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Deborah Vogwell
Value for money in a construction project has to be defined before it can be meaningful
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FeaturesWhere eagles dare
Building a climbers' shelter 3000 m up a French mountain is a job for high-fliers only – and even then it can end up being a real cliffhanger
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And then some
The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 may not have taken the world by storm, but it has hefty implications for adjudicators considering awards
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That old chestnut
Oh, did we promise to pay you if your employer went bankrupt? Well, we're terribly sorry, but this statute passed in 1677 says we don't have to
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FMB: Consult us on housing and training
Trade body the Federation of Master Builders last week called on the government to consult small and medium-sized firms on the reforms of housing and training, announced by chancellor Gordon Brown this month.
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Talking tongues
Conferences in Brussels could give an Englishman an inferiority complex, what with rampant trilingualism and gourmet fingerfood. Seek solace in the Berlaymont
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FeaturesShowstopper
In the 1990s, Britain's theatre enjoyed a golden age, thanks to our national addiction to the National Lottery. Now that the public is kicking the habit, it seems theatres are out of luck
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NewsHerzog & de Meuron's souped-up stadium
A consortium including Swiss architect Herzog & de Meuron and ArupSport this month won a competition to design the £300m Olympic Stadium in Beijing for the 2008 games. The bird's nest-like arena, in the northern suburbs of the Chinese capital, will hold 100,000 people during the games and will subsequently ...
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NewsTake me to the river
London Eye architect Marks Barfield's latest addition to the River Thames, the Millbank Millennium Pier, will be officially opened at the end of May. The scheme was this month lifted into water at the dockside in Rochester before being transported to its final destination outside the Tate Britain museum. The ...
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Avonmouth families get £1.3m
The families of four workers who were killed in the Avonmouth Bridge collapse in 1999 were this week awarded £1.3m in compensation.
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Piano tower won't spoil views, says DEGW
Architect Degw has rejected claims by English Heritage that Renzo Piano's London Bridge Tower would harm views of heritage sites.
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NewsHave you seen the light?
The largest Sikh temple outside India, the £17.5m Southall Gurdwara, was officially opened at the end of last month. It was clad in high quality limestone and granite. The Architect Co-Partnership-designed, 6000 m2 scheme was paid for by the local Sikh community. The project team included contractor ...
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NewsAdmirable solution
Contractor Laing O'Rourke's headquarters at Admirals Park in Dartford, Kent, is complete.It is the first of a series of "customised office solution" buildings designed by a collaboration between Reid Architecture, Laing O'Rourke and consulting engineer Buro Happold. The backbone of the building is a concrete structural frame system developed by ...
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View from the City
Alastair Stewart, analyst at Seymour Pierce, uncovers what Ferrovial will get for its money
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Adios Amey, hola Ferrovial
Imagine how happy Amey's shareholders felt when their £1bn investment (2002) was knocked down to £81m last Wednesday (see news).
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The folly at Holyrood
With costs for the new Scottish Parliament edging up towards £400m, politicians have been forced to address the reasons behind the vast cost overruns.