All Building articles in 2005 issue 27
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Planning Inspectorate clears appeals backlog
£1m cash injection helps restructured Inspectorate get to grips with planning appeals.
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Rail bosses escape manslaughter charge for Hatfield crash
Judge throws out charges against Balfour Beatty and Railtrack executives.
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Nuclear contamination fear at Olympic site
Building work could be held up as critics call for investigation.
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Bovis expects six-month profit to slump by 1m
Housebuilder warns of a 16% drop in sales for first half of 2005.
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ACE lines up for Olympics
The Association for Consultancy and Engineering is forming two groups to link up with the Olympic delivery team.
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Balfour Beatty closes 127m PFI deal
Balfour Beatty secures 25-year Bassetlaw PFI deal for new schools in Nottinghamshire.
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McCarthy & Stone feel house market chill
Retirement home specialist says unit completions will fall 10% in 2004.
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Kingspan ahead of market forecast
Kingspan says trading for the year so far is well ahead of schedule.
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Kelly calls on Europe to invest in skills
Ruth Kelly calls on European ministers to address skill shortages in Europe.
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Council-tax payers foot bill for ‘upside-down map’ gaffe
‘X’ doesn’t mark the spot as highways clerk sends contractors to the wrong place.
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Metronet contracts threatened over tube safety failures
Leaked TfL report damns Metronet’s performance.
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Taylor Woodrow expecting to out-perform the market
Housing group draws on international base to stay one step ahead.
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Alfred McAlpine scores three-year contract extension
Long-term focus rewarded with £75m highways deal in the East Midlands.
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Guy Hands in frame to buy Fairclough Homes
Chief executive of private equity company Terra Firma set to put bid in for housebuilder.
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Morgan says sorry and quits after RICS outburst
Launce Morgan, RICS construction faculty chairman, resigns after labelling the body’s management ‘arrogant’.
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On top of the world
Wednesday, 6 July, 12.49: A moment that will leave an indelible mark on the city of London. Against the odds the UK’s capital won the right to host the 2012 Olympics. For bid leader Lord Coe, it was a personal triumph to match his two 1500 m Olympic gold medals ...
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… Ummm, not quite
Do I recognise these people? Yes. They are undoubtably the Fantastic Four – pre-cosmic radiation exposure. On the left is Reed Richards – Mr Fantastic; next to him is Ben Grimm - The Thing; and to the right are Susan and Johnny Storm – the Invisible Woman and the Human ...