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Half of UK consultants suffer from skills deficit
Almost half of Britain's construction consultants have problems with a lack of staff skills, according to a survey by the Construction Industry Council.
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Tower on the Taff
Cardiff council has approved plans for a 26-storey "Glass Needle", designed by Charter Consultant for Urban Solutions. The glass-clad tower and surrounding stepped blocks of accommodation, are set around an elevated garden. They will provide 188 apartments, 2200 m2 of retail space and an underground car park. The project team ...
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McNicholas axes 20 in retreat from design and build
Utilities contractor McNicholas is to make 20 staff redundant as a result of its withdrawal from the design-and-build market.
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CITB goes for Girl Guides as likely recruits
The Construction Industry Training Board has identified the latest group of potential recruits for UK construction: Girl Guides.
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Out of its Shell
Arup has received planning permission for its proposed redevelopment of the Shell Centre near Waterloo station in south London. The scheme has been the subject of a year-long public inquiry. The client is a joint venture between Shell International and Lend Lease. The project team includes Lend Lease Projects as ...
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Bienvenu à White City
This Anglo-French design for a £9.5m social housing scheme in White City, west London, has been granted planning permission. UK practice Cartwright Pickard teamed up with French architect B+C & Delloye to enter a competition, set up by CABE and its French counterpart. The project, for Octavia housing association, ...
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Brothers of invention
Innovating is a good start, but if construction is to solve its problems we must do it together
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Approaching absolute zero
We've known for ages that fossil fuels are running out, and there's only five years of North Sea gas left – so isn't it about time we used renewable alternatives?
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Arup in China
Michael Kwok has been with Arup for 20 years, and he is now director of Arup Hong Kong and Arup China. Michael, who lives in Hong Kong and commutes to Beijing most weeks, told Andy Pearson about his role in the astonishing Beijing boom
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The people's palace
Herzog & de Meuron's 110,000-seater centrepiece for the 2008 Olympics has taken the austere, technocratic tradition of stadium design and dropped it in the bin. Instead, it has conceived something that is beautiful, allusive and civic minded – as we found out
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Spring hopes
In this month’s Tracker, Experian Business Strategies reports a February slowdown but expects growth in the UK construction industry to gather speed in the three months to June
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Foreword: Tony Blair
A message of support from the prime minister for the 10th annual Building Awards 2004
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A decade of distinction
Ten years of Building Awards has had everything from a giant hard hat paraded by Roman centurions to a Brazilian carnival …
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Who got the most gongs?
Here's a special mention for those companies who have accumulated a staggering four or more trophies …
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Personality of the year
Jon Rouse has expanded CABE beyond recognition and made urban design a government issue, an achievement that is worthy of this award, sponsored by Speedy Hire
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Major contractor of the year: more than £200m turnover
Its no-nonsense, no-gimmicks approach, coupled with a determination to get the basics right, gave Kier the winning edge in this award, sponsored by Skansen Interiors
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Major Housebuilder of the year: more than 2000 homes
A series of financial and commercial coups has secured Taylor Woodrow its place above the very best in the business for this award, sponsored by Lafarge UK Services