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Waterloo glazing remedy mooted
Overhead glass at the Eurostar terminal at Waterloo is set to be covered with a film similar to laminated glass to stop panes falling.
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Foot-and-mouth crisis forces firms off the land
The National Trust and English Heritage order contractors to down tools across countryside.
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Lead times
Lead times of 38 works packages in the mechanical and electrical contractors market.
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Laing on brink of selling construction arm
THE sale of Laing's construction arm is imminent, according to sources close to the group. Insiders believe that it may be concluded next week.
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Tishman Speyer City tower in doubt
The world's biggest developer, Tishman Speyer, is reconsidering plans for a skyscraper in the City of London after John Prescott called in the nearby Heron Tower scheme last week.
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CABE: Stop developers ditching architects
A ROW has erupted between the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment and the British Property Federation over claims that award-winning architects are displaced once projects have won consent.
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New skyline
Two additions to the London skyline were topped out this week. The 210 m, 44-storey towers at Canary Wharf in London Docklands are to become the headquarters of the HSBC and Citigroup banks when they open next February.
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Calls to scrap fee scale spark RIBA fury
RIBA to ask prime minister to reject OFT claims that advice on fees distorts market.
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Brown unveils five-point tax plan for regeneration
Chancellor Gordon Brown gave his backing to an urban renaissance in his budget on Wednesday.
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2500 firms to forge e-link with merchants
Construction software firm Ramesys has set up an electronic trading system to link the UK's two largest builders merchants with 2500 contractors.
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Maidstone, Kent
his bridge is one of a pair designed by Studio E Architects to link two parts of a park across the Medway River.
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Changes to energy regs to come in early
TOUGH regulations aimed at saving energy will be introduced 18 months earlier than expected.
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Carillion launches new recruitment business
Carillion has this month merged two of its recruitment businesses, NCS and Pasco, in an attempt to tackle the skill shortages in the construction industry.
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Bremner to host awards
Tony Blair won't be repeating last year's performance at the 2001 Building Awards, but the event will be hosted by a man who does a very good impression of the prime minister – Rory Bremner.
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Taywood Homes MD quits
Taywood Homes managing director Stephen Brazier has left the firm since its takeover of Bryant.
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JCB founder Bamford dies aged 84
JCB founder Sir Joseph Bamford, who created one of the five largest construction equipment manufacturers in the world, died last week.
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Contracts
T&T in Italian renaissanceTurner & Townsend Project Management Italia has been appointed to provide project support on the Italian government's £660m urban regeneration programme. Turner & Townsend will carry out project reviews on 47 schemes under the programme of urban regeneration and sustainable development, set to be completed by the ...
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New RIBA president urges closer ties with industry
Paul Hyett promises more contact with other professions and increased role in Construction Industry Board.