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Where have all the students gone?
There are twice as many building services lecturers as students in the group above. By 2002, the course will have disappeared. It is one of a growing group of construction degrees closing because of a lack of applicants while employers are reporting a dearth of graduates to fill jobs. In ...
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Losing at Wembley
First person It s no wonder the national stadium keeps hitting obstacles: it has the wrong price, the wrong client and the wrong location.
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The Lord's test
It's a far cry from the leather-and-willow image of cricket, but Future Systems' media centre has already become part of the Lord's scenery. The question is, do Aggers, Blowers et al like it?
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Shed Zeppelin
The blimp is back. A German firm has plans to revive the airship in the form of a fleet of huge cargo carriers. And, of course, colossal gasbags need an even bigger hangar to be built in. The problems were, well, vast.
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WAP to the future
Mobile phones are as ubiquitous as hard hats and muddy boots these days. But a new generation using WAP technology is set to extend their role and introduce the m-commerce era.
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Fighting for one’s clause
Tolent Construction has a home-made clause in its subcontract agreement that is supposedly designed to deter spurious claims , but is it a case of the pot calling the kettle black?
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Causing death and saving lives
The government is concerned that a firm can be prosecuted and convicted for the death of a worker, and then get away with a paltry £1000 fine. So, it has come up with two initiatives. But only one will work
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Added extras
The courts can impose penalties on defendants who fail to accept a claimant s offer of settlement, but how severe should they be? Lord Woolf has now given some clues.
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Tender price forecast
Tender prices continue to be driven up by labour costs, although prices are not seeing the steep increases of the previous two quarters. Margins throughout the supply chain have improved.
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The lying game
Angela Baron of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development on how to spot CVs that are full of porkies.
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Appointments
Contractors Derbyshire-based Bowmer & Kirkland has promoted Keith Whitmore to main board director. Refurbishment and fit-out contractor Motives Group has appointed Lee Morton group business development manager in London. Housebuilders Jones Homes (Southern) has promoted Jon Siddaway to division technical director. Jan Parker has joined Stamford ...
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Arup faces rap for Portcullis glazing
Consultant set to be held liable for up to 40 glazed panels that have been replaced at MPs new offices.
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Norwegian rival buys 26% stake in Kvaerner
A question mark is hanging over the future of Anglo-Norwegian engineering and construction giant Kvaerner on Wednesday after a Norwegian rival bought a 26.4% stake. Aker Maritime, which competes fiercely with Kvaerner's oil and gas operations in Norway, is now Kvaerner s largest single shareholder after buying the stake, which ...
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Two left in race for £60m Rolls-Royce headquarters
BMW to choose between Aukett and Grimshaw or Hopkins to design high-tech Sussex factory.
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Stonehenge bids thrown out
English Heritage to retender £25-30m visitor centre and delay opening to 2006 because it wants to take more direct role in operating it.
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Raynsford climbs down on housebuilder league table
Construction minister stresses need for more public information, but says that industry must pick format.Raynsford climbs down on housebuilder league table Construction minister stresses need for more public information, but says that industry must pick format.
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Rogers calls for rethink in architects' training
Urban taskforce chair tells first RIBA conference in 20 years that profession is 20 years behind other countries.
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Robinson rails against urban partnerships
Peabody Trust development director Dickon Robinson questioned the wisdom of forming partnerships and conducting consultation exercises. In his speech to the RIBA conference, the newly appointed CABE commissioner said: Partnerships produce a lot of platitudinous stuff and slow you down. What s more, socially excluded people cannot be reached ...
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‘Undemocratic’ Bloxham
Tom Bloxham, chairman of Urban Splash, one of Manchester s most high-profile urban regeneration companies, said that for urban regeneration to be successful it had to be undemocratic . He told delegates: If you asked everybody what they wanted, you would only get the lowest common denominator. In ...