All Building articles in 2005 issue 17
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Universities join forces for Procure21-style framework
Group led by Cambridge University to launch joint procurement strategy to save millions in construction costs.
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Leaked planning documents spark row
Scottish Executive accused of “power grab” by environmental campaigners.
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Planning-office recruitment crisis hits South-east developers
Councils struggle to process applications as planners jump ship to join private housebuilders.
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Speculative building in the City doubles in six months
Developers take a risk to build new a million ft2 of unlet office space.
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Robertson joins Alfred McAlpine board
New MD for McAlpine group’s Infrastructure Services division
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Protesters appeal against 500million motorway
Legal challenge to Scotland’s M74 extension launched in Edinburgh.
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Palace worker died from asbestos
Judges in High Court consider compensation amount for widow of maintenance worker at Buckingham Palace.
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Heron pulls out of bid for Crest Nicholson
The property company declines to make an offer but does not rule out another bid for the housebuilder in six months time.
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Mitie captures Intruder for £4m
Support services firm Mitie buys security firm Intruder and announces plans to develop a national electronic security business.
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Saint Gobain appoints new chief operating officer
Pierre-Andre de Chalendar replaces Christian Streiff who stepped down after only a year in the job.
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Enterprise says recent buys are performing well
Enterprise takes stock of recent spending spree and reports that last year’s acquisitions are bedding down well.
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SIG reports pick up in office market
Supplier of roofing, insultation and interiors says UK sales are up on last year.
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Ennstone Thistle buys J H Connon for 1.2m
Ennstone Thistle buys concrete firm "Connons" and extends market coverage in North East Scotland.
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Government spending bolsters first quarter growth
Firms are upbeat about future work levels but rising material costs are forcing up manufacturers' prices, survey reports
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Design laid bare
The opening of an adult emporium designed by Papa Architects was almost too much to bear for one upright Building reporter.
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Mary Wrenn appointed chief executive of RIAS
Wrenn leaves Royal Society of Architects in Wales to become chief executive of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland.
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Inspace to float on AIM in May
Wilmott Dixon will raise around £30m floating its support services business on the Alternative Investment Market.
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Enterprise buys Strategem for 12m
Support services group will pay £7.5m upfront for Strategem and Structural Change Consultants.
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Building readers back Conservatives in survey
Conservative Party takes 3.5% more votes than Labour, despite support for government’s construction policies.
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Bovis resolves foreign labour dispute at BBC site
Contractor holds emergency talks after labour agencies threaten to sue UCATT over unfair treatment allegations.