All Building articles in 8 August 2014
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Features
Sketch of the week: South Bank
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Roger Fitzgerald for charity Article 25’s annual 10x10 event
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News
Interserve JV bags £950m waste facility contract
Contractor will build £145m waste processing facility and partner Shanks Group will operate it
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News
Miller Construction's losses deepened prior to Galliford sale
Miller Group’s half-year accounts reveal its construction division slumped to a £6.2m loss
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News
Problem projects drag down Royal Bam
Dutch parent of Bam Construct and Bam Nuttall posts heavy losses in construction and civil engineering businesses, including a £3m loss in the UK
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NDA denies fault in £200m nuclear legal battle
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority defends its procurement process for £7bn Magnox project
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Race for £600m Battersea job hots up
Four contractors still in the race as they fly out to Kuala Lumpur to pitch for prestigious job
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Comment
What eighteenth century Rome can teach us about making places
Why generating ‘street life’ - in all its senses - is the key to building successful cities
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News
Two firms battling it out for £400m BBC TV Centre
Exclusive: The race for the key role on Stanhope’s redevelopment of the iconic BBC studios in west London is down to two firms
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News
Balfour Beatty rejects improved Carillion offer
Firm brands business plan “too risky” after consultation with major shareholders
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Carillion ups offer for Balfour Beatty
Carillion offers Balfour Beatty shareholders increased share of merged firm
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Aecom’s £2.3bn URS deal clears regulatory hurdle
Aecom boss says regulatory approval gives “additional confidence” deal will complete in October
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News
WSP in ‘pole position’ to buy Parsons Brinckerhoff
Consultant edges ahead of rivals including Atkins in bid race for US consultant
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Wilson James hires former Morgan Sindall London boss
Peter Jacobs joins logistics firm’s board as non-executive director
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News
Biomass plant gets £50m government guarantee
Whisky distiller Macallan to use heat from the plant in its distillery
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News
Mears reports sharp jump in profit
Contractor reports solid half-year results, with rising almost three-fold
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News
Persimmon calls for review of UK green belts
Housebuilder says more land needs to be made available for housing as it reports strong half-year results
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News
Arcadis likely to counter bid in battle for Hyder
‘Strong prospect’ Dutch engineer will make counter-bid in battle with Japanese consultant Nippon Koei to acquire UK engineer Hyder
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News
Keepmoat close to £400m takover deal
Private equity firms Sun Capital Partners and TDR Capital are closing in on a £400m deal to takeover social housing firm Keepmoat
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Contractors suffering amid rising costs
Latest CPA survey find construction firms facing rising costs and skills shortages as industry recovers