All Building articles in 17 July 2009
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NewsAnimal health institute to get £100m upgrade
Redevelopment is planned for the research institute at Pirbright, source of the 2007 foot and mouth outbreak
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NewsPension funds set to build private rented housing
Aviva and Legal & General among investors ready to fund construction of buy-to-let apartments
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NewsSkanska reveals £14.6m profit
Swedish firm back in black, after previous loss of £41.5m and departure of chief executive David Fison
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NewsBlacklist lobby group seeks action against major firms
Blacklist Support Group is inaugurated to form ‘coherent voice’ for blacklisted workers
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Tender of the day: £3.5m Hostel in Waltham Forest
Bid deadline is 3 August for new build and demolition scheme
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NewsBoss of disastrous college building programme scores £36,000 bonus
Money awarded to Mark Haysom, chief executive of Learning and Skills Council, was on top of £223,000 salary and £100,000 pay-off
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NewsReporting corruption may excuse firms from criminal prosecution
Serious Fraud Office releases guidelines to encourage companies working abroad to report bribery within their organisation in exchange for civil settlement
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NewsMortgages up 15% in June
Rise means mortgage lending is 47% higher than last year during depths of credit crunch
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News£100m government budget deficit puts arts projects at risk
British Museum extension, new South Bank film centre and Stonehenge visitors centre among schemes in jeopardy
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NewsTop five reader comments: 23 July
Innovative thoughts on stimulating the economy with infrastructure schemes, 'lovefest' allegations over the Stirling prize; and outrage over teenage pay rates
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NewsSite menace knotweed set to meet its match
Consultation launched on revolutionary biocontrol scheme to bring Japanese predator to UK to beat rampant weed
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NewsCarillion to build £275m parliament complex in Oman
Contractor's Omani business wins construction deal for two-phase development designed by q-dar
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NewsBrown announces £1bn upgrade for London to Cardiff rail line
Eight-year electrification programme will upgrade 300 miles of track on Britain's busiest railway line
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NewsBSS confident despite 6% slip in revenue
Plumbing supplies distributor predicts it will outperform the market and be cash positive in coming year
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NewsPart-built Foster hotel on Strand goes into receivership
PricewaterhouseCoopers appointed receiver on controversial £25m, 11-storey development in central London
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NewsFretton is bookies’ favourite for Stirling win
Architect’s Fuglsang Kunstmuseum in Denmark given 3/1 odds by William Hill
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NewsFinally, some good news: the Stirling prize is back
After months of mostly bad news in architecture, it’s good to have something positive to discuss even if it is a strange shortlist
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NewsWates bags £40m Yorkshire resort scheme
300-room leisure resort will provide jobs for up to 400 workers
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NewsMace scoops Blackfriars utility contract
Contract comprises diversions, removals and new connections for Network Rail's upgraded station
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NewsBoris pledges to develop outer London town centres
London mayor rejects economic 'super hub' plan in favour of 'star and cluster' approach to revitalising city's suburbs