All Building articles in 2005 issue 42
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Swiss Re added to Projects reunited
Swiss Re is the latest scheme to feature on Building's new reunion web site. Click on Projects reunited - no registration required.
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Birmingham City FC unveils new stadium plan
£200m sporting complex pins hopes on "super-casino".
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Proposed wind farm site ‘too close to nuclear reactor’
West Somerset council refuses planning for turbines near nuclear power station.
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£18m for new tropical disease centre in Liverpool
European and regional funding gives Merseyside biotech sector a boost.
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Titan Environmental plans further expansion
New reseach and development facilities to be built at Banbridge HQ.
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£80m expansion for Bristol Airport
Environmental campaigners go head-to-head with airport authorities.
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Birse settles with Citibank for £1.2m plus costs
Long-running legal dispute comes to a close as construction group agrees to pay out.
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Biggest shopping centre in Scotland planned for Glasgow
The 1 million ft2 Silverburn shopping centre will be some 400,000 ft2 larger than any shopping centre the country has seen before,
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Westbury reports 26% fall in profit
Housebuilder reveals 26% fall to £45.5m for the half-year to 31 August 2005.
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MacCormac Jamieson Prichard dropped at Broadcasting House
Construction team blames creative differences for termination of architect's contract at BBC landmark.
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Balfour Beatty start on £100m City scheme
Redesign of old De Beers headquarters by architect Rolfe Judd will act as gateway to City.
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Wolseley acquires Encon for £140m
Wolseley expands European distribution business with purchase of insulation material supplier.
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BAA names preferred suppliers
Mason Land Surveys and Halcrow Group named referred suppliers for land and building consultancy services for work on the firm’s seven UK airports.
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Prescott rejects Stevenage expansion plan
Deputy prime minister turns down 5000-home extension plan, but is 'minded to grant' 3600-home alternative.
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Unison claims PFI is 'built on sand'
Public sector union steps up campaign to get procurement route scrapped.
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Vinci sizes up Mowlem as takeover rumours swirl
UK board of French giant said to be pushing to buy ailing contractor; other large firms also interested.
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Laing O’Rourke staff lose bonuses as profit falls £35m
Thousands of staff miss out on lucrative perk as contractor’s profit plunges from £61m to £26m.
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Victory by stealth
This witty modern makeover of an unprepossessing 1950s house in suburban London has won one of seven RIBA special awards that accompany the supreme Stirling Prize awarded to the Scottish parliament building.
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Reform the Regs
Today, Building launches a campaign to persuade the government to rethink the way it does regulation. Over the next few weeks we explain what has gone wrong, how it is hampering the industry and how we believe it can be fixed. We hope that you’ll tell us your stories, and ...
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Red-tape rollback
The European commission has taken the first tentative steps in its campaign to make EU businesses more competitive by cutting regulation. And there’s a long way to go …