All Building articles in 2006 issue 08 – Page 2
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News
New head for RICS public affairs unit
Ex-head of European policy Jill Craig fills role while Brian Berry is appointed head of public policy following shake up.
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Profit drops 2% at Ferrovial
Spanish contractor, which is considering a bid for airport operator BAA, sees net profit fall from £360m in 2004 to £283m in 2005.
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Persimmon posts bumper 2005 profits
Persimmon records a pre-tax profit of £495.4m despite challenging market conditions.
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Japanese firm buys Pilkington
Pilkington accepts £1.8bn takeover bid after three months of talks with Nippon Sheet Glass.
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Agency urges firms to reduce hazardous waste
Environment Agency calls on small businesses to join waste reduction scheme.
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Restructure boosts Bonar and Law financial results
Materials business reports 13% in turnover despite tought trading conditions.
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James Wates takes over chair at Strategic Forum
Wates director and deputy chairman of the construction confederation is appointed with immediate effect.
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Morgan Sindall set to buy MJ Gleeson's civils business
Gleeson to be reduced to single housebuilding business if talks succeed over sale of £200m-turnover division.
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Faber Maunsell team to advise on Mars station
NASA brings in extreme-environment experts to design research base.
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NHS sought legal advice on scrapping Procure 21
Consultants asked to assess the likely outcome of ditching framework.
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Comment
Was it worth it?
A claimant who rejects a defendant's settlement offer had better be sure it can win a bigger sum at trial, otherwise the legal costs could make it all pointless
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Comment
Sixty-six and rising
The Turner Report proposes a national pensions scheme and an increase in the state pension age. Brian Griffiths suggests some points the government might like to consider
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Comment
Under review
This was an application for judicial review of an adjudication decision under the adjudication legislation in Queensland. JJ McDonald & Sons Engineering Pty Ltd (JJ) had entered into a subcontract with CEPM Pty Ltd (CEPM) that required CEPM to supply and install temporary framework, fix and tie the reinforcing steel ...
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Comment
Taking power
With the search for a more secure energy supply pointing to a nuclear revival, the building industry must be ready to exploit opportunities when they come
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Comment
Look to Lisbon
The MEPs have just voted on the directive that aims to create a single market in services, but by ditching the ‘country of origin' principle they have given in to the protectionists
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RMJM's poetic licence
This theatre for Dumfries has won planning permission to replace Scotland's oldest working theatre.