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Job-share chief to leave Redrow
Housebuilder's southern region joint chairman Greg Locke to quit at Christmas.
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NewsAmerican giant Bechtel in pole position to buy Amey
US engineer considered favourite because of Tube work – but Vinci, Skanska and Bouygues wait in the wings.
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FeaturesThe Fight for survival
Who needs competitors when your friends in the insurance industry can put you out of business with a single phone call? Matthew Richards reports on construction's increasingly untenable position – and how it can find a way out
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FeaturesMidnight express
Heathrow Airport is so busy that it could only spare a two-hour window in which to move a 330-tonne link-bridge two miles across runways and into its intended slot. Andy Pearson joined a night-time convoy with one question on its mind: will it fit?
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NewsConstruction management work drying up, says Mace
Leading player says decline is linked to fall in commercial office deals – and no upswing is in sight until 2004.
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Comment
In pursuit of the civil
The pre-action protocol is supposedly turning solicitors into nice people. But in the absence of evidence that it's working, are there other ways of meeting its aims?
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FeaturesConcrete recast
With prefabrication coming back into style, a radically revised production system could finally free precast concrete housing of its negative associations.
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NewsUrgent review of stadium safety as firefighters strike
Building control officers carry out a reassessment of fire safety procedures as national walkout begins.
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Bullish housebuilders scorn fears of market collapse
City and key players foresee price inflation settling at about 5%, despite alarming figures from the Halifax.
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Comment
A night on the tiles
Practising flamenco late at night in the room above mine may be your idea of fun. But if it disturbs my sleep and I take you to court, it may hurt you in the castanets
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NewsTube bidders have 'no chance' of public indemnity
Teams bidding for the £16bn Tube public–private partnership have no chance of securing government indemnities to underwrite their deals, a London Underground source claimed this week.
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Job-share chief to leave Redrow
Redrow's long-serving executive director, Greg Locke, is to leave the housebuilder at the end of this year.
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NewsPrescott accused of muddle after scrapping 1000 homes
Deputy prime minister comes under fire for ignoring government policy by blocking three major schemes.
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Insurance crisis to bring sites to a halt 'by Easter'
Leading roofing contractor predicts that premium levels will force specialists out of business within months.
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Mowlem lands £500m FM deal
Mowlem has beaten off three rivals to win a facilities management deal worth up to £500m with HSBC.
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Report urges fresh look at London views
A report commissioned by the Greater London Authority has called for a new views policy in the capital.
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HBG wins £29m Great Ormond Street job
HBG has been confirmed as contractor on a £29m job at the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children in central London.
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Comment
Endgame on the underground
Is it nearly the end of the line for the part-privatisation of London's Tube? A year and a half after they were first chosen as the preferred bidders, the Metronet and Tube Lines consortiums were due to finalise their deals this month. But as passengers so often find, delays are ...
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NewsFinding your marbles
Finding your marbles: Swiss architect Bernard Tschumi has designed this proposal for the £63m New Acropolis Museum in Athens. The museum is part of Greece’s campaign to regain the Elgin Marbles from the British Museum in London. The Greek government wants them returned in time for the Athens Olympic Games ...
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NewsTea or coffin
Tea or coffin? This restaurant in the crypt of the Debenhams-owned Browns of Chester store is part of a multimillion-pound extension and refurbishment designed by Simons Design. The 20,000 ft2, three-storey extension added 20% to the store’s floor space. The main contractor was Simpson Construction, the QS was Fitzsimon, structural ...