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A matter of honours
It is little wonder that there were just nine architects, and precisely nobody from construction, among the 300 refuseniks revealed in the Sunday Times to have turned down a New Year's honour.
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Double jeopardy
If a contractor goes bust, a client can keep work on course by paying the subbie directly. But principles of insolvency law must be observed or they could shell out twice
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Guilt-free lawyer-lite
Taken a vow of abstinence? Girding yourself for the rigours of rapid detox? The lawyers among you should turn your attention some to some proper resolutions
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Foreign workers? Not a problem
Re: your article about protests against cheap foreign labour (News, 5 December, page 13).
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Superwoman speaks
I am a regular reader of your award-winning magazine and I have been a contributor before on race discrimination issues.
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Can you help stop CSCS fraud?
I read with interest your Leader article which referred to the availability of fake Construction Skills Certification Scheme cards (28 November, page 3).
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NewsTower power
Architect David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, masterplanner Daniel Libeskind and developer Larry Silverstein have unveiled the design of the Freedom Tower, the first and tallest building planned for the 16-acre site of the World Trade Centre. Soaring 1776 ft into the Lower Manhattan skyline, the tower will ...
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Mott MacDonald promotes senior figure to chairman
Multidisciplinary consultant Mott MacDonald has appointed Mike Blackburn chairman, following the retirement of Tim Thirlwall.
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Steel firm fined £15,000
Steel contractor Cleveland Bridge has been fined £15,000 after a staircase collapsed on a scheme in Canary Wharf, narrowly missing some site workers.
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G&T to probe Holyrood – again
Quantity surveyor Gardiner & Theobald has been called up by the Scottish parliament's spending watchdog to help write a report on the troubled £400m Holyrood project, on which rival Davis Langdon & Everest is cost consultant
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Housebuilders face £37m water valve bill
Housebuilders could have to spend £37m to fit hot water safety devices in new and converted homes from 2006.
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Bouygues learns valuable lesson
French contractor Bouygues and Architecture PLB are this month due to clinch financial close on a 25-year PFI contract for two secondary schools in Barking, east London. It will be the first British school PFI project for Bouygues, which has a track record in healthcare PFI, and for Architecture PLB's ...
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NewsBeeb's quay note
BBC Scotland has submitted a planning application for a headquarters at Pacific Quay on the south bank of the Clyde. The David Chipperfield-designed building includes public spaces and amenities aimed at making the BBC more accessible to visitors. The HQ, which is due for completion by 2007, would be digitally ...
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Stanhope faces Croydon threat
Croydon council has urged developer Stanhope to include plans for an arena on its £400m Croydon Gateway project – or risk losing its land to compulsory purchase order powers
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Contractors 'must monitor insurers' practice'
The Construction Confederation has called for contractors to ensure that providers of employers' liability cover stick to the guidelines set by insurance bodies.
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NewsMore room at the inn
Boxmill consulting has been appointed by Grange Hotels to project-manage the extension to its five-star Grange City Hotel in Tower Hill, London. The hotel, which opened last November, has 240 bedrooms over 12 storeys, a sushi bar, health suite, whisky bar and driving range. Planning permission has already been granted ...
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NewsChristmas cancelled
Staff from contractor Kier-Nuttall and project manager Rail Link Engineering worked through Christmas Day to launch a massive steel railway bridge in York Way, London, which will eventually carry the Channel Tunnel Rail Link.The 2065-tonne bridge, which is 1 km from King's Cross station, spans 75 m and was ...
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Shuttleworth sets up shop with key Foster staff
Lord Foster may have accepted his right-hand man's resignation graciously – but will Norman be so benignant now that three of his staff have run off to join Shuttleworth's new venture?