20 January 2012
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AFR open to acquisitions despite £1.2m pre-tax loss
20 January 2012
Chief executive says firm would consider buying another architectural practice despite loss
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AHMM's Blackfriars scheme to go ahead
20 Jan 12
Construction to commence this month after Building publisher UBM signs lease
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Andrew McNaughton: A Brit abroad
20 January 2012
As chief operating officer of the biggest UK-based European contractor with a £15bn order book and profit north of £300m, Balfour Beatty’s Andrew McNaughton has more reason than most to be bullish. But, as he tells Building, there’s work out there for smaller firms too - if they know where to look …
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Architects’ body attacks RMJM for late pay to staff
19 Jan 12
RIAS says practice should treat staff properly as new redundancies are announced at Scottish office
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Balfour and Thales bag £335m Danish rail contract
31 Jan 12
Balfour Beatty and Thales have won a £335m contract to transform Denmark’s rail signalling system
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Balfour Beatty targets spike in overseas mining work
20 January 2012
Chief operating officer predicts ‘huge growth’ in sector in Australia and plans to increase staff
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Bam wins £20m school job
24 Jan 12
Havant school is first contract to be awarded under the £4.5bn IESE framework
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Barker pledges to boost Green Deal incentives
23 Jan 12
Climate change minister says government’s figures showing collapse in loft insulation installations are ‘out of date’
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BDP scoops planning for Stevenage revamp
25 Jan 12
£250m town centre scheme gets the green light
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Brian Green on … construction output
20 January 2012
The sectors the industry are looking to for growth are stagnating - and the government needs to respond quickly
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Build Up launched for career development
6 Jan 12
University of Westminster offers short career courses to help construction professionals further their careers
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Building intelligence Q3 2011
20 January 2012
Against all expectations, construction output seems to have grown in 2011. Which means that it’s this year that the public spending cuts are really going to start hurting … Experian Economics reports
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Building memories: The Radio Times reports the 1948 Olympics
24 Jan 12
Our Building Memories campaign continues with a look at how the Radio Times reported the start of the Olympics in 1948
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Cameron intervenes over Olympic marketing rights
20 January 2012
Olympic minister asked to examine complaints that 2012 firms prevented from taking ‘due credit’
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Carillion wins £100m of academies work
23 Jan 12
Contractor wins work nationwide through the Partnerships for Schools Contractors’ Framework
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CH2M Hill bags HS2 contract
24 Jan 12
Contract for development partner on high speed project worth between £50-70m
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Construction firms fly out to Libya
20 January 2012
Ten firms belonging to trade body British Expertise will fly to Tripoli to meet key government contacts
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Construction firms 'undervalued'
20 Jan 12
Study finds investors don’t believe contractors’ claims of forward order books
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Construction to shed 45,000 jobs in 2012
25 Jan 12
Construction output will fall 3% this year with the loss of 45,000 jobs across the sector, CITB-ConstructionSkills survey finds
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CPA/Barbour ABI Index 20 January 2012
20 January 2012
There’s a widening gap left by public sector cuts
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Design Museum unveils £80m plans for new home
24 Jan 12
Design by Architects John Pawson and OMA for museum’s new home at former Commonwealth Institute building
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Developer confirms Pinnacle tower on hold
23 Jan 12
Arab Investments puts construction of skyscraper in City of London on hold due to lack of development finance
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Edinburgh cans £170m Mitie outsourcing deal
20 Jan 12
Mitie shares fall 4% following loss of £170m Edinburgh council contract
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Firm fined for worker's horrific head injuries
24 Jan 12
Van Elle Ltd to pay £43,000 after accident on M1 widening job
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Forrest reports strong growth
23 Jan 12
Social housing contractor reports 30% growth in sales and a 16% rise in profit
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Francis Salway to step down from Land Secs
24 Jan 12
Long-standing chief executive to be replaced by Robert Noel
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Galliford Try lands £40m infrastructure jobs
23 Jan 12
Works include water contracts in Scotland and Yorkshire
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Going for a ride
18 Jan 12
A worker trys out an unconventional method of descending into a large hole
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Gove warned over ditching green standards for schools
24 Jan 12
UK Green Building Council and alliance of green businesses urge ministers not to scrap BREEAM requirement on schools
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Government must invest in design, Conran argues
24 Jan 12
Habitat and Design Museum founder says design can invigorate ailing economy
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Government relaxes carbon targets for new homes
1 Feb 12
Limiting carbon reduction target on new homes to 8% rather than 25% will lower costs for housebuilders, ministers say
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Green Deal could kill insulation industry ‘overnight’
19 Jan 12
Senior figures warn Green Deal could have ‘dramatic’ effect on insulation industry
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Green light for construction on £340m Broadgate job
30 Jan 12
Contractor Mace set to begin main construction work after British Land rubber stamps tenancy deal with UBS
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Green schools row heats up
26 Jan 12
Previous government’s green schools adviser voices concern over move to drop BREEAM standard
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Hansom: There are limits
20 January 2012
This week the elusive Ray O’Rourke breaks cover but not on the internet, the NHBC discovers that housebuilders and X Factor winners don’t mix and the Chinese push boundaries with speedy building
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HCA fast-tracks 18 schemes for funding
1 Feb 12
Homes and Communities Agency brings forward 18 housing schemes through Get Britain Building programme
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Henry Boot says profit will beat expectations
26 Jan 12
Contractor issues upbeat trading statement ahead of preliminary results in March
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House prices remain flat with market 'dogged by uncertainty'
30 Jan 12
Hometrack survey shows no month-on-month increase in house prices for 18 months
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Inbox: A numbers game
20 January 2012
Readers note that a decision not to invest can be a wise one, that the big helping the small could amount to fewer accidents and that some calculations about the Green Deal could be flawed?
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Jurisdiction and stay of execution: Partner Projects Ltd vs Corinthian Nominees Ltd
23 Jan 12
This case highlighted the issue of whether an adjudicator can award interest on top of a claim, and when a stay of interest can be granted
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Keepmoat and Apollo merger to go ahead 'within a few weeks'
19 Jan 12
Incoming chief executive says basic plan for integration will be ready soon
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Leander vs Mulalley: Getting contracts right first time
20 January 2012
Tony Bingham outlines the mess that Mulalley got in over a badly drafted contract - here’s how to avoid these pitfalls and side-step costly adjudication
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Leander vs Mulalley: In your own time, gentlemen, please
20 January 2012
A contractor tries to claim loss because the subcontractor isn’t ‘getting on with it’. But what if the subbie is working hard - only to a different clock?
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Mace announces new global HQ
25 Jan 12
All five of the firm’s offices in the capital will merge at Moorgate Hall
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Major electrical firms line up to leave the ECA
19 Jan 12
Balfour Beatty Engineering Services among firms intending to terminate ECA membership amid dispute
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MoD work: Private sector-led plan of attack
20 January 2012
The Ministry of Defence’s announcement that it won’t let any new construction contracts this year has left bidders in limbo, but could the imminent appointment of a private sector partner boost morale in the ranks?
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MoD’s search for private sector partner delays work
20 January 2012
Department puts £5bn of construction contracts on hold because it wants partner to manage estate
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More than 70% of workers sign up to BESNA
24 Jan 12
More protests planned this week over controversial wage proposals
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Morgan Sindall and Apollo bag £200m framework
23 Jan 12
Consortium will deliver projects for 17 Scottish public sector bodies
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Multi-storey tower collapses
26 Jan 12
Tall building in Rio collapses killing at least two following reports of gas explosion
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My digital life … Fiona Frost
20 January 2012
This iPhone convert gets easily lost in blogs and rates WhatsApp, allowing her to stay in touch with friends and family abroad
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Ocado sues Carillion for £1.2m in High Court
20 January 2012
Firm claims that Carillion was liable for defects on its distribution centre
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Olympic park legacy sustainability goals unveiled
26 Apr 12
Legacy body targets zero-carbon for all homes on post-Games site
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Olympic village is completed
20 January 2012
The £1.1bn Olympic village is the last major building to be completed
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Partner Projects vs Corinthian Nominees: Adjudicators and awarding interest
26 Jan 12
In a clarification of legitimate conduct for an adjudicator in a final account dispute, the court upheld the adjudicator’s decision to award interest
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Plans for new Design Museum unveiled
24 Jan 12
John Pawson Architects reveals plans to convert former Commonwealth Institute in Kensington into new Design Museum
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Prince of Wales rebrands his built environment charity
27 Jan 12
Heir to the throne visits London’s Waterloo to launch the Prince’s Foundation for Building Community
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Qatar's construction boom: The legal risks
24 Jan 12
With FIFA 2022 and multibillion infrastructure projects in the pipeline, many firms are heading for Qatar – but there are legal risks within contracts to be aware of
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Retail gloom leaves ISG facing £100m shortfall
19 Jan 12
Firm blames disappointing Christmas retail market for shortfall in projected revenue
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Retail index: Contract awards fall sharply from November high
20 January 2012
CPA forecasts 3% growth in 2012 despite weakening consumer spending
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Review to look at green development incentives
19 Jan 12
Figures from inside and outside construction will look at how to improve sustainability in the industry
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Richard Diment leaves FMB
31 Jan 12
The director general of the Federation of Master Builders has left the trade body after an ongoing dispute
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RICS boss Sean Tompkins bags £98,700 bonus
19 Jan 12
Bonus took Tompkins’ remuneration to £308,700 in the year ended 31 July 2011
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Sheppard Robson's £750m Fitzrovia development at risk
30 Jan 12
Dispute between developer and council over level of affordable housing on ‘Noho Square’ site puts plan at risk
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Slip sliding away
20 January 2012
Careful planning is needed to ensure the success of public sector procurement – and the cracks are already starting to show
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Solar industry split over feed-in tariff legal battle
19 Jan 12
Solar firms call for High Court case to be dropped to end uncertainty around rates for customers
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Sweett Group finalises name change
23 Jan 12
All parts of group formerly known as Cyril Sweett Group now operating under Sweett Group brand
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Sweett Group sells stake in school PFI
24 Jan 12
Consultant formerly known as Cyril Sweett to use cash to pay debts
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The Green Deal: Sustainability suspended
20 January 2012
The government’s half-hearted approach to the Green Construction Board and now the Green Deal suggests a worrying lack of commitment to the eco agenda, says Richard Steer
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The Green Deal: We're not getting insulation pre-assessments right
17 Jan 12
Insulation pre-assessments are key to the success of the Green Deal - but most are being carried out using completely the wrong method, warns sustainable building expert Neil May
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The importance of witnesses: Suárez vs Evra
20 January 2012
When Luis Suárez ended up in front of the FA tribunal in the race row with Patrice Evra, both appeared as witnesses - and what we heard determined the case
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The tracker: A chill wind
20 January 2012
Construction activity fell to a nine-month low in November as residential and civil engineering work plummeted, according to latest figures from Experian Economics
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Three Scottish companies fined after fall from height
26 Jan 12
Electrician’s labourer and athlete left with serious injuries after Dundee fall, court hears
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Three shortlisted to refit Olympic press centre
20 Jan 12
Olympic Legacy Company announced shortlist and will make selection this summer
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Three-quarters of SMEs financially hit by utility delays
20 January 2012
Connection delays causing SMEs to lose thousands of pounds, says NFB
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Top European contractors and housebuilders 2012: The multimillion euro question
20 January 2012
Whether they are in the eurozone or not, most European companies have some contracts written in euros. So what happens to them if the single currency fails? Building introduces this year’s Top European contractors and housebuilders league tables by finding out why even the most successful firms need to be preparing for the worst
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Wates goes top with 18 wins
20 January 2012
Contracts worth £280m saw firm take the lead in December, when overall work dropped in value
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Willmott Dixon, Bullock and Enterprise competing for £1.45bn retrofit job
25 Jan 12
Shortlist of five teams sees contractors partner with energy companies in West Midlands
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Wonders & blunders with Jeremy Till
20 January 2012
Jeremy Till celebrates the democratic, contested space of Tent City outside St Paul’s but decries the increasing privatisation of our cities, symbolised by the gate to Paternoster Square
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Work to secure Olympic park green legacy complete
6 Feb 12
Environment Agency hails completion of its work with the Olympic Delivery Authority to create new urban park
