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McCarthy & Stone set to axe one in 10 staff 2008 Issue 18
Four months after announcing expansion drive, retirement homes specialist decimates its ranks
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Comment & Analysis
It only gets worse for BAA
8 May, 2008
The select committee hearing into the T5 fiasco proved embarrassing for BAA's bosses, mainly because they seemed woefully unprepared
Pic of the Day
Rotunda redux
2008 Issue 18
Glenn Howells used advanced technology to convert a famous Birmingham landmark into flats – and secure a piece of modern heritage in the process
New sustainability channel
Mistakes will be made in achieving zero carbon: Atkins chief
8 May, 2008
Constructive chaos is the likely result of adapting to zero-carbon targets, delegates told
Dunster to drive Transition Town development
6 May, 2008
Eco architect to team up with 'post-oil' community to develop zero carbon housing and a factory for production of components for his RuralZED houses in Totnes
Demolitions
Former paper mill crumples after textbook demolition
1 May, 2008
Currie and Brown oversee successful demolition of 170ft tower in Fort William Scotland - UPDATED - Now with video footage
Safety blunders
Views to die for
8 May, 2008
Working in the Himalayas has its risks when you are just one step away from a 80ft drop...
Head above the parapet
6 May, 2008
Maintaining your parapet gutters really shouldn't be a matter of life and death...
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Magnifying the peril
1 May, 2008
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Stretching it
1 May, 2008
Buildings Gallery
Dixon Jones' Kings Place: Water music
2008 Issue 18
Dixon Jones’ canalside Kings Place in London combines public concert halls and art galleries with private office space. It is an extraordinary hybrid of a building, says Martin Spring
OFT bid-rigging investigation
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Egan: Government to blame for OFT bid-rigging scandal
2008 Issue 18
Author of Rethinking Construction attacks culture of lowest price procurement in public sector
Trust campaign gathers pace
2008 Issue 18
Building’s Rebuilding Trust campaign gathered momentum this week as Bovis Lend Lease and Kier pledged their support.
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Councils act to purge suppliers in wake of OFT inquiry
2008 Issue 17
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Tender is the blight
2008 Issue 17
Building TV
Grove Village Manchester
18 April, 2008
Watch how local residents and a Gleeson-led consortium transformed a no-go Manchester estate into Building's PFI Project of the Year
APC Trainer
Construction Confederation Best Practice
Diverting waste from landfill
27 November, 2007
Costain contractor cut waste and CO2 on Morfa to Berwick Link Road
Waste management on Bristol Water
2007 issue 47
Costain hired for construction, testing and commissioning of the Northern Relief Main
