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NewsTop Prowting executives quit after profit warning
Alarm in City as third housebuilder in five months cuts estimate of pre-tax profit and changes management.
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The killer clients
Eganism is being threatened by a very different way of doing business, as blue-chip employers switch to 'reverse auction' tendering on the internet – a ruthless game in which the client picks off bidders until there is just one left.
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Banquo's ghost
If you think that as long as a letter is headed with the words 'without prejudice' it's off the record, you could find it haunts you in court
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NewsStock exchange probes sudden Tay share surge
Market chiefs examine huge burst in trading two days before £30m Redrow takeover bid was announced.
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Spanish firm agrees £462m price for HBG
Spanish contractor Dragados has launched a £462m bid for Dutch group HBG that would create the third biggest construction group in Europe.
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MPs wade into London Underground part-privatisation
A parliamentary report this week attacked the £13bn London Underground part-privatisation as the government was deciding whether to go ahead with the scheme.
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Mouchel buy signals rail ambition
Privately owned consultant engineer Mouchel has boosted its rail capabilities by acquiring sector specialist Metro Consulting.
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NewsCrest Nicholson targets 10% growth in 2002
Housebuilder aims for more challenging schemes, despite last year's unit shortfall and cost overruns.
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FeaturesIt's (still) a man's world
Equal opportunities initiatives come and go, but construction's career ladder remains steeper for women than men – if they manage to cling on at all after they've had children
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The last battle
A final account statement may seem like a once-and-for-all agreement – but it is not. Get into a dispute and you may find the contract gives it no weight at all
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DTI to recommend privatising quality mark
DTI to tell Wilson that anti-cowboy scheme should be given to not-for-profit company run by industry.
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Foster submits slimmed-down Wembley plan
Architects Foster and Partners and HOK Sport submitted revised plans for the Wembley national stadium project to Brent council yesterday.The architects redesigned the £700m project because of concerns over its cost. Offices and a hotel have now been removed, although the company behind the project, Wembley National Stadium Limited, may ...
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NewsM&E firms join forces to plan pioneering T5 deal
Pay and conditions package at Heathrow Terminal 5 could form basis for national deal if unions agree.
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Farrell in talks to redevelop Oxford Street
Architect Sir Terry Farrell has been in talks with Nicky Gavron, deputy mayor of London, over a masterplan for the redevelopment of Oxford Street.
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NewsBaltic state
Baltic state: Work to transform Gateshead’s 42 m high Baltic Flour Mills into a centre for contemporary art is nearing completion, as this photograph by Etienne Clement shows. Clement’s photographic record of the transformation is the subject of an exhibition at the RIBA in London from 23 February to 14 ...
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Prince in clash over City site
Prince charles and Michael Oliver, the lord mayor of London, crossed swords last week over the redevelopment of a site in the City.
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BBC invites bids for £200m HQ scheme
The BBC has invited construction managers to apply for the £200m redevelopment of Broadcasting House in central London.
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NewsEmbassy number one
Embassy number one: The London office of American-owned architect RTKL has won a Foreign Office competition to design an embassy in Rabat, Morocco. Although the practice has designed several US embassies, this is its first commission from the British government. The design had to incorporate traditional North African courtyard house ...
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NewsWhen you’re a Jet
When you’re a Jet: London-based masterplanner and environmental engineer Battle McCarthy is working with architect Kohn Pedersen Fox on plans for this stadium for American football team the New York Jets, which will be on Manhattan’s West Side, facing the Hudson River. The stadium will form part of a sport ...
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More clients adopt online bidding
Telecoms firm Cable & Wireless and oil company BP are the latest construction clients to sign up for the online procurement process known as "reverse auction bidding".