All Building articles in 2006 issue 36 – Page 4
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NewsCurrie & Brown ex-chairman lodges unfair dismissal claim
Angus McLean, who left the consultant four months ago, heads for employment tribunal
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NewsTuning up in Bristol
Levitt Bernstein has unveiled this image of Colston Hall, a grade II-listed concert venue in Bristol.
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NewsBring a skateboard
Make Architects has unveiled this design for the Khabary City project in Kuwait.
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Comment
Bricking it
Did anyone else see the feature on TV on 17 August about A level results and school leavers.
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NewsWilson Bowden hit by profit fall and takeover rumours
Housebuilder reports 14% drop in interim pre-tax profit, as Wilson family considers options
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Bouygues French nuclear job
French construction company Bouygues has won a *300m (£203m) contract to build a nuclear power plant in Flamanville, on the northern coast of France.
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Burnley remains a blackspot
Burnley remains the housing market blackspot of north-west England despite millions of pounds of government investment, says a report by consultancy ECOTEC.
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Nottingham planners set to loosen green belt
East Midlands planners have outlined proposals to cater to Nottingham’s growing housing demand by relaxing the city’s green belt. The East Midlands assembly’s draft regional spatial strategy, presented to the body’s planning board this week, contains the outcome of a strategic review of the green belt separating Derby, Leicester and ...
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NewsPeel's Mersey beat
Developer Peel Holdings this week revealed plans for a £4.5bn waterside scheme to regenerate Birkenhead Docks on the Wirral peninsula.
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HBOS wins battle for McCarthy & Stone
The three-month battle to buy retirement homes specialist McCarthy & Stone appears to be over with the Permira and Barclays bid vehicle declining to raise its 1030p per share offer, paving the way for the HBOS-led consortium.
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Balfour Beatty makes a play for the North-east
Balfour Beatty’s management division has opened an office in north-east England with the aim of increasing its share of the £4bn construction market in the region.
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FeaturesDBK Back strides forwards
SME focus — Engineering and property consultant predicts £6.5m turnover, one year after buyout
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Regional assembly to settle row over planning embargo
The South East Regional Assembly has earmarked seven working days to discuss how to tackle the embargo on house building across a large part of Berkshire, Hampshire and Surrey.
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CommentA model answer to a difficult problem
Future schools have to use a fraction of the energy of the ones we have now. Here Simon Foxell and Bill Bordass explain what designers can do to make it happen
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FeaturesIs this the man to break up Amec?
When Samir Brikho comes on board, few doubt that the group will be demerged
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CommentAge can wither
Age Discrimination Act — Giving employees the right to carry on working for ever will have a devastating impact on the development of businesses, as older workers hinder the succession of younger talent to the top
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EP in dispute with council over affordable housing
English Partnerships is at loggerheads with a council over affordable housing that it is developing in Cambridgeshire.
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NewsMason admits Amec mistake
Sir Peter Mason, the outgoing Amec chief executive, admitted he should have acted quicker to tackle the problems in the group’s UK construction business, which led to losses of £58m in its interim results.
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Savills reports 56% rise in first-half pre-tax profit
A buoyant UK residential property market helped property services company Savills report a 56% increase in interim pre-tax profit