All ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø articles in 2001 issue 50 – Page 2
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Planning shake-up receives cautious welcome
DTLR green paper outlines five key changes to planning, designed to cut out red tape and involve communities.
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Camway sues over lost contract
Essex-based civil engineer Camway Group is suing a former employee for more than £400,000, claiming that he set up a company to take away a contract from his employer.
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Camden launches regeneration plan
AN architectural initiative to improve down-at-heel streets and public spaces in London, such as Tottenham Court Road, was this week launched by Camden council.
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EC Harris buys two firms
Quantity Surveyor EC Harris has made two acquisitions and opened four offices in the Far East.
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ºÚ¶´ÉçÇøs must generate own energy, says report
Cabinet Office review places new Part L under threat by recommending revised energy targets for buildings.
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Prince Charles slams tall buildings
The Prince of Wales believes tall buildings should be built discreetly in groups – if they have to built at all.
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Brian Wilson
In an exclusive first interview, industry minister Brian Wilson talks to ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø about the procurement lessons of Picketts Lock, making construction feel at home in the DTI – and his Beach Boy namesake.
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Tax body to quiz firms on bogus employment
A taxation body representing employers says it will canvass trade opinion on bogus self-employment before submitting fiscal proposals to the chancellor Gordon Brown.
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Plant more trees, says Bellamy
Television pundit and academic David Bellamy wants housebuilders to plant 16 trees every time they build a house.
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Birse back in profit despite fall in enquiries
Enquiries drop 50% due to economic uncertainty, but contractor remains confident after posting £1.2m profit.
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Sounding the fire alarm
Use a blowtorch next to a stack of polystyrene insulation blocks, polythene-wrapped to a wooden pallet, and sooner than you can cite the health and safety code, you've got a roomful of poison gas. Something like this happens 11 times a day on UK sites. Tom Lane asks what's going ...
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Clients hesitant after US attacks, says Mitie
ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø and support services company Mitie has said some clients had cancelled projects and others were hesitating about going ahead after the terror attacks in the USA on 11 September.
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Government must do better, admits Wilson
Construction minister Brian Wilson this week promised to improve the government's track record over procurement, in order to avoid any more Picketts Lock-style disasters.
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Bovis shuns O'Rourke after acquisition of Laing
Bovis drops concrete firm from preferred subcontractors list after Laing buy-out makes O'Rourke a direct rival.
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Factory closed after fatal accident
cheltenham-based housebuilder Westbury has closed its prefabrication factory in Yardley, Birmingham, after the death of a 48-year-old employee.
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Sir Colin Buchanan dies, aged 94
engineer, architect and town planner Sir Colin Buchanan, the first person to grapple with traffic congestion in British cities, has died aged 94.
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