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Lipton offers to help black architects
Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment chair Sir Stuart Lipton has told black architects that the government body can help increase their profile.
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Foster backs Rogers
LORD FOSTER gave his backing to the cause of urban regeneration in a speech to MPs last week, challenging fellow architects to increase density levels in brownfield sites.
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Arup puts reputation on the line over bridge
Engineer puts £250 000 into testing its make-or-break damping system on the Millennium Bridge.
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Architects hit by fall in lottery work
Completion of large, design-led millennium projects means architects' fees will only grow 5% this year.
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Keller shares fall after profit alarm
Shares in construction and engineering firm Keller Group fell this week after the group warned that full-year profits would be below market expectations.
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Hanson's profit warning
Materials giant Hanson has blamed bad weather and difficult market conditions for a likely drop in its profit.
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Report finds majors shunning traditional work
Building survey reveals large firms are boosting turnover and margins using PFI and partnering work.
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The fatal flaw in the urban vision
The urban white paper may supply some of the tools for regeneration, but they won't be much use if, as Lord Rogers says, the UK has lost a generation of urban professionals. Is he right?
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Services economy
First person. Building services engineers may not be fashionable, but they're as vital to construction as architects.
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The email of the species
Second opinion. Love it or loathe it, email is here to stay. But is it any more than a vehicle for trivia, bad jokes and laziness?
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The email of the species
Second opinion. Love it or loathe it, email is here to stay. But is it any more than a vehicle for trivia, bad jokes and laziness?
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Why surveyors haven't got a clue
Bespoke office buildings can be worth more than the sum of their parts to their owners, but traditional surveying methods are woefully inadequate at putting a value on design. How can they be improved?
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More Peter Rogers than Richard Rogers
There are few of Richard Rogers' signature flourishes on this west London business park, but then it does have the trademark Stanhope touch: sleek, cutting-edge efficiency in construction and layout.
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Online defences
Companies without computer security are like shops that leave the door open all night in a street full of malicious strangers. What's more, staff can be just as much of a problem …
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Stay frosty
When an adjudicator gets personal, their decision can be clamped by the High Court. Whatever the referee thinks of the parties to the dispute, there must be no suggestion of bias.
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Is that your final answer?
The JCT must clarify how far the final certificate puts an end to liability, particularly now that a new ruling further complicates the issue by stating that contractors can later be sued only for faults relating to design
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Be prepared
The JCT design-and-build contract says that the valuation of a job is to be done by the contractor. This can put an unwary employer in a number of difficult and costly positions.