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Site security costs to increase 10% next year
Law introducing licensing system for guards will make it more expensive to police sites from next year.
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CABE budget boost under threat
A planned cash boost for the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment could be reduced in the Treasury's comprehensive spending review next year.
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Bell tolls for glass tower
Basildon's landmark glass campanile, the only one of its kind in the world, may be demolished if a bid for Millennium Commission funding is turned down.
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Home County chic
Developer Stanhope has started work on a 56,000 m2 office park in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, designed by Fletcher Priest. The scheme, named Peoplebuilding Hemel, has floor-to-ceiling windows with aluminium brises-soleil that move with the sun. Mace is construction manager and Arup is structural and services engineer. The first phase of ...
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Conference finds clients are key to safer sites
Clients were urged to take a greater role in improving health and safety last week by delegates to the Health and Safety Executive's Working Well Together conference.
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Civil servants admit PPPs on hold after Railtrack's demise
But Treasury chief secretary reiterates government's commitment to public-private partnership deals.
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High-Point Rendel issues profit warning
Multidisciplinary consultant High-Point Rendel this week revealed that it has set aside £3m for expected losses in the wake of the US terror attacks and action against Afghanistan.
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Mapping the web
E-commerce solutions could transform the way the construction industry does business – if only we could understand what they all do. Here we look at the six main types of site on offer.
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Firms face safety audit on public sector projects
Construction minister to use health and safety criteria to vet contractors bidding for government work.
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Safety study ordered at second skyscraper
Heron Tower comes under microscope as Sainsbury axes twin-tower scheme.
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RRP sacked after contract mix-up
The sacking of architect Richard Rogers Partnership from the Welsh assembly project was the result of confusion over the basic terms of its contract.
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Mowlem lands BA contract
Mowlem has been named preferred bidder to manage 120 British Airways properties, including its headquarters and airport facilities, for at least three years. The deal is estimated to be worth £40-60m a year. Mowlem was selected from a shortlist of four. Negotiations are expected to conclude by the end of ...
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NG Bailey pays Laing £3m over NPL disaster
M&E contractor writes off profit on the west London project as Laing seeks to recoup some of its losses.
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Foster team hits out at rival Wembley scheme
Wembley National Stadium Limited, the team behind the bid to build a national football stadium at Wembley, has attacked an alternative design for the site.
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Leisure firms to squeeze contractors
Ernst & Young has warned that leisure operators will be be putting pressure on contractor's profits as consumer demand weakens.
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Blunkett 'too busy' to sign off PFI prisons
Two PFI prison contracts are on hold because ministers are too busy reviewing with the UK's exposure to terrorism to approve the deals, according to the bidding consortiums.
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Military plans to give power to the people
The Royal United Services Institute is considering how to make buildings more energy self-sufficient, because of concerns that oil supplies and nuclear power may be affected by turmoil in the Middle East.
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Lamont: Clients are losing patience
Confederation of Construction Clients chief executive Zara Lamont this week criticised architects, QSs and contractors for offering clients poor advice.
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Contracts
Mowlem wins data centreMowlem has won a £35m design-and-build contract from Welsh IT firm Elinia to provide a data centre at the Celtic Gateway site in Cardiff Bay.Higgins to revamp 1000 homesHiggins Construction has won a £7m contract from the London Borough of Hackney to modernise 1000 homes on the ...