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Lead times: Piling
Lead times are fairly balanced in the final quarter of the year, with an equal number of sectors lengthening and shortening deliveries, according to Mace. And overleaf, Gardiner & Theobald throws the spotlight on piling …
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Planning for failure?
Housebuilders are stuck between a rock and a hard place. John Prescott is blaming them for not building enough homes, while at the same time government planning policy is thwarting their attempts to do so
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Jeffries draws up shortlist for hot seat at Atkins
Main board expected to discuss possible applicants for post of chief executive at meeting this week.
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O'Rourke: We need no replacement for Andy White
Laing O’Rourke chairman and chief executive Ray O’Rourke says he does not intend to appoint a successor to former chief operating officer Andy White.O’Rourke said the group did not need another chief operating officer because the integration of Laing had been so successful. “It’s not an issue. We are one ...
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Wolstenholme gets top job at Heathrow's Terminal 5
Former group construction director at BAA becomes T5 supremo after departure of Haste to CrossRail.
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NewsNow schools get supremo to hit construction targets
Government follows appointment of health tsar by putting Whitehall official at helm of education programme.
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FeaturesThe 2003 Building Awards: your last chance to enter
If you want to be a winner at the industry's most prestigious awards, you've only got one week to get your entry in. Here's a list of the 18 categories, as well as the judges and sponsors who make it possible
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Public sector keeps the market afloat
Construction orders rose 5.8% in the six months to 30 September compared with the same period last year, according to figures from the RICS.
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FeaturesThe equaliser
Ras Patel, himself the victim of a racial attack, is in charge of ridding construction of racism. He tells Tom Broughton that the best way forward is to persuade companies that racial equality makes good business sense.
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Comment
Ten years later …
Should you expect compensation if someone does you damage they should have foreseen? Of course. But what if it goes on for an unforeseeable length of time?
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Breaking the sound barrier
The government has identified noisy neighbours as a serious problem for its urban policy, and it's told housebuilders to keep them quiet – or else. The only problem is that the industry will have to move at Mach two to comply.
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FeaturesLondon will never look the same again
Thanks to the Swiss Re project team who worked out how to build this hugely clever, hugely complex building, kept to within a few days of the schedule and put the top 3 mm away from where they wanted it. Andy Pearson explains how they did it
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Jeffries draws up shortlist for hot seat at Atkins
Main board expected to discuss possible applicants for post of chief executive at meeting on Tuesday.
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Grimshaw goes Stateside
Architect Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners opened an office in New York this week.
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Comment
Ways of making you talk
It was always thought that a clause in a contract that says parties will mediate before they litigate wasn't that enforceable. After the following case, we know different
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Carillion regroups to focus on military contracts
Infrastructure boss Richard Lumby signed up to lead new defence division – three months after his last promotion.
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Key players under fire for Scottish parliament
A former project manager of the £308m Scottish parliament project has attacked the Scottish executive and the presiding officer for their roles in the scheme.
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Decision on £200m MoD PFI is put back
Contractors pitching for a £200m PFI to take over a military college are facing a long wait to find out who has won the contract.
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NewsWolstenholme gets top job at Heathrow's Terminal 5
Former group construction director at BAA becomes T5 supremo after departure of Haste to CrossRail.