All Building articles in 12 April 2013
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NewsPeasland to exit Balfour Beatty
Balfour Beatty’s demoted UK construction boss Mike Peasland is to leave the company by the end of the year
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NewsCostain defends May Gurney failure
Costain’s boss defends the firm’s failed bid for services provider May Gurney, after being trumped by Kier’s takeover deal
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NewsGalliford Try fixing leaks on £22m roof
Newport railway station’s innovative £22m roof is being repaired by contractor Galliford Try because it has been leaking
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NewsFirms fined over lorry death
Two companies have been ordered to pay almost £800,000 in fines and costs after a driver was run over and killed by his own lorry
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NewsFirst private finance schools worth £300m
Details emerge of first three batches of privately financed priority schools to come market
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NewsBam wins £27m batch of priority schools
Exclusive: Bam Construct has won a £27m batch of schools through the government’s flagship school building programme
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NewsCostain drops out of battle for May Gurney
Costain says it will not make a revised offer for May Gurney following Kier’s proposed £221m takeover of the firm
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NewsKier gains support for May Gurney takeover
Kier secures early backing from around a third of May Gurney shareholders for proposed £221m takeover
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NewsBBC Television Centre plans unveiled
Stanhope reveals detail of Allford Hall Monaghan Morris-designed scheme to transform BBC Television Centre
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NewsOld In & Out Club conversion wins planning
Architect Paul Davis + Partners plans to redevelop London’s old In Out Club into a private mansion get green light
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NewsArchitects lack business plans
Comprehensive RIBA survey of the industry finds nearly two thirds of architects lack business plans while average profits margins were 22%
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NewsSchools work increases to £4bn
New schools capital frameworks worth £2bn each, but number of contractors to be appointed cut by a quarter
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NewsArchitect Rick Mather dies aged 75
Architect who masterplanned London’s Southbank passed away last weekend.
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NewsConstruction firms fined £60k after worker crushed
Worker suffers brain injury from falling equipment
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NewsConstruction complete on the Leeds Arena
Bam Construct has completed construction of the £60m Leeds Arena on time and budget
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NewsLend Lease appoints new Scotland boss
Roy Allport has been promoted from within to run the company’s expanding Scottish business
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NewsGreen light for Kier's £80m Woking job
Kier is to construct an £80m housing scheme in Woking after winning planning approval from the borough council
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NewsPlans to totally rebuild Euston station scrapped
Plans to completely demolish and rebuild Euston station to make way for the high-speed project have been dropped
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NewsPersimmon sees budget boost
Housebuilder says customer enquiries increased by “Help to Buy” announcement
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NewsRamboll poaches Halcrow’s Middle East managing director
Nordic engineer targets expansion of foreign turnover to 50% by 2016