All Building articles in 13 August 2010 – Page 2
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CRH issues profit warning as US recovery stalls
Materials supplier says earnings will be 10% lower than last year because of unexpected slowdown in US
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Roman industrial estate found on Carillion motorway job
Roman artefacts have been discovered during a motorway upgrade job being carried out by Carillion and Morgan Sindall
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Laing O’Rourke slashes workforce by 17,500 and shuts Middle East division
Turnover falls 14% to £4.1bn as contractor feels the effects of direct employment model
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Councils to showcase next generation of remodelled schools at education event
Local authorities and ’free school’ consultants will be showcasing upcoming projects at the Remodelling Education Spaces conference next month
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Connaught dumped from housing contract
Barnet council has terminated its contract with Connaught following the firm’s successive profit warnings
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Passivhaus refurb diaries, part 4: The day of the airtightness test
The architect behind the retrofit of an Edwardian property using Passivhaus principles reviews the results of the first airtightness test…
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Lovell bags Bradford's £5.6m council housing scheme
Bradford council embarks on first publicly funded housebuilding development in the city in 30 years
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Aedifice vs Mr Ashwin Shah: Does the adjudicator have jurisdiction?
The process of objecting to an adjudicator’s jurisdiction has to be conducting properly, as this case highlights…
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Foster and Koolhaas vie for Hong Kong masterplan
Foster + Partners and OMA reveal rival designs for the city’s £1.8bn cultural district
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Leadbitter's profit slumps by half
Contractor’s operating profit falls to £2.5m as public sector cuts start to bite
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Aecom buys Tritech Rail
Aecom boosts rail consultancy business with aquisition of UK consultant
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Kingspan's profit grows 9%
Growth at construction product supplier resumes for the first time in three years sparking fresh confidence in markets
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Wates secures £400m framework contracts
Wates has bagged two frameworks, one with Housing 21 and another with Hanover
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Bovis Homes makes £3.5m profit
Half-year results show housebuilders is now in the black having turned around last year’s £8.6m loss
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Costain joins offshore wind alliance
Contractor will design and build offshore wind farms with Hochtief and Arup
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Architect faces £600k negligence claim
Kob Construction seeks damages after drawings for Uxbridge development failed to match planning permission
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Timber frame Glasgow flats destroyed in major fire
The half-built four-storey development caught fire in the Yoker area of the city
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Government launches high-speed rail compensation scheme
The government is to buy homes and businesses devalued by their proximity to proposed high-speed link
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Former Tarmac boss sues Ardmore
Sir William Francis claims more than £635k for consultancy work but construction firm denies the claim
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Architect proposes inflatable buildings for derelict sites
Wood Bagot reveals designs for ’icebergs’ as a quick and flexible solution to the growing problem of stalled construction projects