All Building articles in 2006 issue 27
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Abbey profit drops 18%
Irish contractor reports pre-tax profit of £32.6m for the year to 30 April 2006.
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NewsHalcrow to expand nuclear division
Halcrow among contractors preparing for £12bn of nuclear investment following publication of energy review
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200 new homes destroyed on St George site
Completed homes were among 200 units wiped out by huge blaze on development in Colindale
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NewsCM Parker Browne wins £130m academy deal
Consultant CM Parker Browne wins £130m contract for five United Learning Trust academy projects
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NewsDead workman's family compensated £104,000
Robertson Construction ordered to pay compensation to family of roofer killed on Scottish school site
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Encon appoints Gerry Fallon as managing director
Fallon will succeed Douglas McKerracher who is set to retire at the end of July
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NewsGreen light for nuclear power
Government energy review says nuclear power stations would reduce carbon emissions and reduce reliance on imported energy
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NewsInterior Services Group buys ISG Asia for £4.6m
British-based ISG currently has a 22% share in ISG Asia, the FM and project management business
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NewsTaywood announces 10% growth in landbank
Housebuilder's trading update reveals landbank of 38,498 plots in the UK.
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Correction: Leisure Connection Limited
Building acknowledges that statement relating to Leisure Connection and Clissold Leisure Centre was unfounded
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Widespread pessimism over pension provision
Two-thirds of Building readers fear their pension will not guarantee them a decent standard of living
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NewsWembley woes continue as seating firm collapses
Pel Group goes into administration as Multiplex claims extension of time until October
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NewsBovis boss Johnston brings in Aussie to run UK arm
Shocked staff complain of ‘personality-less firm’ as British boss Jason Millett takes his leave
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CommentTrump that!
Everyone knows that a final certificate trumps an interim one – that’s the way a client ensures it pays the correct sum. But when an adjudicator is parachuted in to decide the interim account, that situation is reversed – as Camden council was surprised to discover
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CommentTime for a stock-take
I am certainly of the opinion that we must place greater emphasis on the need to improve the energy efficiency of the existing building stock (23 June, page 30).
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CommentThrills and spills
Put an angry man at the wheel of a mini-digger and the results will be dramatic. Give him some dynamite and the fun can really start. Nick Jones hunts down the web’s wildest demolition stories
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Comment
Sharing the spoils
The British aggregates industry may be able to recoup millions of pounds from the government if the European Court of First Instance declares the imposition of a levy to be illegal. The $64,000 question is whether customers will also benefit
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NewsPalestras pod
Architect Sheppard Robson’s interior design group, ID:SR, has unveiled this concept for the London Development Agency’s offices in Will Alsop’s latest building, the Palestra.
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Widespread pessimism over pension provision
Two-thirds of Building readers fear their pension will not guarantee them a decent standard of living.
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FeaturesWhere are we now?
It’s been a year since London got the job of hosting the 2012 Olympics, and to the untrained eye, nothing much seems to have happened. Mark Leftly commentates on what’s been going on, and what’s planned for the next six years and three weeks