry into health scheme
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NewsKing's Cross £1.5bn slow train ready to depart: arrives 2019
Developer seeks permission for 743,000 m2 mixed-use regeneration of King's Cross railway land, starting in 2007
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CABE pans Waterloo tower plan
CABE has strongly criticised plans for a 33-storey tower in south London that would involve the demolition of its own headquarters
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Industry 'failing to innovate', says Lenard
Dennis Lenard, the chief executive of Constructing Excellence, this week criticised the industry for failing to take advantage of technological innovations over the past 20 years.
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NewsRogers could lose advisory role
Lord Rogers is set to lose his role as chief adviser on architecture and urbanism to the London mayor if Ken Livingstone is not re-elected next week
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CommentWonders & blunders
Ian MacMillan admires the brutal emotion of a Holocaust memorial but is horrified by a riverside London apartment block
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Ken’s plans for a second term
His challengers say he has too many planning powers but Ken Livingstone is still the frontrunner in the mayoral election race.
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Settling the costs of mediation
This was a medical negligence action arising out of the death of the claimant's 83-year-old husband. A post mortem examination initially suggested that the deceased had died as a result of liquid food being directed by a tube into his lung instead of his stomach. This finding was challenged at ...
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FeaturesBest Building Contractor's Safety Initiative
Taylor Woodrow won this Health & Safety People-backed award for its clever cash-based scheme
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FeaturesBest Site Facilities Award
Bovis beat off six sites, including one of its own, to win this GF Partnership-sponsored award
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FeaturesBest Maintenance Contractor's Safety Initiative
Crispin & Borst's famous five approaches to safety meant it came out top in this category