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    A river runs under it

    2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

    Architect McDowell + Benedetti is planning to create a linear installation, possibly using beams of light, to mark the course of the River Fleet as it flows beneath the capital from Hampstead Heath to the Thames. The installation will be featured in the London Architecture Biennale, from 18-28 June. The ...

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    Construction Client Group opens for business

    2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

    The industry's client representative body, the Construction Clients Group, started work on Monday.

  • Comment

    Wonders & blunders

    2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

    Tony Miller pays his respects to the shrine of natural history but finds no enlightenment in Le Courbusier’s celebrated chapel

  • Features

    Workshop

    2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

    A bumper haul of products this week, including sophisticated recessed lighting, fast doors, architectural mesh, aluminium cable coverings and intelligent lighting controls – plus the latest news and essential reading

  • Features

    Tender price forecast: Racing upward

    2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

    The good news is that demand for construction services is going to remain strong for the next few years, and prices are going to rise rapidly. The bad news is that labour shortages and China’s astonishing boom will push up suppliers’ costs, too. Davis Langdon and Everest reports

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    No more hot air

    2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

    Energy efficiency in new homes is the subject of heated Whitehall debate at the moment– but the government must keep a cool head to get its targets right

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    Appointments

    2004-04-07T11:46:00Z

    Movers and shakers

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    Bilfinger Berger to lose up to 90 staff in PFI shift

    2004-04-02T00:00:00Z

    German contractor restructures its British operations as it gears up for large infrastructure contracts

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    Broker's notes Mine's an alcopop

    2004-04-02T00:00:00Z

    Word up to you all, dear readers.

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    Miller set to recoup £4m from NHS

    2004-04-02T00:00:00Z

    Keith Miller, chief executive of contractor and housebuilder the Miller Group, believes that the company will recoup all of its bid costs after the collapse of a £400m NHS Estates property portfolio deal.

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    Sir Robert wins High Court battle of clan McAlpine

    2004-04-02T00:00:00Z

    Judge rules that the firm of Alfred McAlpine must desist from shortening its name to 'McAlpine'

  • Features

    Toxic shock

    2004-04-02T00:00:00Z

    A teeny little EU landfill directive that the government has overlooked now threatens to blow up in its face – and even destroy its vision of brownfield regeneration.

  • Features

    Death of the office desk

    2004-04-02T00:00:00Z

    Products wishlist for forward-thinking companies

  • Comment

    Man bites dog

    2004-04-02T00:00:00Z

    With the scent of unpaid levy in its nostrils, the CITB can be a bit of a rottweiler. Perhaps it needs to change its image and pay more attention to its product?

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    New chief's Euro vision for Aukett

    2004-04-02T00:00:00Z

    The new chief executive and chairman of Aukett, the only listed architect in the UK, is looking to make the firm the major stakeholder in a European umbrella company

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    Mitie picks £2m from remains of Ballast

    2004-04-02T00:00:00Z

    Support services group Mitie has picked up four facilities management contracts worth a total of £2m a year from the remains of failed contractor Ballast

  • Comment

    Hunter becomes prey

    2004-04-02T00:00:00Z

    It always pays to read the small print, especially when employers hide booby traps in it. Luckily, these traps are excellent guidance for the reform of the Construction Act

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    Whitby aims to engineer change in Archers' storyline

    2004-04-02T00:00:00Z

    MARK WHITBY, the founder of consulting engineer Whitbybird, has devised an imaginative way of alerting the British public to the possibilities of oilseed rape as a green fuel: by introducing it as a plotline on Radio 4's The Archers.

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    Foster and Herzog make Beijing museum shortlist

    2004-04-02T00:00:00Z

    Architectural elite lines up for chance to redesign enlargement of National Museum of China in Tiananmen Square

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    Safety fears trigger stadium redesigns

    2004-04-02T00:00:00Z

    Many big all-seater football stadiums may have to be redesigned at a cost of millions because supporters insist on standing during matches.