All Building articles in 2007 Issue 21 – Page 6
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News
Cube developer takes on Britain’s biggest DIY job
Birmingham company beats lack of contractors by forming own construction management outfit
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The last straws: Herzog & de Meuron's Beijing Olympic building
As the structure of Herzog & de Meuron’s awe-inspiring ‘bird’s nest’ stadium nears completion, Catherine Wheatley went to Beijing to find out how the city’s Olympic preparations were progressing
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Armitt dons his hard hat for life in the firing line
ODA chairman vows to be less hands-on than Lemley as he faces the press for the first time
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Comment
Why don’t we talk any more?
The Technology and Construction Court’s caseload rose by almost one-fifth last year. But with all this litigation and arbitration, we seem to have lost the ability to negotiate and to mediate
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Features
Pootling along
Activity in March may have been less buoyant than a month earlier but it’s still running along quite nicely. Civil engineering continued to dominate, putting the residential and non-residential sectors in the shade. And, according to Experian Business Strategies, order books were healthy
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Accounts reveal scale of problems at Wembley subcontractor
Pre-tax profit at Wembley M&E contractor Phoenix Electrical fell 60% in 2006, its penultimate year on the stadium, according to figures published this week.
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Renew’s profit leaps 72%
Renew, the contractor formerly named Montpellier, has reported a 72% rise in interim profit after a restructuring.
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Erinaceous jumps 7% after Tchenguiz approach
Erinaceous saw its share price climb 7% this week as a takeover approach from Vincent Tchenguiz, brother of the Iranian millionaire Robert, signalled a potential bidding war over the property services company.
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Metronet set to axe 490 staff
Metronet, the PPP London Underground consortium that includes Atkins and Balfour Beatty, is to make almost 300 of its full-time staff redundant
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Carillion in £2m hospital law suit
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Trust has accused Carillion of fraud in the High Court
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Gleeson Building’s £16m hotel is first development project
Gleeson Building has won its first development project, a £16m hotel in Luton.
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With very little help from his friends
Thanks to Aidan Lucas of Bovis Lend Lease for this picture from Hong Kong.