All Building articles in 17 July 2009 – Page 3
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News
Hydrock bags nuclear ground investigation contract
Borehole drilling at proposed Gloucestershire nuclear site will begin in August
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Styles & Wood names new finance director
Philip Lanigan joins from Ashtead to replace Graham Clark, who retires from the retail fit-out firm
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Oh, what a tangled web…
Apparently, they've discovered a six-foot-tall spider in Hong Kong – this poor builder is caught in its web. Oh, hang on, no, that's scaffolding
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Mortgage lending jumps 17% in a month
But lenders attribute strong rise between May and June largely to seasonal factors
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Top five reader comments: 20 July
Strong feelings aired by readers on the blacklist issue, damage from a tax clampdown, and ruthless supermarket cost-cutting
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Hill wins £8.7m project management deal in Abu Dhabi
Consultant signs four-year contract with Aabar Investments to work on 14 developments
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Thousands march to save Corus steel plant
Unions demand government support to save Redcar factory as 2,000 workers face redundancy
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Amec to acquire Australian firm GRD for £52m
Engineering-based firm focused on mineral projects in Australia, Africa and South America will boost consultant's global strength
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Housing market shows bounce in asking prices
Hopes of recovery boosted as Rightmove reports 0.6% rise in July, ending June's brief return to decline
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Workers die in Madonna stage collapse
British engineer one of two dead as accident during construction of concert stage at French stadium injures dozens more
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Planning sought for £24m BMX centre in east Manchester
Ellis Williams Architects' design for a new 110,000 sq ft building at Sportcity will include a 2,000-seater cycling arena
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Battle hots up over 'Tesco towns'
Retailers in deadlock with Competition Commission over proposals to prevent local dominance
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Features
Winners revealed at 61st Housing Design Awards
Top prize goes to Totnes scheme built by Galliford Try subsidiary in collaboration with the council and a community group
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T Clarke issues profit warning as UK chief steps down
M&E contractor tells City it is unlikely to meet market expectations and plans sale or closure of two regional arms
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Cheap labour
They’re organised, industrious and immensely strong. But did the developers of the Birmingham Rotunda really resort to employing insects?
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Comment
Sounding out
Your recent articles on school acoustics (10 June, building.co.uk) really caught my eye
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Turning navvies into staff
Will we look back at the summer of 2009 as a defining moment in construction?
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Will we never learn?
A few years ago now I recall a Building front page very similar to that of 26 June