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NewsMcAlpine draws up acquisition hitlist
Contractor Alfred McAlpine has drawn up a shortlist of possible acquisitions in the highway maintenance and waste-water sectors.
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T5 workers offered cheap flights home
Laing O'Rourke has negotiated discount flights for construction workers who travel long distances to work on the Heathrow Terminal 5 project in west London
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NewsContractors urged to protect site workers from sun
Health and Safety Executive issues set of guidelines for construction workers suffering in the sunshine.
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UK firms queue up to work on world's tallest building
Davis Langdon & Everest approached to cost 150-storey tower, as UK firms join Dubai goldrush.
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Landmine claims first contractor to die in Iraq
An employee of Halliburton, the US energy services company, became the first Western worker to be killed in Iraq after his lorry struck an anti-tank landmine this week.
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NewsSprint finish for Olympics bid
A consortium led by masterplanner EDAW and architect HOK Sport this week started a race against the clock to design a £1m masterplan for London's 2012 Olympic bid
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NewsLabour ruined PFI, says Clarke
Former Conservative chancellor Kenneth Clarke has accused the government of ruining the PFI by giving in to the trade unions
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Local lowdown
Robert Smith of Hays Montrose continues his series on regional job markets with a report on the Shangri-la that is the Thames Valley
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Tender price forecast: Varied prospects
London is feeling the pinch as the office market dries up, but prospects are good in many of the regions. The first quarter’s decline in output does not spell doom and gloom, but housebuilders and the public sector will hold the purse strings
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How to repel women
Why are there so few women architects? Disinclination? Not really up to it? Indifference? Or because they take one look at the profession and run a mile?
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FeaturesHitsville, UK
Shoppers brousing the vitrines of High Street Kensington, west London, now have the additional diversion of peering into the jazzy new headquarters of EMI.
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Reasons to be cheerful
Multiparty PFI disputes are increasing, and can end up being very costly. But now there are two methods of streamlining them that should be good for everyone concerned
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Caution wouldn't hurt
I was amazed to see such naivety on the question of financial risk assessments from your deputy editor (25 July, page 3).
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It's not just about the money
Peter Horne makes the point (11 July, page 32) that "most adjudications involve payments".
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Is that your idea of success?
Ken Livingston (18 July, page 29) might be right that the Hungerford pedestrian bridges do not wobble, but to cite them as an example of project success is hardly warranted.
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Don't mention the war
Tony Bingham's column is usually very interesting and relevant but I do not think he should use it to express his opinions on the justification for the Iraq war (25 July, page 68).
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Revival can leave a bitter taste
Rudi Klein's comments on the damage wrought by insolvent firms got me thinking (25 July, page 67).
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Not good enough, eh?
I read with interest that Paul Newman, the RIBA's head of client services, had put together a list of architects suitable for healthcare projects (11 August, page 10).
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Back to school
Joanna Matsumiya agrees with the comments from Peter Rogers and then complains about being unable to find a position as a project manager (18 July, page 31).