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FeaturesGael warming
The forecast for the Hebrides is variable, to say the least. But for the inhabitants of the island of Tiree it is getting brighter, thanks to a sleek modernist ferry shelter
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See you in court, partner
Partnering agreements are often long on aspiration and short on detail. Little wonder so many of them end up in costly legal wrangles
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Row erupts after shock survey
Most top construction executives are unconcerned about the lack of women and people from ethnic minorities in the industry, according to a survey by accountant KPMG
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Survivor begins campaign for safer sites
A construction worker who nearly died in a fall launched a Health and Safety Executive campaign for better safety measures this week
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NewsThe Romanians in Britain
Overseas Human Resources, a recruitment agency that specialises in bringing in immigrant workers, has flown in its first construction tradesman from Romania. Carpenter Ioja Mirt (left) arrived at Heathrow airport last Wednesday. He will work with a north London contractor. Mirt was greeted by OHR directors Yigal Rosenberg (right) and ...
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NewsBerkeley's babies
Berkeley Homes is seeking planning consent from Southwark council for Potters Field, a controversial scheme to redevelop Lambeth College and coach park. Designed by Ian Ritchie Architects, the development involves the construction of eight slender mini-towers adjacent to the GLA's headquarters and the Tower of London world heritage site in ...
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Movers and makers
Brett Paving has opened its £6.7m block paving factory at Cliffe, in Kent. The company says the 2520 m2 facility is the largest of its type in Europe, and will increase the company's output by up to 60%. The company says the extra capacity is enabling it to launch several ...
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A blow to one's pride
The British Council for Offices' Barcelona do was an opportunity for the industry to exchange views, get robbed and become horribly, horribly embarrassed
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FeaturesAn engineer's babelfish
We can create wonderfully powerful and detailed pictures of how buildings behave thanks to an irritatingly repetitive, tedious and costly modelling process. Now one company has found a way to make it all work better
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The enemy within
There was quite an outcry last year when Building revealed Jarvis' claim that sabotage may have been to blame for the Potters Bar rail tragedy
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Airport workers must prove clean record
Construction workers will, from next month, be required to prove that they do not have a criminal record before they can work in restricted areas at UK airports and ports
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Fresh proposals for Elephant & Castle
Fresh proposals for Europe's largest regeneration scheme at Elephant & Castle in south London were unveiled this week by Southwark council as part of the planning consultation process that begins today
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NewsHalls of memory
A £15m speculative office building designed by Lifschutz Davidson, has been renamed Davidson House after the architect's founding partner, Ian Davidson, who died in February. The building, which has just been completed in Reading, Berkshire, is part of developer Argent's Forbury Square development. The six-storey building provides 11,000 m2 of ...
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NewsOur father, who art in London
Mitsubishi Estate has reached practical completion at all three principal commercial buildings at the Paternoster Square site in the heart of the City of London. The buildings will now be handed over to the office tenants for fit-out. The public spaces, which include the square and the access roads, will ...
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Farrell's landmark Tube station goes to planning
Developer Stanhope has submitted a planning application to Kensington and Chelsea council for a Terry Farrell & Partners-designed Underground station at South Kensington
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Hodder wins Oldham centre
Architect Hodder Associates has won a competition to design a community centre in a district of Oldham, Greater Manchester
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Mowlem team lands £47m Lewisham PFI hospital
Contractor Mowlem has beaten off bids from Costain and Jarvis to be chosen as preferred bidder on a £47m PFI hospital scheme in south-east London
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Persimmon boss rakes in £3.6m from sale of shares
Persimmon chairman Duncan Davidson has reaped nearly £3.6m from the sale of a chunk of his shareholding in the housebuilder
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Protect your BITs
Companies considering accepting a job in a half-dodgy foreign country should have a bilateral investment treaty. What's one of those? Ah, what indeed...