All Building articles in 14 January 2011
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Johnson & Johnson Furniture goes into administration
Bespoke fit-out firm appoints administrator and makes 50 out of 70 staff redundant
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NewsSkanska buys first UK housing site
Contractor becomes housebuilder with deal for 128-home Countryside Properties site
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NewsGreat Portland FD moves to Hammerson
Hammerson finance director Simon Melliss will retire in June and be replaced by Timon Drakesmith
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NewsHenry Boot expects revenue to jump 10%
In an update today, Henry Boot management said revenue for 2010 will be around £128m
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NewsQuarter of construction firms reduced training in 2010
CITB-ConstructionSkills survey shows 18% planning further cuts this year
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NewsGrontmij folds UK acquisitions into its brand
Roger Preston & Partners and Whitelaw Turkington will trade as Grontmij
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NewsGalliford Try secures £33m of water work
Contractor will improve sewage works for Northumbrian Water
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NewsMidlands contractor enters administration
Clark Construction collapses with the loss of 60 jobs
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North-east firm goes bust, losing 100 jobs
Dorin Construction placed into administration after 30 years trading on Tyneside
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FeaturesHow paternity rights and abolition of retirement age will hit construction
The Coalition government’s new paternity rights will cause major headache for employers in the male-dominated building industry
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NewsRok arm resurrected by local management
Grimsby contractor taken over by Rok has been re-established under original name Topcon
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NewsLand Secs to start on Glasgow shopping centre
Strong pre-lettings at Trinity Leeds shopping centre prompts Land Secs to start on Glasgow scheme
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NewsUK firms should build India infrastructure, says Cable
British companies well placed to help build Indian infrastructure, says business secretary
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NewsKingspan acquisition clears competition hurdles
Insulation group’s £102m takeover of CRH Insulation Europe given green light in Germany, Holland and Ireland
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NewsWalkie Talkie construction begins
Work gets underway on Land Securities’ and Canary Wharf Group’s £500m London skyscraper
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FeaturesHow Balfour Beatty drained its site using state-of-the-art 'blotting paper'
The contractor used 55,000 strips of permeable polyseter to enable work on a saturated site to start in months rather than years
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CommentBe explicit: All Metal Roofing vs Kamm Properties
This case shows the importance of stating the exact whens, wheres and whys of any contract – in writing
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NewsConstruction insolvencies fall 14% in 2010
PwC data reveals decrease in firms going bust but industry could still be vulnerable
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NewsFloating wetland centre scoops BREEAM award
Adam Khan Architect’s Brockholes visitor centre has won a BREEAM Outstanding award