All Building articles in 2005 issue 37
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Multiplex backs out of race for £1.5 bn Elephant & Castle contract
Australian contractor withdraws from competition for massive regeneration project.
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Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation gets strategic planning powers
John Prescott makes TTGDC responsible for large-scale planning and sustained growth in the area.
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Architects call for competition to design second Forth bridge
Discontent rumbles on as ageing bridge feels the strain of corrosion and traffic.
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Capita Symonds reveals catalogue of problems at Spa
Consultant needs £1.3m to remedy defects inherited from Mowlem at troubled Bath Spa.
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MPs slam government’s handling of Dome sale
Public Accounts Committee says ministers failed to secure best deal.
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Southwark decides fate of sink estate
Local council will decide whether to demolish Elephant and Castle's Aylesbury Estate next week.
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Underlying profit up 75% at Henry Boot
Shares rise 3% even though construction turnover fell below expectation.
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New membership scheme for Constructing Excellence
New scheme announced by Bob White will be structured around five forums.
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Ennstone profit jumps by £3m
Supplier fends off higher energy costs and a tough UK market to increase profit by 150%.
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£20m added to coalfield fund
English Partnerships is to increase funding for the coalfield regeneration fund by another £20m.
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Mowlem drops £70m City bombshell
Shares fall 5% as contractor announces problem with contracts.
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Government to miss 20% carbon target
Report says government will miss its own carbon emissions target, but says requirements of the 2012 Kyoto protocol will be met.
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David Higgins frontrunner for Olympic job
The man who organised Sydney 2000 is the government's preferred choice as head of the Olympic Delivery Agency, according to The Observer.
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Lovell to refurbish West Bromwich blocks
£4.8m scheme will involve major internal and external improvement work on two high-rise blocks in Hallam Street.
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Miller snaps up Fairclough Homes for £264m
Integration of two groups will turn Miller into a top ten housebuilder.
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Rogers’ taskforce calls for communities plan to be axed
John Prescott’s plans for South-east housing growth come under severe criticism from panel of urban advisers
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Industry anger over delay to Building Regulations updates
Industry bodies have attacked revisions to Parts F and L of the Building Regulations published this week, claiming firms will be unable to meet the deadlines for energy efficiency changes.
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MJP cuts staff after BBC simplifies flagship design
Changes to plan for second phase of Broadcasting House force project architect to cut staff
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Comment
Stop sobbing, subbies …
I think subcontractors complain too much about retentions. From experience, I think the subcontractor is often its own worst enemy.
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Sharewatch
Last week was one of those strange ones when, despite a swath of poor results, share prices surged, or at least performed well.