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Lack of funds threatens minorities taskforce
Change the Face of Construction facing collapse because the industry is “not willing” to commit funds.
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Blair heads attractions at record Building Awards
1300-strong audience watches PM’s first speech on construction at Grosvenor House Hotel.
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Morley’s cricket school makes Edgbaston debut
David Morley and Bryant Priest Newman’s £2.4m “Lord’s II” school opens for Warwickshire.
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Comment
Keep your boots muddy
First person The dot-com-dominated City is no place for contractors. They should opt out and take ownership into their own hands.
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There once was an ugly duckling …
Provincial towns are being given much-needed makeovers to enable them to compete with their more fashionable neighbours.
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Energetic exchange
Speakers at Brufma’s Building Energy Efficiency conference earlier this month called for a “revolution” in the industry’s thinking to meet the forthcoming radical changes to Part L.
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‘They just quietly beaver away, changing the face of the world’
Designing buildings is one thing, but working out where to place them to maximise their use requires in-depth analysis of public spaces. Which is where a little-known firm called Space Syntax comes in.
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Undercutting is over
The new best-value regime promises to put creativity and innovation back into the local authority tendering process, but, as commentators point out, it may come as a shock to the established system.
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Dodging two-stage pitfalls
Egan’s model of open-plan tendering can be undermined by contractors careful to cover their backs. But trouble can be avoided by getting into contracts early, or by building in some controlled competition.
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Keep out of harm’s way
Cutting corners on health and safety is not good business practice. It turns you into a criminal. And as the law shifts to recognise corporate liability, you can expect to be treated like one.
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He travels the fastest …
Working for yourself can have great rewards – but also great risks. You’re the PR department as well as the workforce and managing director, and independence sometimes means isolation.
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Get on top
The Institute of Management’s Mark Hastings explains how small businesses can manage regulation.
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Appointments
ContractorBirmingham-based RW Buxton has appointed John Scott-Lee business development director.HousebuildersWestbury Group has appointed group operations director Nigel Fee managing director of Westbury Homes. Deputy group finance director Colin Cole has been made Westbury Homes’ deputy managing director. Paul Heaton has been appointed land manager for the Yorkshire region of ...
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Rogers to design Wembley Bluewater
Leisure, retail and residential scheme will give urban taskforce chairman chance to put ideas to the test.
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… and joins Farrell for Canary Riverside job
Richard Rogers Partnership and Terry Farrell & Partners are expected to win work on the next phase of the £300m Canary Riverside development in London Docklands.It is understood that a design decision on the next, £200m phase is imminent, although it is not known whether the architects are in competition ...
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Hopkins’ Nottingham campus faces legal threat
Specialists claim they are owed money for extra work on ground-breaking “green” scheme.
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Dome tells unpaid firms to ‘back off’
New Millennium Experience Company has asked contractors owed money for work on the dome to “back off” after admitting it owes substantial amounts to a number of firms.A spokesperson for NMEC said: “There is a backlog of smaller-value bills outstanding but we have no figure for the total amount. Our ...
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MPs: cheaper rural homes
One hundred Labour MPs representing rural constituencies have called on the government to tackle the lack of affordable homes in the countryside.The MPs, members of Labour’s Rural Group, launched the Manifesto for Rural Britain campaign this week. Central to the group’s demands are calls for the amount of affordable housing ...
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Civic pride should be new motto, says prime minister
Tony Blair tells Building Awards audience that designers and contractors must set the highest standards.