All Building articles in 18 March 2011
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NewsFocus on costs boots Bovis Homes' profit by 146%
Despite increase in sales of only 6%, a focus on costs pushed the firm’s margins higher
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Miller Group sales down 15%
The firm’s 2010 loss was an improvement on 2009, and its chairman was optimistic of market recovery
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FeaturesWates wins £160m to go top
Amount of work awarded in February dropped but big wins shuffle positions of top 10 contractors
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Latest construction appointments: 18 March 2011
GHM Consultancy Group, Shepherd Construction, British Land and Smith Hampton Manchester all have new appointments
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NewsMears operating profits up by 27% as rivals crash out
Social housing repairs provider says underbidding has led to failures, allowing it to ’pick up the pieces’
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NewsEnterprise cuts back £70m social housing business
Firm looks to exit contracts as news of chief executive Neil Kirkby’s departure emerges
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CityWatch: Devastation abroad but dull week at home
Japan’s crisis impacts the stock market while UK firm’s share prices see little movement
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CommentTwenty-eight day adjudication: the point and pitfalls
A little domestic case of an extended deadline outlines the point - and pitfalls - of 28-day adjudication
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NewsBulk of OFT fines likely to be wiped out after appeals
Hope for other firms as fines in first six cases are reduced by up to 94%
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FeaturesAndrew Wyllie: Yes, we can
With Costain’s much publicised bid for Mouchel rebuffed no fewer than four times, and huge infrastructure plans dependent on funding, how come chief executive Andrew Wyllie is so upbeat?
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NewsArup to stress test buildings in disaster-hit Japan
Damaged construction projects are on hold and evacuations take place as Japan struggles to recover
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CommentBusiness planning: home and away
How do you plan ahead and formulate business strategies amid all the uncertainty of political uprisings - and the upcoming Budget?
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CommentWonders & blunders with Mike Barker
Mike Barker’s architectural picks are all bound up with nature. He loves an Iraqi school built out of reeds, but doesn’t care two straws about Beijing’s over-designed Bird’s Nest
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CommentOFT could pay for being over-keen
According to directives from Europe, the OFT’s fines are levied on the basis of companies’ global turnover, not profit
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Billington boss believes steel market has ‘reached bottom’
Billington chief executive Steve Fareham says markets are improving and the cycle is turning
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CommentHansom: La belle vie
We report on racy goings-on, with recently arrested property magnates throwing yacht parties, firms hosting lavish dinners, and politicians talking procreation. And some said Mipim was tamer this year …
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NewsNew Homes Bonus will not boost development, say MPs
Select committee report on damns abolition of regional plans