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Amec shake-up as firm goes for international growth
UK’s top contractor sets aside up to £10m for redundancies ahead of takeover of French services firm Spie.
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FeaturesHanif Kara
Hanif Kara, founding partner of structural engineer Adams Kara Taylor, knows that image can be crucial when you're building a business. So how come he's so nervous telling Marcus Fairs about his own?
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Flexibility benefits
Why companies that don't promote a work–life balance are making a false economy
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The day of the mediator
Adjudication, for all its merits, isn't much cop for multiparty disputes. In these cases, we should restrain our scepticism and plump for mediation
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NewsTexaco plans to build homes over London petrol stations
Scheme for mixed-use developments could be rolled out at 150 sites throughout UK if pilots deemed success.
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NewsBerkeley sells £47m in shares to buy land
Housebuilder Berkeley has gone to the City to raise £47m for joint ventures and land deals.
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Glaxo to review online tendering
Pharmaceutical company Glaxo SmithKline is to review its online procurement procedure, which has been heavily criticised by specialist M&E contractors.
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Deutsche Bank plans leaning tower of Islington
Sheppard Robson designs 38-storey skyscraper resembling "a slab of chocolate leaning on its side".
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Hit squads to target slowcoach planners
The government is set to use “hit squads” of planning experts to take over from council staff in local authorities that fail to meet their planning targets.
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News£200m Chelsea barracks scheme to get green light
Decision on sale of 13 acres of prime development land to be made within two months.
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DTI offers free work–life advice for employees
Construction firms can now benefit from free consultancy advice to improve their employees’ work-life balance.
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Face-off
Face-off: Norman Foster's latest project is set to steal some of the limelight from rival Richard Rogers. Foster is planning a 23-storey building opposite his ex-partner's iconic Lloyd's Building in London's Square Mile. The project, which appears to raise three fingers at the 1986 classic, will provide about 500,000 ft2 ...
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Elephant & Castle may harm other projects
The £1.5bn Elephant & Castle mixed-use development in south London could harm neighbouring regeneration projects, a council claimed this week.
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Prince to head design lobby
The Prince of Wales has been appointed head of an international network of traditional architects and urban designers launched in London this week.
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Headlam scores easy victory in MDA vote
Shareholders at quantity surveyor MDA have voted by a large majority to retain chief executive Elaine Headlam, after an attempt to oust her late last year.
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Buyout at Holloway White Allom
The management team at Laing's last remaining contracting business has launched a bid to buy it.
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Banks call for PFI doctors and teachers
PFI FUNDers and consultants are urging the government to consider allowing the private sector to offer more services in PFI deals – including clinical services in hospitals and teaching services in schools.
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Life in Yorkshire
Life in Yorkshire: Work is due to start next month on this £22m Life Sciences department at Sheffield University. The scheme, designed by local practice the Bond Bryan Partnership, has been split into four phases over the next two years, and includes the construction of a new block as well ...
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CABE puts pressure on Spitalfields
The design of the £250m Spitalfields Market office scheme is set to undergo further changes as the result of pressure from architectural watchdog CABE.
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Liverpool plans £600m housing revamp
Liverpool council has put forward plans to spend more than £600m refurbishing 40% of its housing stock over the next 30 years.