All articles by Alex Smith – Page 12
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High standards
Alex Smith welcomes the arrival of the RIBA’s revised Standard Forms of Appointment to its website in a handy PDF format, which will save time, effort and paper
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RIBA launches online appointment forms
A new suite of agreements for architects and consultants is now available to download
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Bathing beauties arrive in Mablethorpe
Post-modern beach huts are unveiled in the seaside towns of Mablethorpe and Sutton in Lincolnshire
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Carillion JV wins £175m Tyneside schools PPP
Local Education Partnership is preferred bidder on Schools for the Future PPP contract
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Im staying inside
Alex Smith settles down to EP’s guide to the best in urban design and then intrepidly explores a site that is campaigning to save Captain Scott’s ill-fated stab at polar architecture
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CABE awards gold to three housing projects
Schemes by Stride Treglown Architects, Rolfe Judd Architects and Mike Lapworth Architects win Gold at the ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV for Life awards
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Zaha Hadid at the Royal Festival Hall - images
Architect experiments with pre-cast concrete moulding techniques in Urban Nebula sculpture
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Rok acquire Aquilo building claims business for £2.1m
Aquilo Inspection and Reinstatement Services will be integrated into Rok's maintenance operations
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Biggest ever sail
More than 3,000 amateur sailors descended on the Isle of Wight for the Little Britain Challenge Cup last week. Alex Smith packed his best Hawaiian shirt and joined in the fun
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Kier shares soar after 30% profit rise
Shares up 55p as construction and services group announce yearly profit of £80m
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The pick of the bunch at Little Britain
Confusion over flying bananas, sarongs and end-of-season sales are all par for the course at the construction and property industry's annual regatta
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Peter Hain: 'I will not tolerate a rise in construction deaths'
Minister says that next week's special forum on safety will not be allowed to become a talking shop
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Bovis Homes profit up 10% despite market caution
Bovis Homes says consumers are taking longer to decide whether to buy after interest rate rises
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Web watch In memoriam
Bill and Ben, Sheffield’s legendary cooling towers, are about to be knocked down, but there is no consensus on a campaign to preserve them as a commemorative sculpture.
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Galliford Try profit buoyed by recent acquisitions
Profit increases 63% to £53m as acquisitions perform ahead of expectations
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Carillion profit jumps 28% after Mowlem integration
Shares rise 3.7% as Carillion announces underlying half-year profit of £34.3m
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Union suspends Metronet Tube strike
Transport for London says it has provided RMT with clarified assurances on jobs and pensions
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No reprieve for Sheffield's brick icons
A 4000-strong petition to save the Tinsley cooling towers looks unlikely to prevent E.ON from carrying out the demolition
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Paper Round: Rural housing crisis continues
The weekend papers report on the government's ongoing failure to provide affordable homes in the rural sector
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Rok acquires S. Harrison Construction for £4.8m
Purchase of 55-year-old builder will enable Rok to expand into Yorkshire