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Assembling the Assembly
Creating a giant, lopsided egg about to topple over is very easy if you're using a Biro, but how on earth do you do it with structural steel? Andy Pearson went onsite at the GLA headquarters to find out.
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Web watch
www.groundbroker.co.ukGroundbroker is a database developed by Landsource that contains details of residential development opportunities. Entries are listed county by county and range from single plots to large multi-development sites. Categories of land include sites with and without planning permission.www.rugbycement.co.ukRugby Cement has launched a website giving details of the company's products ...
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Better, naturally
Sally Sullivan - Why bother saving a few pennies on decorating materials when they could be making you ill?
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Information point
Safety training guidesThe CITB has released three CD-ROMs aimed at those responsible for safety training. A Guide to Scaffold Inspection: Check Your Ties and Braces gives advice on the safe planning and installation of scaffolding, including alloy towers. Health and Safety in Excavations: Check Before You Dig looks at the ...
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Tender price forecast
The ups and downs at a glance Current trends A fall in tender prices of 0.5% last quarter ends the run of five successive rises Demand for labour has stabilised and supply is easing in most areas Construction output rose 1.5% last year and is 10% higher than ...
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Just the job
William Wiles talks to Nilesh Patel about how he manages to combine his day job as a project architect with his passion for film-making
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Appointments
ContractorsBaggaley Construction has appointed Mike Shires, president of the Nottingham City Business Club, training and development manager.John MacLean has been made project finance director at Morrison Developments.Project and construction management group Spring and Company has appointed Tim Dawson project management associate. Jane Urquhart joins as cost manager for construction ...
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Persimmon set to axe '800 jobs' at Beazer
Morale "collapsing" at housebuilder as Persimmon cuts staff by half after its £537.5m takeover.
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Big Brother to get its very own love shack
A mud "LOVE shack" is being constructed in the garden of the house in which the TV show Big Brother takes place.
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Meacher to spearhead creation of safety body
Unions pleased with plan for new ministerial role but employers ask why Nick Raynsford has been ignored.
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English Heritage slams McAslan tower
The developer of a £45m tower in south-east London has attacked a recommendation by English Heritage that the plan should be scrutinised by deputy prime minister John Prescott.
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Industry shuns initiative to help minority groups
Contractors and consultants are refusing to provide financial support for an initiative to monitor the progress of women and ethnic minorities in construction.
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Not in my back yard
PCKO Architects has won a planning appeal to build six modern homes on a backland site in a conservation area in Wanstead, north-east London.
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Laing bosses ready to bale out
Senior management at Laing's construction arm are bracing themselves to leave the business if it is bought by O'Rourke.
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Public prefer cowboys, survey says
A SURVEY commissioned by the National Federation of Builders shows that most homeowners would run the risk of using tax-dodging cowboy builders to save money.
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VAT plea over foot and mouth
The National Federation of Builders has called for VAT to be reduced to 5% on rural building and repair and maintenance work in the wake of the foot-and-mouth epidemic.
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Eden architect prepares second claim
Cornish architect Jonathan Ball is preparing a second case against the £80m Eden Project in Cornwall after losing the first last week.
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The big school
Architect Glas has won a competition to design this £400,000 hall for the Tower House School in Sheen, south-west London.
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Adjudication is safe from Human Rights Act
Judge rules that adjudication does not break European convention in landmark judgment.
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Maunsell's pioneering chairman David Lee dies
Leading bridge engineer David Lee, a former chairman of consulting engineer Maunsell, has died aged 70.