All Building articles in 05 February 2010
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Ruling paves way for directors to be sued for OFT fines
Directors and staff at firms implicated in the Office of Fair Trading bid rigging probe could be held personally liable for fines following a landmark court ruling.The news follows an OFT inquiry that found Safeway guilty of fixing the price of dairy products. A fine of £16.4m was imposed, later ...
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Public sector must cut procurement costs
Key speakers at procurement conference call on public sector to focus on efficiency
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Three shortlisted for £180m Stockton BSF
BAM Construct, Shepherd and Environments for Learning will build the first Building Schools for the Future secondary schools in the borough
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Orders have fallen £17bn since 2007
ONS figures reveal largest drop took place in commercial and private housing sectors
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Annual orders figures reveal extent of freefall
Recession rips away £17bn of orders over two years
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Credit crunches Zaha's profit
Architect blames 69% profit drop on 'tightening of credit lines in the construction sector'
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Video: Manhattan Loft's St Pancras apartments
Harry Handelsman on the challenges of refurbishing London's neo-gothic masterpiece
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Galliford Try buys Bank of Scotland stake in joint ventures
Contractor takes back 50% share of five housebuilders with development value of £154m
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James Wates is new CITB ConstructionSkills chairman
Deputy chairman of Wates will replace Sir Michael Latham from 1 April
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First impressions: Drost + van Veen education centre
Students from the Royal College of Art and Nottingham Trent University comment on the Netherlands scheme
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Mouchel issues 'perfect defence' against VT takeover bid
Trading update reveals order book is up to £2bn, after two contract wins this week
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Starting Your Own Business, part 12: Making the selection
Hiring the right person is crucial, as is making sure the client is happy for you to delegate his commission to your new recruit
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Developers hail levy exemption on affordable housing
Community Infrastructure Levy regulations out this week give councils power to exempt individual developments
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BAA faces fresh legal action to force airports sell-off
Competition Commission is heading to the Court of Appeal over a ruling in favour of airport operator last year
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APC video: Sustainability optional competence
Matthew Barrington answers questions from Dean Mills on the criteria for measuring sustainability in completed buildings
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APC video: Risk management competence (T077)
Dean Mills puts another candidate through his APC paces
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Government to close illness claim loophole
Thousands of injured or sick workers who cannot trace employer insurance records could win compensation under proposals
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Musical building will 'perform' at arts festival
Sunlight Symphony will be created as light hits sensors on University of Plymouth building later this month
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Was it just the cold or is it a relapse?
Brickonomics takes an in-depth look at the RICS' latest housing market survey and what it means
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Visitors trapped 124 storeys up the Burj
Lift in world's tallest building strands 15 people after 'crash from the shaft' is heard