All Building articles in 2006 issue 20
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NewsBalfour Beatty to build King's Cross ticket hall
Contractor wins £115m deal to build new hall for station's underground link.
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NewsCapita Symonds completes Ruddle Wilkinson takeover
Acquisition makes multidisciplinary consultant the second biggest architect in the UK.
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Faithful+Gould scoops BT contracts
Three five-year QS contracts will cover South Wales and the West, the Midlands and Northern Ireland.
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NewsKingspan profit ahead of expectation
Materials supplier says operating profit and earnings per share would be well ahead of 2005's figures.
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NewsMultiplex denies trickery at Wembley
Multiplex QC says manager acted reasonably over disputed valuation as Wembley trial draws to a close.
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NewsMy nagging carbon conscience
A smog-filled Beijing sky prompts the CIC chief executive to ask himself whether he is doing enough to cut his own carbon emissions.
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NewsBowker to quit as head of Partnerships for Schools
Richard Bowker is named chief executive of National Express, eight months after joining Building Schools for the Future programme.
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NewsShadow chancellor hints at more land for homes
George Osborne tells property leaders that government should make more land available to housebuilders.
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NewsGreat Portland Estates considers REIT status
Developer says becoming a real estate investment trust would have minimal effect on business.
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NewsGleeson issues severe profit warning
Housebuilder says switch from speculative building to inner city regeneration will hit this year's profits.
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NewsNapier to leave Taylor Woodrow
Napier will step down in Spring 2007 and move to Imperial Tobacco Group as non-executive chairman.
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NewsBritish Land reveals plan to become REIT
Developer expresses intention to become a Real Estate Investment Trust from early 2007 after posting a 32% rise in net asset value this morning.
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NewsCleveland Bridge counsel attacks Multiplex's 'unlawful conduct'
Counsel for Cleveland Bridge depicts Multiplex as hard-nosed contractor whose conduct had 'crossed the line into unlawfulness'.
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NewsBalfour Beatty wins £170m road extensions
Extension to two road maintenance contracts in North Yorkshire and Hampshire will cover almost 8,000 roads.
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NewsMitie predicts further growth after strong results
Support services group seeks further expansion after it reveals 17% growth in turnover from £800m to £936m.
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NewsBAA set to offer investors £1bn sweetener
Cash payment would form part of BAA's strategy to fend off Ferrovial's £8.75bn takeover bid.
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NewsAmec sells Spie for £707m
Contractor announces that it has sold its French engineering division to private equity group PAI Partners as part of restructuring strategy.
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NewsA trial for all involved
Our court correspondent finally succumbs to the debilitating medical complaint that is ravaging the Technology and Construction Court: Wembley Fatigue.
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NewsFormer Cleveland Bridge boss takes the stand
Roddy Grant accuses Wembley contractor of spending more time trying to destroy its steel subcontractor than building the stadium.
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NewsRay O'Rourke: Women are not needed on site
Laing O'Rourke boss claims sites are ‘no place for women' and that prefabrication will eliminate skills shortages