All Building articles in 2006 issue 11 – Page 2
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NewsPaper round: Stratford City stumbles out of the blocks
A row threatening to stall the delivery of Stratford City hits the headlines in this weekend's newspapers.
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Balfour Beatty lands £150m Hong Kong office job
Balfour Beatty's Hong Kong subsidiary has won a £150m contract to build a 70-storey office building in the Chinese city.
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NewsAlsop to sell practice to SMC
Will Alsop is in talks to sell his business to AIM-listed architect SMC, it emerged at the weekend.
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Amey doubles profit to £52m
Turnover tops £1bn at support services firm as 2006 starts with big contract wins.
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NewsBAA rejects Ferrovial offer
Airport operator says it 'had no hesitation' in rejecting the conditional cash offer, which valued BAA at £8.75bn
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Skanska appoints Bush aide to oversee PPP expansion
Karl Reichelt, a former aide to US president George Bush, is one of two vice presidential appointments to contractor's international PPP division.
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NewsMy best ever MIPIM
As well as a constant hangover, Building's news editor also picked up a decent amount of scurrilous gossip at the Cannes property fest. Some of which we are able to publish in his blog.
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NewsFirms shun drug sector as extremist threats escalate
Contractors refuse to work on projects unrelated to laboratories as ALF issues new threat to Oxford project.
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Judge conducts fact-finding mission at Wembley
Mr Justice Jackson views site to prepare trial between Cleveland Bridge and Multiplex
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NewsHeron set to swoop on Gleeson's housing division
Gerald Ronson faces competition from Gladedale and Miller Group for £160m-turnover business.
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NewsTees for training
Consultant AA Projects has released this image of the planned £70m Middlesbrough College.
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CommentAn unlikely story
According to the JCT, certifiers are supposed to be impartial even though they're being paid by the client. So does anyone on Planet Earth believe that they are?
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FeaturesRunning scared
It began with protests against the building of animal research laboratories in Cambridge and Oxford. Now those protests have mushroomed to target any construction firms connected with Oxford University, Oxford city or the entire pharmaceutical sector. Sarah Richardson reports on the campaign that turned into a war - and how ...
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FeaturesReaching the summit
Building has been urging government to Reform the Regs for months. Now, the campaign has moved up a gear with a summit at our offices. Key players from the industry and ODPM went head to head, and found a surprising consensus on the need to cut red tape.
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Watch where you're pointing that
Building's last "At your service" set of legal questions and answers (3 March) very helpfully summarised changes in the JCT98 standard form.
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NewsA preference for Percy
This design for Shuttleworth Community College in Burnley has helped the Catalyst Education consortium win preferred bidder status for a £250m east Lancashire schools programme.
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Pack it in
I fully agree with David Brown's comments on the home information packs. Nick Raynsford's thinking, along with the government's in general, is flawed in respect of this legislation.
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NewsMoscow's mammoth tower
Plans for a tall tapering spire over Moscow were unveiled by Lord Foster at this week's MIPIM exhibition in Cannes.