All Building articles in 02 May 2014
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BDP restarts profit share after solid year
Architect posts 33% rise in revenue, with profit also up, as it says worst of recession has now passed
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McAleer & Rushe says 'freak accident' led to worker's death
Contractor says ‘catastrophic’ failure of part of a piling rig led to the death of a worker on its Maidenhead site
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Land Securities to step back from speculative development
Developer reaps benefits of speculative developments in downturn but now wary of rising costs and competition
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Worker dies on McAleer & Rushe hotel site
A worker has died on a construction site in Maidenhead where contractor McAleer Rushe is building an office and hotel development
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Zaha Hadid's Hong Kong college reaches completion
Jockey Club Innovation Tower is squeezed between a motorway and a sports club
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Olympic legacy boss to join Mace
Olympic legacy boss Dennis Hone is to take up the role of finance director at Mace
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Google HQ faces 'at least' three-year delay
Boss of contractor appointed to build tech giant’s £650m HQ in Kings Cross says construction not expected to start until “at least 2017”, three years later than planned
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Revealed: Firms picked for £1bn defence contracts
The Ministry of Defence has finally selected the winner bidders for three long-delayed defence estates contracts worth more than £1bn
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Boris asks firms to design new Heathrow city
Rick Mather, Hawkins Brown and Maccreanor Lavington appointed by mayor to come up with plans for development of Heathrow
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Former RMJM partners asbestos court ordeal ends in victory
Two elderly former partners at RMJM absolved of any responsibility as case settled out of court
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T Clarke expects boost from self-employment clampdown
Building services firm says its committment to direct employment could give it edge over rivals after HMRC tax changes
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Finalists revealed for UK rail design competition
Moxon Architects is the only British practice to make it on to the shortlist in a competition to design attractive railway gantries for the UK
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Comment
Is effective energy storage the next disruptive technology?
Renewable power generation is currently let down by its intermittant nature - but solving the storage problem could transform the market
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Grid Architects unveils Swiss Cottage tower
Residential tower in north-west London for developer Essential Living to be built for private rented market
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Miller bags £120m North-east Pf2 schools
Exclusive: Miller sees off competition from Laing O’Rourke and Sir Robert McAlpine to win North-east batch of private finance schools
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Balfour Beatty probes corruption claims on £500m gas job
Contractor suspends three employees as it investigates allegations of ‘improper conduct’ on National Grid job
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Heathrow picks new chief executive
Current Heathrow development director John Holland-Kaye chosen as new chief executive of airport operator
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Barratt on course for 'strong' results
Housebuilder’s sales up 46.5% in the financial year to date
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Morgan Sindall's order book rises 9%
Morgan SIndall has enjoyed a steady start to the year, with its order book rising 9% to £2.6bn.
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Comment
What has happened to landscaping in housing developments?
Busy housebuilders are ignoring the detailed specification of landscaping that is so important in making a scheme a success