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No great Sheikhs
A case in the High Court provides an interesting angle on the obedience owed by parties to an adjudicator's decision. Let's hope they appreciate it in Qatar …
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NewsSouthwark council backs Piano's 66-storey tower
Europe's tallest building is given planning permission as £1bn White City mall also gets go-ahead.
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NewsAmec shake-up will pay in a year
Amec chief executive Sir Peter Mason has told the City that the £5m bill for restructuring the group's senior management will be recouped within a year.
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NewsDefence Estates boss promoted to key MoD role
Prime contracting champion Ian Andrews is appointed ministry's second highest-ranking civil servant.
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East London Line rethink after arches listed
London underground believes that the £600m East London Line extension programme will have to be rethought if it is to open on time in 2006.
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BT alliance to offer FM services
British Telecom has teamed up with four construction firms to offer a facilities management package for large private clients.
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NewsGame on
Game on: The shell and core of Urbis, the £30m centrepiece of Manchester's regenerated Millennium Quarter, has been completed. The centre is due to open in June, in time for the Commonwealth Games. Designed by Ian Simpson Architects, this is a "new kind of museum", which tells the story of ...
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NewsHaste quits Terminal 5 to head CrossRail
Infrastructure expert Norman Haste, who led the team on the £2.5bn Terminal 5 at Heathrow airport, has moved on to the £10bn CrossRail project.
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Citex cuts seven jobs at London office
Multidisciplinary consultant Citex has cut seven jobs at its project services office in central London.
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Quality mark gets go-ahead
Construction minister Brian Wilson announced on Tuesday that the government’s anti-cowboy scheme would be extended across the county.
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Carillion bids to work for rivals on Tube PPPs
Carillion is aiming to make up for its consortium’s failure to win Tube work by becoming a subcontractor for successful rivals Metronet and Tubelines.
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Abbey Holford Rowe forms global alliance
UK architect Abbey Holford Rowe has formed a global alliance with Australian practice Peddle Thorp and Asian architect LPT.
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Glenn Howells wins Birmingham masterplan
Glenn Howells Architects has won a competition to masterplan a key regeneration project in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter.
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Contracts
Kingswood wins V&A refurbKent-based contractor Kingswood Construction has landed 13 contracts worth £4.25m, including fit-out and refurbishment projects for the Victoria & Albert Museum and Scottish Widows.Amey lands £90m road dealSupport specialists group Amey and its partner Mouchel have won a £90m contract from the Highways Agency to service roads ...
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Top architects get bid invite
lEADING architectural practices Foster and Partners and Kohn Pedersen Fox have been invited to bid for the third phase of the £700m Paddington Central mixed-use scheme in London.
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Tolson appointed senior partner at Fenwick
law firm Fenwick Elliott has selected Building columnist Simon Tolson as a senior partner.
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NewsShowing up the Ritz
Showing up the Ritz: Contractor ITC Concept has completed a £1m contract on the Audi exhibition and conference centre opposite the Ritz in Piccadilly, central London. The centre includes a curved glazed multimedia wall that passes through a stairwell from the ground floor to the basement. The centre has been ...
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FeaturesDrop-in centre
HLM Architects' office building inserted into London's Arundel Great Court has been ingeniously designed to serve as the hub of the complex – without being glaringly obvious
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Rok profit surges after restructuring
Garvis Snook’s restructuring of Exeter-based Rok Group has led to a rise in pre-tax profit from £98,000 in 2000 to £3.8m last year. Turnover rose 36% from £92m to £125m.