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Selfridges boss picks Ito for Glasgow store
Japanese architect Toyo Ito has been selected to design a £90m department store for Selfridges in Glasgow.
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Bolt in the blue
Bolt in the blue: The £50m first phase of Farnborough airport in Hampshire has been completed. The largest part of the development, designed by Reid Architecture for TAG Aviation, is a 300 × 45 m hangar and the project also includes an air traffic control tower with illuminated lift. Structural ...
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Contracts
Jarvis wins three school PFIsJarvis has been appointed preferred bidder by Salford council to design, build and operate three PFI special needs schools in Salford.Lovell estate gets approvalA consortium including affordable homes provider Lovell has won the go-ahead from Barnet council to draw up plans to redevelop the West Hendon ...
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News£190m Victoria office to go ahead despite downturn
Land Securites to persevere with Esso Glen project in the hope of cashing in when market recovers in 2004.
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MoD chastised for £300m Plymouth overspend
The Ministry of Defence has been ordered to take greater control of its construction projects after cost increases of almost £300m on the Devonport nuclear submarine facility in Plymouth.
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Alsop wins Fourth Grace
A consortium led by architect Will Alsop has been chosen to develop the £100m Fourth Grace cultural project in Liverpool.
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Building firms among UK's 100 fastest growing
construction firms figured strongly in the list of the 100 fastest growing UK firms compiled each year by The Sunday Times.
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Site deaths fell by quarter in 2002, HSE report reveals
Number of fatal injuries to construction site workers falls by 25% to 79 from last year's high of 105.
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OFT launches inquiry into liability insurance
The Office for Fair Trading has launched an investigation into employer's liability insurance.
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FeaturesHeart warming
After being abandoned by the public for a flashy young out-of-town mall, Sheffield's city centre is enticing them back with a number of arresting projects, the latest of which is this Pringle Richards Sharratt winter garden
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Power politics
Consider how many of the world's problems – economic, political or climatic – are linked to energy policy. Then consider going solar on the next project
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Digital Construction
Soon, we are going to have to ditch all the elaborate, expensive paraphernalia of the paper world, from fax machines to photocopiers. Here is a selection of articles from Building's guide to what's going to replace it and how it's going to change the way we do business.
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Job cuts are on the cards, warn major contractors
The commercial downturn and uncertainty in the rail sector lead Carillion and Mace to count heads.
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Lend Lease boss to head up English Partnerships
Regeneration quango English Partnerships has appointed Lend Lease boss David Higgins as its chief executive.The Australian is stepping down as Lend Lease managing director and group chief executive next year. Higgins’ departure comes after nearly 18 years with the group. He does, however, want to remain in the UK, where ...
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Interserve promotes 35-year-old to chief executive
Support services group Interserve has appointed 35-year-old Adrian Ringrose chief executive. Ringrose’s appointment will take effect on 1 July next year after six months as deputy chief executive. The decision to promote Ringrose follows the announcement in May that the roles of chairman and chief executive were to be split.Mike ...
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Galliford Try to cut jobs at weakest links
ContractoR Galliford Try intends to reduce the size of its Leeds contracting office and Kent maintenance division. Market insiders claim that these offices have been identified as weak links in the £649m group. The decision to restructure comes after the sudden departure of deputy chief executive George Marsh, who left ...
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Football fans face lock-in after bioterror attack
Building control chiefs order stadiums to detain supporters to prevent the spread of infection.