All Building articles in 2005 issue 48
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Gleeds gives Redgrave new Olympic challenge
QS signs up Olympic legend Sir Steve Redgrave as company ambassador for the 2012 Olympic programme.
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Building wins campaign to Reform the Regs
ODPM agrees to develop process for updating regulations in a ‘simpler, more transparent manner’.
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Rem Koolhaas to design Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2006
Gallery commissions Pritzker-winning architect for seventh pavilion.
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No public inquiry into Potters Bar crash
Transport secretary satisfied with HSE report into fatal train deraillment.
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NewsAssembly calls for more openness from LDA
Lack of transparency could lose Londoners’ confidence, says GLA.
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NewsRoom for one more up top on live-in buses
Double-deckers converted to short-term housing, and Routemasters could be next.
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Laing and Viridor joint venture to bid for £300m waste contract
PFI specialist looks to move into new sector with 25-year Manchester deal.
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Profits up 11.1% at Titan Holdings
Window-maker says further automation is only way to protect UK manufacturing base.
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Balfour Beatty wins £66m rail deal
Three-year contracts for South East and East Midlands to begin in April 2006.
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Government bodies to crack down on public sector bid rigging
Office of Fair Trading collaborates with Office of Government Commerce to create checklist for procurement officials.
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NewsCarillion agrees £291m price for Mowlem
Acquisition would create support services giant with annual turnover of £4.1bn.
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CPA unimpressed by Sustainable Building Code
Construction Products Association slams draft version of code published as part of the chancellor's pre-Budget report.
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Housebuilders Association slams planning gain supplement
Housebuilders body criticises plans outlined in Gordon Brown's pre-Budget report to centralise infrastructure taxation.
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Quintain takes £2.7m hit on profits
Announcing interim results for the six months to 30 September, the firm reported pre-tax profits down from £4.8m to £2.1m this year, with turnover down from £27.8m to £23.4m.
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NewsBrown paves way for development land tax
Chancellor says tax will help fund new infrastructure.
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Speedy Hire appoints executive director
Michael McGrath will join from Seedy Hire's law firm Pinsent Masons.
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Grafton buys two Irish firms
Irish builders' merchant buys Davies plumbing business and Garvey's Builders Merchant.
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NewsHouse prices to rise in 2006
Propertyfinder.com research says transactions will increase by 30% in January 2006.
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Shopping centre closed after car park safety problem
Bournemouth's Castlepoint Centre shut in run-up to Christmas.