All Building articles in 2007 Issue 14 – Page 5
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News
Lords vote reopens dispute between supercasino bidders
The shock defeat of the Gambling Order in the House of Lords has reopened the dispute between Manchester and Blackpool over the location of the supercasino.
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Berkeley forms joint ventures with Saudi investor
Housebuilder Berkeley Group is forming three joint ventures worth £1bn with its biggest investor, Saudi Arabian Saad Investments, to build up its landbank.
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Sharewatch — Taywood on top as other housebuilders lag behind
Taylor Woodrow was the clear winner in the City last week. The firm’s share price rose 16% to 489.5p in the week it announced its proposed merger with George Wimpey, and continued to rise throughout the week as rumours abounded of a Persimmon intervention to thwart the proposed deal.
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Features
The start of a beautiful friendship
The proposed merger between Taylor Woodrow and Wimpey may be the biggest housebuilder deal so far, but it follows a year of frenetic takeover activity. Mark Leftly investigates what lessons this might hold for the new kid on the block
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Wates’ profit trebles on back of reorganisation
Contractor makes £31m after splitting firm into five divisions and concentrating on risk control
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Comment
Building buys a pint ... for HKR Architects
If you think architects are single-minded, work-obsessed bores, think again. This is a multi-talented bunch.
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News
Miller appointed
Miller Construction has been appointed by Hammerson as the main contractor on an £82m project to build a retail and leisure development at Union Square, Aberdeen. Completion is expected in 2009.
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Amec wins Blackpool renewal
Amec Developments has been chosen to deliver the £285m redevelopment of the Talbot Gateway area of Blackpool.
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Comment
Taxing times for all
You’ve had a year of respite, but now the excuses must stop. From tomorrow, the government’s shake-up of the construction industry tax scheme (CIS) comes into force – after much heated debate, a few tears and a whole lot of confusion.
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News
ODA and unions clash over agency staff
Tensions between the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) and trade unions deepened this week, appearing to jeopardise the 2012 construction commitments on industry best practice.
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Activity in the first quarter ‘highest for two years’
Construction activity in the first quarter was the highest in two years, according to research from the Construction Products Association and Ernst and Young.
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ODA has ‘spent’ 70% of construction contingency
About £350m of £500m construction safety net is earmarked for projects already under way
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M&E giant Emcor suffers 6% drop in profit
M&E giant Emcor has suffered a drop in profit of almost 6% as a result of restructuring costs.
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Countryside to develop £55m Bury scheme
Countryside Properties has won a contract worth £55m to oversee the regeneration of Radcliffe, near Bolton in Lancashire.
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£331m contract
Infrastructure services group Morgan Est has won a £331m contract to upgrade Frankley water treatment works near Birmingham.
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DBK Back buys £3m-turnover consultant
Consultant DBK Back has acquired rival Goyne Adams in a move that means the company will have more than doubled in size since a management buyout 18 months ago.
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Housing stats: New-build sales and completions in February 2007
Sales rose but registrations and completions were down on last year, while the South-east finished most projects
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Comment
Nature 1, Technology 0
While your article “Light Duties”, (16 March, page 84) included some good ideas, I was surprised that the simple idea of using deciduous trees didn’t even get a mention!
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News
Are you sitting comfortably?
Thanks to Carl Stevenson of Amber Valley council for this photo of a Prague workman – not his best angle admittedly – tackling some roof work on a five-storey building
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