All Building articles in 31 July 2009
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HBOS and the blame game
Bank bashing is the country's favourite sport but were greedy company bosses as much to blame for the bad loans?
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John Sisk wins £30m contract to rebuild Weston pier
New pier will replace structure destroyed by fire last year
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Orders drop to lowest level since downturn hit
June figure of £2.13bn is 15% down on the £2.49bn recorded in May
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Bellway raises £45m to buy land
Housebuilder takes advantage of strong recent share performance to raise cash in rights issue
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Turnover up 12% at John Rowan as profit falls 14%
Consultant attributes profit drop to weak state of wider economy, but says social housing market will help company weather the storm
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CITBs' three-card trick
Training grants to employers go down, but the construction training levy stays level - somebody should resign!
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Crouching tiger, hidden drop
Actually not such a hidden drop – a blatantly obvious three-storey drop – and not a tiger at all, but a rather reckless windowcleaner
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Top five reader comments: 6 August
Is foul language keeping women out of construction? Plus, why greening historic buildings is pointless and the Americans can laugh at Boris
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Carillion wins £116m contract for Scottish green prison
Contractor will design and build Low Moss prison in East Dunbartonshire to BREEAM 'excellent' standard
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Bellway reports trading ahead of expectations
Housebuilder's update shows 33% fall in sales over the year but debt is reduced beyond its target
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Bouygues prepares to swoop for struggling Haymills
French construction giant in talks to agree final terms for £181m-turnover contractor
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Wales waives planning for micro-renewables
Permission not needed for homeowners to install solar panels and similar green technology
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Study hopes to turn Manchester's roofs green
Drivers Jones and Aecom to carry out feasibility study into making eco roofs part of planning requirements
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High-speed rail details to be published by end of year
Transport minister promises to include framework to extend line as far as Scotland
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House prices rose 1.1% in July
Hopes of recovery sparked as Halifax reports confirms first quarterly price rise since October 2007
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Trak goes into administration
Administrator says a buyer is not likely to be found for Hemel Hempstead contractor
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Tender of the day: £1.5m Stockport school
Bid deadline is 17 August for project involving extension, alteration and conversion
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Network Rail picks 14 firms for £1bn framework
Amey, Balfour Beatty, Bovis, Carillion, Jarvis and Kier all said to be included in new 'one-stop shop' framework
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Build Moore cycle diary: Broken neck a minor setback
Showing off in front of the kids almost leads to disaster, with training for the London-to-Paris bike ride hardly begun