All Building articles in 2007 Issue 34 – Page 4
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News
Building boom at seven-year high
The building boom has reached a seven-year high, a report from the Construction Products Association (CPA) revealed this week.
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Seven site workers killed in black fortnight
It has been a grim summer for the construction industry with seven fatalities in just over two weeks.
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Birmingham’s urban initiative
Urban Initiatives has been appointed to draw up a masterplan for the £10bn regeneration of Birmingham city centre, the biggest plan of its kind in the UK.
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Birchall forced out of Rider Levett Bucknall
Managing director of rebranded Bucknall Austin leaves as board seeks ‘different style’
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Birchall forced out of Rider Levett Bucknall
Managing director of rebranded Bucknall Austin leaves as board seeks ‘different style’
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Balfour Beatty hit
Balfour Beatty posted an interim pre-tax loss of £56m for the six months to 30 June 2007, after a £103m writedown on Metronet.
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Features
Stewart McColl: I want my company back
When SMC Group shares dived from 196p to 16p in just eight months, chief executive Stewart McColl took the rap and left the company he’d founded. But as talks begin on a possible merger between SMC and Aukett, word is out that he could soon be making a comeback.
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Housebuilders back use of timber frame despite second fire
Some of the UK’s biggest housebuilders have spoken out in support of the use of timber frame in construction, despite another fire that destroyed a block of flats under construction in Hertfordshire last week.
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Shortlist is announced for first zero-carbon village in Bristol
English Partnerships (EP) is a step closer to building its first village of zero-carbon homes with the announcement of the shortlisted developers and architects.
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Amecs new home
Morgan Sindall has created Morgan Professional Services, using the skills of Amec, whose construction business it recently acquired.
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Merged QS to float on AIM
Three UK quantity surveyors to form Baqus and embark on aggressive acquisition strategy
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Comment
Never work again
At the moment Facebook is the number-one workplace distraction, says Alex Smith. The next big thing may be 3D real-world maps. Just make sure you don’t end up using them to find the dole office
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Tesco rejigs development team after exodus
Tesco, one of the industry’s biggest commercial clients, has restructured its development team after a raft of further high-profile departures.
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Tower crane action plan
Leading industry figures have pledged to improve tower crane safety, as called for by Building’s Safer Skyline campaign.
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Housing starts fall by 8%
Government’s 3 million homes target suffers blow as starts look set to fall behind completions
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Multiplex profit falls by 32%
Global profit at Wembley contractor Multiplex fell 32% after slowdowns in property development and UK construction.
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Planning applications: July 2007
This month the Midlands, North and South-west are all pretty equal as Aston tops the client list
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Kier grabs No 1 spot in July with £375m of work
Business barometer — Public projects take contractor to the top but Balfour retains annual lead