All Building articles in 2006 Issue 16
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Barts PFI scheme finally reaches financial close
Skanska consortium reaches financial close eight months after it was originally expected to do so in August last year.
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Multiplex says Cleveland Bridge 'held gun to its head'
Project director accuses Cleveland Bridge of threatening insolvency if Multiplex did not agree to its financial demands.
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Bristol mega-hospital gets green light
North Bristol's Southmead Hospital to become £280m acute hospital, bringing many of the city's specialist facilities on to one site.
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Mulitplex and Hollandia agree final steelwork settlement
M&E contractor Honeywell also agrees deal with Multiplex to accelerate work on project.
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Hanson says energy rises will increase material costs
Material supplier says that it is focusing on increasing prices to cover energy price rises in 2005.
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Multiplex manager slams Cleveland Bridge at High Court
Multiplex project manager Ashley Muldoon calls steel contractor "incompetent, unmotivated and devious."
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CABE calls Ghery's Brighton project banal
CABE letter says public spaces on Frank Gehry's King Alfred development had not been given enough thought.
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Wilson Bowden buys Roland Bardsley Homes for £25m
RBH has completed around 150 houses each year in its North West region for the past three years.
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Jackson Construction wins Millennium Community contract
Jackson will build 109 sustainable timber homes at the Millennium Community in Kings Lynn.
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London's tallest skyscraper wins planning approval
The 228m high Bishopsgate Tower by Kohn Pederson Fox overcomes objections to win planning approval.
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Spanswick appointed to Health and Safety Commission
Bovis chairman John Spanswick will promote the construction industry's role in HSC strategy and programmes.
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Michelmersh reports strong brick demand
Brick-maker says that sales since start of 2006 are higher than same period last year.
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Cemex faces prosecution after dust cloud
Cement firm is charged by the Environment Agency after Rugby factory spewed dust over homes and cars.
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Carillion faces new £90m Mowlem hit
Carillion uncovers more problems on big Mowlem contracts including Dublin port tunnel and Exeter schools projects.
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Multiplex lawyer fires opening salvoes
Roger Stewart dismisses Cleveland Bridge statement as a 'dodgy dossier' as Wembley trial begins in the Technology and Construction Court in London.
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Morgan Sindall buoyed by fit-out and housing growth
Contractor says it is benefiting from partnership with the Housing Corporation and expansion of the financial services sector.
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Profit down 20% at McCarthy & Stone
Testing period reduces housebuilder's profit to £39.1m but company still hopeful of increase in full year sales.
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Leaks led to explosion fears at Wembley
Work to repair corroded electrical system at Wembley stadium has been carried out over the past year.
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African sunset
Andrew Murray says goodbye to South Africa after spending the last month helping to build a shelter for children orphaned by AIDs.
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Sales down 6% at Wickes
Builders' merchant Travis Perkins says overall turnover will increase despite poor performance of retail arm Wickes.