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Have your quake and beat it
Modern seismic codes in Japan have forced designers to look for radical solutions to earthquake damage. But it is the country's distant past that has inspired the latest seismic shift in architecture
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Who's driving what?
We continue our series on what construction can learn from the motor industry
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Just the job
We talk to trainee architect Kanyisa Sobuwa, who says that the best thing about her job is seeing her ideas come together in the shape of a finished building
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Appointments
Contractors Fit-out specialist Overbury, part of the Morgan Sindall Group, has appointed Dan Jarrold, formerly with the British Marketing Research Bureau, as brand manager.Construction group Morgan Sindall has appointed Liz Earwaker, previously with the Building Design Partnership, as marketing co-ordinator in the London office.Nick Done has been appointed managing director ...
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Lead times
Mace tracks the lead times of 38 works packages and Gardiner & Theobald turns the spotlight on structural steel frames
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Government set to insist on training quotas
Transport minister considering quotas to head off labour problems experienced on the Jubilee Line.
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Dutch contractor Heijmans makes shock bid for HBG
City expects move to be successful even though Heijmans is one-third the size of its target.
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Two teams vie for £200m Reading town centre revival
Reading council to make final decision next month on 12 ha district to enhance town's bid for city status.
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Scottish parliament project director resigns
The troubled Scottish parliament project in Edinburgh suffered a fresh blow this week when the project director resigned.
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Three up for Welsh centre
A shortlist of three contractors has been picked to work up bids for the troubled £92m Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff.
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Laing close to closing US sale
Laing said this week that it was on the verge of completing the sale of its US housebuilding division.
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Inhabited bridge planned for east London
Plans to build an inhabited bridge spanning the mouth of the River Lea in east London are being developed by housing association the Peabody Trust.
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Success storeys
Architect John McAslan & Partners has received detailed planning consent for a 12-storey tower with landscaped park at 60 Fenchurch Street, in the City of London.
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CIB to devolve tasks to other bodies
The Construction Industry Board will continue with its main initiatives, despite the fact that it ceases to exist next Friday.
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Maintenance firm calls in receiver owing £1.5m
Maintenance and technical services contractor General Building Maintenance has gone into administration owing a reported £1.5m.
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MCG to publish safety details
The Major Contractors Group is set to publish reports into its members' safety performance within the next two weeks.
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£160m science park gets the go-ahead
FOUR CONTRACTORS have been shortlisted to take on the construction of a £160m science and business park near Bristol, LiveNews, Building's internet news service, revealed this week.
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Good grounding
Two "earth-sheltered" buildings – structures that are partially buried – were completed this week in Mile End Park in east London.
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Scots in arms over Glasgow housing plan
Plans to build homes in a village on the southern outskirts of Glasgow have unleashed a hail of objection from residents during the public consultation on the city's plan for the future.
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Foster urges culture of quality
Lord Foster last week challenged the new Labour government to keep up its drive towards procuring better quality public buildings and infrastructure, writes Hannah Baldock.