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CABE tears up Leicester tower designs
Government design watchdog CABE has slammed the designs for two adjacent high-rise mixed-use developments that will form a southern gateway to Leicester.
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NewsKier's team building
Kier subsidiaries Kier Southern and Moss Construction have formed a joint venture to build a £13.7m office building in Uxbridge, west London, for client Arlington Business Parks. The joint venture will deliver integrated design and installation solutions for the three-storey building's M&E services. The consultants' team includes architect Fitzroy ...
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NewsAtkins boss plans to slash equity investment in PFI
Keith Clarke sets out his vision for consultant – which could involve selling off its 20% stake in Metronet
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ACE calls for state to intervene in insurance crisis
The Association of Consulting Engineers has called on the government to change insurance laws to take the sting out of professional indemnity premiums.
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NewsBiggest UK court scheme for 130 years goes on site
Work on £108m Denton Corker Marshall project in Manchester begins before official go-ahead
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Features
Housebuilders set to join the superleague
The housebuilding industry may start winning hearts and minds in the City if the largest players can break into the FTSE 100 – and one or two are almost there
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My take … on the cost consultant's new name
My take on the rebranding of my company as Davis Langdon, with Everest falling away, is that it is a significant decision in advancing and strengthening the firm's image at home and abroad.
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Comment
Why the Tories will win
The government's refusal to treat the construction industry as the special case it is has made it very difficult for Labour to triumph in next year's election
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FeaturesKeith Clarke
We meet the man with one of the truly epic jobs in British construction: taking over Britain's biggest consultant, redefining its strategy and making it work. Here he talks to us about how he plans to tackle this mammoth task – with detours around plastic lunchboxes and leather underpants.
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FeaturesFast track
Why the Bahrain F1 project team could teach Michael Schumacher a thing or two about acceleration
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Comment
Measure for measure
Insurers are providing shrinking cover on terrorism and asbestos risks. Now consultants have new standard contract terms that shrink their liabilities to match
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NewsDLE to drop 'Everest' as it scales new heights
Top consultant to rebrand as part of switch to limited liability partnership status on 1 May
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Comment
Pinned and needled
A client's attempts to wriggle out of adjudication on three tricky points of law were quashed by one very clever adjudicator – and he wasn't even a lawyer
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FeaturesGordon's spring surprise
Mr Brown's Budget statement included a reference to the creation of CIPER, a forum where top dogs from the construction industry and the government can talk turkey. But wasn't that why the strategic forum was created?
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FeaturesSourcing timber in Uganda: King of the jungle
Why an intrepid Oxford QS had to trek into the Ugandan jungle to find a solution for the High Commission building in Kampala – and make sure the locals weren't up to any tricks. We report on an African adventure
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NewsRay O'Rourke eyes up Chinese cladding firm
Move comes just days after Laing O'Rourke makes offer for Carillion's M&E arm Crown House Engineering