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Amec snaps up Mowlem鈥檚 construction boss
Steve Bowcott makes 鈥榓micable鈥� departure to take over troubled contractor鈥檚 infrastructure division.
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Ex-Skanska boss set to take over Galliford Try
Construction arm MD Andy Sturgess slated as next Galliford Try chief executive.
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Cardiff stadium could create 1500 jobs
Holder Mathias Architects has submitted plans for a football stadium for Cardiff City FC to Cardiff council.It is estimated that the ground, which forms part of a 拢100m development masterplanned by Holder Mathias, could create 1500 jobs and 150 homes.Arup, Davis Langdon & Everest and planning and environment consultant RPS ...
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Key appointment at QS Davis Langdon & Everest
Rob Smith is taking over the reins from Paul Morrell as senior partner at quantity surveyor Davis Langdon & Everest.Smith鈥檚 appointment, effective on 1 May, was announced to DL&E staff this week. Smith鈥檚 role will be to oversee the firm鈥檚 UK, European and Middle Eastern activities.Smith said Morrell, who will ...
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FeaturesRichard Saxon
As the Egan era draws to a close, the chair of construction think tank Be is ready to take over as the industry's helmsman. And, as he tells Marcus Fairs, his aim is to create an industry that has more self-confidence, more self-knowledge and more self-control.
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Contracts to watch
PFI abroadPFI is going global 鈥� and UK firms鈥� expertise is required everywhere from Ireland to Turkey. Beijing Olympics 2008This year, China will start awarding tenders for what is likely to be the most ambitious Olympics of all time. Firms are licking their lips at the prospect of the 拢23bn ...
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FeaturesDifficult neighbours
How the government will tackle impossible house prices in the South and impossible houses in the North
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Get ready to answer your critics
We're in for a year of ecological activism 鈥� from an unlikely source
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Bad news for the City
The year will have a poor results season and a difficult housing market
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Changes to the 黑洞社区 Regulations
Part A: StructuresConsultation on amending this section took place in 2001 and the part on disproportionate collapse has been rewritten. However, the events of 11 September have meant that this section has come under intense scrutiny, which has delayed the publication. Expect new guidance late in the year. Part B: ...
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FeaturesProjects to watch
Staiths South BankNext week, fashion guru Wayne Hemingway unveils his first-ever housing project 鈥� a 700-home estate in Gateshead for Wimpey. Proper architects have pooh-poohed the scheme, which has normal-looking houses set in car-free, landscaped gardens 鈥� but the avalanche of enquiries from would-be buyers suggests that the punters love ...
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