All Building articles in 2007 Issue 32 – Page 7
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News
Whitbybird bought by Danes
Whitbybird has merged with Danish engineering giant Ramboll to create an international consultancy with more than 6,000 staff
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City urged to cash in on regeneration boom
Research reveals the sector has provided the best property investments over the past five years
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Metronet ban
London Underground has banned senior managers from offering jobs to Metronet workers.
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Comment
Yes, in your backyard
If we’re ever going to get the homes we need, rural nimbys are just going to have to accept some development – maybe even a new next-door neighbour…
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HBOS backs buyout of social housing firm
HBOS has continued its march into the housing sector by backing the £410m management buyout of social housing maintenance company Apollo.
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Harman backs gangmaster bill
The Labour government is to back a private members bill to protect migrant construction workers from exploitation
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SMC and Aukett Fitzroy Robinson set to merge
Troubled architect SMC is in talks to merge with fellow listed practice Aukett Fitzroy Robinson.
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Skanska plans assault on UK housebuilding market
Swedish firm to launch prefab system as Cooper calls on foreign builders to enter sector
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Skanska plans assault on UK housebuilding market
Swedish firm to launch prefab system as Cooper calls on foreign builders to enter sector
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Comment
Masters and apprentices
I read with interest the recent findings by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) that 53% of their members are having problems finding the right skills (July 20, page 11). Last year we provided a grant to support FMB members to train nearly 6,000 apprentices.
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Features
Should green planning applications be fast-tracked?
Is the government right to seek a rewrite of the renewable energy planning permission rules?
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Features
Anyone for Hopkins?
With the National Tennis Centre in south-west London, Hopkins Architects has taken a lumbering and guileless building type and instilled in it the grace and finesse of a Roger Federer. Martin Spring admires the architect’s all-round game
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Anglian set to sell Morrison
Utilities firm Anglian Water Group (AWG) is to sell Morrison, its social housing repair and utilities services business, in a deal that could fetch £300m.
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Comment
Rip it up and start again
What do you do if you’ve fallen out of favour with the City and your share price is heading south?
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Balfour acquisitions
Balfour Beatty has bought cost consultant NAP Partnership, highways engineer Chris Britton Consulting and Carillion’s Swedish rail contracting company for a total cost of £9m.
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Morgan Sindall restructures after £26m Amec deal …
Construction division rebranded, as group announces a 24% rise in turnover and profit of £25m
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WYG buys transport company Savell Bird & Axon for £18m
Consultant White Young Green (WYG) has acquired privately owned transport consultancy Savell Bird & Axon (SBA) for £18m.
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£1.4bn acquisition
HeidelbergCement has sold its Maxit Group, the clay and mortar company, to building materials firm Saint-Gobain for *2.1bn (£1.4bn).