All Building articles in 12 December 2008 – Page 4
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NewsCemex defies downturn with new concrete plants
Materials producer opens replacement plants costing £3.4m in east London and Birmingham
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NewsMott MacDonald to partner Cardiff University
Firm and university to combine consulting and research capabilities under new partnership agreement
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NewsRotherham developer fined for unsafe site practice
Site forced to close three times after HSE inspections but advice ignored each time
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NewsHousing starts sink to lowest for 84 years
Office building also hard hit although public projects on the rise, according to CPA activity barometer
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NewsSingapore plans £3bn construction boost
Medium-sized public projects now on hold will be restarted to help smaller contractors
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NewsTfL cuts jobs in restructure to save £2.4bn
But chief Hendy says Crossrail could provide new roles for some redundant staff
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NewsCity worries drive up London asking prices
Property asking prices show surprise rise as rash of high-value homes hit the market
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NewsBalfour Beatty breaks into European top 10
UK contractors make up over one-quarter of top 100 list
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NewsMcBains Cooper wins £100m Yorkshire contract
Consultant is cost manager on the largest luxury hotel scheme in the north of England
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NewsTheft from steelworks leads to death in Wales
Coroner finds man died from carbon monoxide poisoning
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Ambitious local authorities to get most funding
Housing minister announces plans to allocate £605m for housing developments
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NewsFacelift for Church Street Market
Students at University of Westminster will help the old market attract new customers
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NewsStrictly Building: vote for Muireann and Neil!
Next up to dance are Building's Muireann Bolger and Neil Stanley, marketing director of Trident. Score them now!
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NewsEnglish Heritage fails to stop Zaha Hadid's Hoxton scheme
Zaha Hadid wins planning permission for gallery in Hoxton Square, east London
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Manchester plans iced for Europe's tallest apartment tower
Downturn drives Ballymore and Inacity to halt construction work and apply to convert site back into car park
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NewsHSE finds Cheshire rife with safety breaches
Enforcement notices issued on one-third of north Cheshire sites in recent checks
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NewsBurj Dubai will switch off to save the world
Landmark structure is among buildings across the globe pledged to join in the Earth Hour sustainability event
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BAM shipbuilding deal unaffected by MoD delays
Navy aircraft carriers will go into service later to save costs but £35m construction deal not affected
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NewsCarillion to jet more staff out to Gulf
More managers required to cope with growing workload in Abu Dhabi and Qatar
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NewsMass redundancies at MJ Gleeson as chief executive resigns
Over 170 jobs axed as total workforce falls to 50 from total headcount of over 600 at start of 2008