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Construction degrees will be extinct in 10 years, says shock report
Last building student will enter university in 2012 if present rate of decline in applications continues.
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Terminal 5 deal sparks fears of national M&E crisis
Contractors are predicting a crisis in the M&E sector in the wake of last week’s £55,000 pay deal for craftsmen working for Laing O’Rourke at Heathrow Terminal 5.The agreement has led to predictions that electricians on the £2.6bn terminal would respond by asking for as much as £75,000. Amicus, the ...
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Consultants find their true worth
Construction professionals make a greater contribution to Britain's national wealth than all its publishers, pop groups, television stations and film companies put together, according to a report to be published by the Construction Industry Council.The CIC found that consultants are making a growing contribution to the UK's national wealth. Total ...
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The planning blighters
For the past decade, planners have told housebuilders to develop live–work units. Their dream was to turn desolate inner cities into hives of lucrative information-age industries. So why have they done their best to make sure it didn't come true?
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Freezing points
What scope does a court have to order that an adjudicator's award to a firm in financial difficulties be paid into court? Baldwins vs Barr may tell us …
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FeaturesBombs away
It's all very well building brand new terror-proof skyscrapers, but how do you protect all the old buildings that so many of our offices are based in? We discovered a simple solution that just blew him away …
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NewsAccord targets private sector
Support services company Accord aims to tap into the £11bn private sector facilities management market using a dedicated business unit.
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FeaturesGeorge Brumwell
The UCATT general secretary has driven through a landmark pay deal in which Terminal 5 workers will earn more than company directors. Now he tells us why it will be his swansong.
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NewsConstruction degrees extinct in 10 years, says shock report
Last building student will enter university in 2012 if present rate of decline in applications continues.
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Carillion to focus on support services
Carillion has said it will concentrate investment in its support services divisions, rather than its traditional construction business.
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NewsThree contractors in running for £60m Berkeley scheme
Housebuilder presses ahead with south London development, providing boost to capital's housing market.
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Key players vie for £200m Coventry estates scheme
MacCormac, Atkins and Llewelyn-Davies among 21 in race to masterplan regeneration of four housing estates.
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HOK to masterplan heart of London's West End
Architect HOK International has been asked to revitalise the shopping area of central London around Oxford Street, Bond Street and Regent Street.
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Consultants find their true worth
Construction professionals make a greater contribution to Britain's national wealth than all its publishers, pop groups, television stations and film companies put together, according to a report to be published by the Construction Industry Council.
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New twist in the Elephant & Castle tale
Proposals for the development of the Elephant & Castle estate in south-east London were set out this week by Southwark council.
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Every which way
In the latest monthly figures – for November – we find an industry in a state of flux, with results continuing to vary month on month
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FeaturesIntegration theory
Eton College has run out of space. How can it be given a mathematics faculty in a modernist style that blends with buildings apparently put up in the 15th century?
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David Curry
Housing finance is facing a big shake-up, with capital receipts to be pooled and redistributed. But where will all the cash go?
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CommentGetting Carter
Building begins a series of internet chatrooms arguments, in which top lawyers tackle legal conundrums, with the controversial Nuttall vs Carter case