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Primary objective
Work has started on this £2.4m extension to a primary school and nursery in Clapham, south London.
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Rogers to lobby for Carlisle's landmark bridge
Fate of Studio E's £1.8m bridge in doubt after council calls for Millennium Commission funds to be withdrawn.
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CIC calls for undergraduate safety training
THE Construction Industry Council intends to call for mandatory undergraduate training in health and safety at this month's safety summit.
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ACE sets up forum for young professionals
A networking group for young professionals has been launched by the Association of Consulting Engineers.
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E&Y to advise on Irish PPP
AN Ernst & Young-led consortium is to advise the Irish government on its £10bn public-private partnership rail projects.
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Suffolk house
Marshall House, a £160 000 private home completed recently, is based on the Suffolk vernacular.
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Government and industry team up to stop brain drain
Construction bodies to draw up proposals to halt the decline in the number of industry professionals.
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Kapoor and McAslan's art pavilion trumpets Sally Army
This collaboration between artist and architect will provide London with a new Thames-side landmark.
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Mergers set to breed super housebuilders
After taking over Beazer, Persimmon boss predicts sector will be swallowed by five 10 000-unit firms.
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High flying Crest tipped as takeover target
Crest Nicholson was this week tight-lipped about its place in the wave of consolidation sweeping through the housebuilding industry.
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Legal battles push Birse into red
Disputes lead to £24m of exceptional items, but Lincolnshire contractor insists that it has put its house in order.
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Construction is leading UK plc
The building and construction sector is bucking the trend of falling profitability in British industry, a survey has found.
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Bryant records 4% profit rise
Housebuilder Bryant has posted a pre-tax profit of £42m for the six months to November 2000, up 4% on 1999.
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Our lives in your hands
Construction is on alert as the site death toll rises and John Prescott's safety summit on 27 February approaches. In the first of a four-part series on the safety crisis, Building asks workers about their experiences on site.
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Ian Andrews
As the first major prime package is announced, and opposition to it continues, Defence Estates' chief executive explains how he intends to stage the revolution in MOD procurement.
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Red tape costs lives
First person - This government has done a huge amount for construction, but it needs to realise that bureaucracy does not stop accidents.
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Time to admit it
Second opinion - The government seems to be very proud of its anti-cowboy quality mark scheme. Why?
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Mine's bigger than yours
Leeds' Bridgewater Place could become the tallest residential building in the north. That is until Manchester comes up with something even higher.
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Madel behaviour
Stanhope is determined to build quicker and cheaper. At its £46m mixed-use scheme in Holborn, it is trialling simulation and materials-handling software that should allow it to do just that.