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Meet the beetle
It was Dutch practice Meyer en Van Schooten that came up with this astonishing insectoidal banking office in the heart of Amsterdam – possibly after spending the evening in one of the city’s many fine coffee houses...
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Eleven days lost
Here's a strange case where a fight over the meaning of a small part of the Construction Act decided which party took a big hit. This is what happened
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So, Mr Bond...
Escaping from an on-demand performance bond can be extremely tricky – and a recent case gives little comfort to those hoping the courts will rescue them
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This is a hold-up
Making a claim for losses caused by disruption can be tricky if you can't prove how much the disruption cost you. So how do you go about doing that?
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Words from the front
Roofers have been faced with a grotesque rise in their insurance premiums over the past two years. Here's how they've been fighting back
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Site lines: Tips for metal roof cladding
Ian Burns of Corus Colourcoat gives his five top tips for the trouble-free installation of pre-coated metal roof cladding
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CIBSE chief: We face extinction
Building services engineering may cease to exist as a profession in 20 years' time because of technological advancements in the sector, CIBSE president Terry Wyatt has warned
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HSE fines steel firm £75,000 for site death
Steel specialist William Hare has been fined £75,000 by the Health and Safety Executive after the death of one of its workers on a building site in April 1998
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NewsMondrian boogie-woogie
The Will Alsop design for the Palestra development in Southwark was launched last week at the RIBA. The 12-storey office building is being funded by developer Blackfriars Investments and Royal London Asset Management, and is directly opposite Southwark Underground station. The project team includes quantity surveyor Atkins Faithful & Gould, ...
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NewsOn the road
Client Billhold Enterprise has received planning permission for this angular office block by the M4 in Brentford, west London. The 6000 m2 scheme was designed by London architect Esa, and will sit opposite another scheme by the practice, the Parkview building. The project team includes structural engineer PBA and services ...
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EP doubles directors to expedite housing delivery
English Partnerships is to beef up its senior management as part of a restructuring led by chief executive David Higgins
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NewsThe bouncing bridge
Pictured left is one of four designs that have been unveiled by Marks Barfield Architects for a £425m Thames Gateway bridge between Beckton and Thamesmead in east London. Transport for London has begun a public consultation on the scheme that will end on 12 August; after that, further consultation is ...
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Laing O'Rourke double whammy
Contractor Laing O'Rourke is favourite to clinch two jobs in London and Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, worth a total of £83m
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BDP founder Sir George Grenfell Baines dies
Architect Sir George Grenfell Baines, who founded Britain's first and largest multidisciplinary practice, Building Design Partnership, died last week aged 95
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BRE cites Building in DTI transport report
A Government-backed transport report has cited evidence from Building's Chop the Charge campaign to demonstrate how the industry can improve transport logistics
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Six vie for £200m village
Developer Urban Splash and the RIBA have shortlisted six architects, including Glas Architects & Designers and Stephenson Bell, for the first phase of Manchester's £200m millennium village
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OFT to investigate unfair public sector contracts
The Office of Fair Trading is to launch an inquiry into the government's procurement policy after a report found that small firms were being locked out of lucrative public sector contracts
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Dawn drugs raid on Skanska's MoD HQ site
Military police have carried out a dawn raid on Skanska's landmark Ministry of Defence headquarters refurbishment project in Whitehall
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NewsOlympian body builder
A futuristic structure that can flex and change shape like a human body is to be built for the Athens Olympic Games. The design, by New York firm ROEWUarchitecture, won an international competition that attracted 470 entries. The submission statement from project architects Chiafang Wu and Stephen Roe said: "We ...
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Costain in talks with Bechtel over Iraqi work
UK contractor Costain has sent two directors to Kuwait to lobby US companies Haliburton and Bechtel for subcontract work in Iraq