All articles by Kate Allen 鈥� Page 3

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    The guv'nors

    2003-05-09T00:00:00Z

    In three years, Sir Stuart Lipton and Jon Rouse turned CABE from an idea into a key British institution. Now that it's on the brink of another massive expansion, we find out where they're taking it now

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    The Status Seeker

    2003-04-25T00:00:00Z

    RICS president Peter Fall wants the institution to have a global profile and he expects its members to fork out for it. The only problem is, some of them are beginning to wonder just what the point of RICS is 鈥�

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    An 80s revival

    2003-04-11T00:00:00Z

    You remember the 1980s: big hair, De Lorean cars, awful music and the free-fire enterprise zones that gave us London Docklands. Now Labour is going to bring back at least one of the above, with its idea for creating areas where the usual planning process is suspended. But will they ...

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    Our trends in the North

    2003-03-28T00:00:00Z

    Huddersfield may not be the first place to come to mind when you think of loft apartments. But a live鈥搘ork scheme for artists opened by Places for People is proving that studio-style spaces can work in Yorkshire as well as Manhattan

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    Shifting London a little to the east

    2003-03-14T00:00:00Z

    Ken Livingstone's mission is to preside over the biggest expansion of the capital since Victoria and Cubitt. To do that he has to get CrossRail built, and preferably though Royal Docks. We tracked him down at MIPIM and got a dramatic progress report 鈥�

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    Man of manners

    2003-03-07T00:00:00Z

    David Hardy is a community-spirited man 鈥� chair of his parish hall, school governor and a fan of village life. Now he's trying to introduce a bit more neighbourliness into construction. We meet the manager of the Considerate Constructors Scheme.

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    Physically challenged

    2003-02-14T00:00:00Z

    Regulatory changes aimed at giving disabled people full access to public buildings are creating big business for contractors. But with few guidelines to help, how do firms know what to do? Cue the rise of the latest construction professional 鈥� the access consultant.

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    Counting the cash, counting the cost

    2003-01-31T00:00:00Z

    The astonishing Laing O'Rourke pay deal at Heathrow's Terminal 5 has created an intoxicating mixture of glee, fear, envy and greed inside and outside the industry. We sort out winners from losers, and considers what it means for the future of construction.

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    The future鈥檚 bright 鈥�

    2003-01-31T00:00:00Z

    鈥� with people like these in the industry. We profile the five early starters who鈥檝e made the shortlist for 精东影视鈥檚 first-ever young achievers award, sponsored by the Construction Industry Training Board.

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    George Brumwell

    2003-01-24T00:00:00Z

    The UCATT general secretary has driven through a landmark pay deal in which Terminal 5 workers will earn more than company directors. Now he tells us why it will be his swansong.

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    Jam and bread

    2003-01-17T00:00:00Z

    With the registration date for London's congestion charge just two weeks away, construction firms appear to be blissfully ignorant of how much it could cost them. We find that confusion and belated indignation are the typical reaction

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    Congestion charge to cost typical London site 拢50,000

    2003-01-17T00:00:00Z

    Construction projects in central London to be hit after industry fails to lobby for concessions.

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    Skilled workers at Heathrow Terminal 5 to earn 拢55,000

    2003-01-17T00:00:00Z

    Laing O'Rourke and construction unions reach pay agreement as BAA reveals plans to employ refugees on T5.

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    Industry misses chance to avoid congestion charge

    2003-01-10T00:00:00Z

    City chiefs shocked by lack of lobbying to win concessions, and Peter Rogers warns of anger and confusion.