Antony Akilade
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Remote control
Need some stone but can’t face tramping around distant quarries? Soon you’ll be able to pick rock from the comfort of your office, thanks to the wonders of mobile technology.
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Giant contractors set up global e-business portal
Amec, Bovis Lend Lease, Hochtief and Skanska invest 拢1.5m to set up ambitious one-stop construction portal.
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Contractors play hard-to-get over Irish offers of work
UK firms seek assurances about the Dublin government’s 拢14bn six-year road and rail infrastructure project.
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Raynsford hires top agency to sell anti-cowboy scheme
Government to spend millions of pounds on ad agency of Ant and Dec TV show fame.
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Allies and Morrison to win slice of Manchester flagship
Architect expected to beat four rivals to 12 000 m2 office and retail building in 拢500m city-centre regeneration.
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Scots Housing Forum tells firms to Eganise or lose out
New taskforce says housebuilders risk losing business to firms that use benchmarking to prove efficiency.
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Head of cowboy taskforce turns wrath on dot-coms
Customers should scrutinise claims of on-line builders’ lists, says Tony Merricks.
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Housebuilder may be sued over alleged regs breaches
Southwark council may take legal action against Ann Summers-owned housebuilder over London scheme.
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Site deaths rise 20%, HSE figures reveal
Unpublished data shows that construction worker fatalities could top 80 in 1999/00.
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Workers call for strike action over fatal crane collapse
Site workers on HSBC Tower in Canary Wharf want national day of action over safety.
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Hutton says urban renewal will cost up to ‘拢2bn a year’
Top economist Will Hutton says Rogers’ taskforce needs to double spending proposals unveiled this week.
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London housebuilder hit by warranty row
Southwark homeowners claim Greenwich House Properties sold them houses without warranties.
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DETR halts 拢135m London brownfield homes deal
Wandsworth council slams “outrageous” decision to call in plan for redeveloping a Shell Oil terminal.
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Holyrood will cost four times more than expected
Official report into 拢50m Scots parliament building confirms that the final cost will be 拢231m.
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Designers queue up to criticise best-value regime
Architects, engineers and QSs at local government conference fear losing power under new council rules.
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Glazing falls out at Portcullis House
Specialist firms called in to assess problem at MPs building after panels in the atrium crash to the floor.
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MOD warns firms not to misbehave on prime deals
Contractors’ payment track-records will be scrutinised under contract terms announced this week.
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SNP slams Scots parliament as cost estimates hit 拢230m
Party leader Alex Salmond attacks Catalan architect Enric Miralles, Bovis Lend Lease and RMJM.
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District auditor slams 拢10m overspend on Hodder job
Redesigns and problems with concrete blamed for delays and added costs on east London leisure centre.
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Scotland: Mixed temperatures
Contractors claim they are happy with the volume of work flowing from the public, retail, hotel and leisure sectors. But there is little in the way of industrial development.