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Gehry asked to design a Guggenheim on the Tay

2003-10-03T00:00:00Z

Dundee's city fathers ask star architect to work on centrepiece for their multimillion-pound regeneration plans.

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Casino to float off Suffolk coast

2003-09-26T00:00:00Z

Plans are being drawn up to turn a former Second World War anti-aircraft base, located on a concrete island six miles off the Suffolk coast, into a 24-hour hotel and casino

Features

The ideal architect

2003-09-26T00:00:00Z

His years in the wilderness preaching weird hippie stuff like "sustainability" turned Richard Feilden into a bit of a prophet. All very well, but how does that fit with running an ever more successful commercial practice? We found out.

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Best of all worlds

2003-09-26T00:00:00Z

Don't fancy being stuck in rainy old Britain but can't afford to travel? Jealous of your mates going to exciting places while you're facing a life of hard work? Never fear – a career in construction is your ticket outta here … and this lot can prove it, says George ...

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Grimshaw shortlists sites for aquatic Eden Project

2003-09-19T00:00:00Z

Eden team brought in to create £220m marine research centre containing 25 million gallons of water.

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Call for legal limit on office heat

2003-09-12T00:00:00Z

¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ services provider Mitie has called for the introduction of legal maximum temperatures in offices after Britain's hottest recorded summer

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Feilden Clegg hopes to put 3000 homes into Oxford hole

2003-09-12T00:00:00Z

Architect to draw up plans for sustainable community, with research centre and public transport, in derelict quarry.

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We have a dream …

2003-08-29T00:00:00Z

Can new libraries really transform rundown cities, knit communities together and persuade young people of all races and classes to play and learn together? CABE's latest research says yes – and where better to test the theory than in race-riot-blighted Oldham?

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Fears grow of surge in site deaths

2003-08-01T00:00:00Z

The number of construction workers killed on site in the first quarter of 2003/4 has raised fears of an increase in the total figure for the year

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Local firm set to take centre stage at Hackney Empire

2003-08-01T00:00:00Z

Contractor Jerram Falkus in talks to take over restoration of historic theatre following failure of Sunley Turriff.

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Prescott faces challenge to greenfield housing policy

2003-07-25T00:00:00Z

Crucial battle in offing over Essex council's proposed cancellation of planned residential development.

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Mowlem wins fight for £4bn PFI barracks

2003-07-25T00:00:00Z

The £4bn PFI project to build and maintain the Allenby and Connaught army barracks has been won by a joint venture between Mowlem and the American contractor Kellogg Brown & Root

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Constructing Excellence faces early funding test

2003-07-18T00:00:00Z

Government's new Egan body is said to have DTI backing, but doubts remain over who will pay for it.

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Chelsfield poaches LandSec boss

2003-07-18T00:00:00Z

John Anderson, director of Land Securities Properties and former managing director of Bovis Lend Lease Europe, has joined Chelsfield as director of construction – as predicted in ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ in May

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National forum to oversee £400m training budget

2003-07-11T00:00:00Z

New minister for construction launches body to give industry more say in publicly funded training.

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Minister foresees 'ruthless' regeneration

2003-07-04T00:00:00Z

Local government minister Nick Raynsford has predicted that public and government will take a more "ruthless" attitude to regeneration

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The fall guys

2003-07-04T00:00:00Z

Falls from height caused 37 deaths on site last year, yet firms continue to ignore the risks. We find out what the industry's doing to tackle the problem – and who's to blame

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Three vie for £70m MoD HQ

2003-07-04T00:00:00Z

Three consortiums are competing for a £70m contract to decommission a huge network of tunnels and caverns belonging to the Ministry of Defence in Wiltshire and create a headquarters for its communications division

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Kent hands Prescott £10bn bill

2003-06-27T00:00:00Z

Councillors in Kent have asked the government for £10bn to build infrastructure to go with the 120,000 homes planned in John Prescott's communities plan

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Gains leads industry honours

2003-06-20T00:00:00Z

Mowlem chief executive John Gains was celebrating this week after being knighted in the Queen’s birthday honours list.