All Building articles in 2007 issue 40 – Page 6
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Keller buys contractor
Engineering group Keller has bought specialist US piling contractor HJ Foundation for an initial sum of £24.5m, with a potentialearn-out based on future profits.
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Mouchel lands BSF deal
A consortium of Mouchel Parkman and Babcock Education has been named preferred bidder on a £167m school building scheme in Hackney, east London, beating competition from Bouygues.
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Eco-town contenders mark out possible brownfield sites
Manchester and Birmingham head list of local authorities gearing up for eco-town bids
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Eco-town contenders mark out possible brownfield sites
Manchester and Birmingham head list of local authorities gearing up for eco-town bids
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Breasting the tape
The Media Centre for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, designed by architects RMJM, is nearing completion. The facade for the 270,000m2 building is in its final stages, and has so far used 47,000 tonnes of steel and 230,000m3 of concrete. Workers have been on site 16 hours a day, seven days ...
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Industry bodies poised for general election lobbying
Construction industry bodies are preparing to make submissions to the political parties if a general election is called.
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Binding waste reduction rules
A government consultation has found that 75% of the construction industry is in favour of legally binding site waste management plans, which would cut 109 million tonnes of waste a year in England and Wales.
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Erinaceous set for break-up if Tchenguiz bid succeeds
Parts of troubled property consultant likely to be sold off if takeover talks lead to an offe
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Zero-carbon homes shock as national grid energy barred
Government says off-site sources ‘not eligible unless directly connected to the development’
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Zero-carbon homes shock as national grid energy barred
Government says off-site sources ‘not eligible unless directly connected to the development’
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Rok buys Avonside
Rok has acquired plumbing and electrical company Avonside Services for £16.5m.
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Comment
A call to arms for RIBA & Co
The view from The Edge When it comes to climate change, our chartered institutions have let the government down, let society down and, most of all, let themselves down …
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Amicus boss faces pay backlash
Tom Hardacre, head of construction at Amicus, could be ousted from the union over a wage agreement in the electrical sector.
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American architect Perkins + Will opens London bridgehead
US architect Perkins + Will has opened an office in central London as a base from which to expand in the UK and Europe.
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Features
You can't have it all
Barratt chief executive Mark Clare is adamant that the government’s targets for fewer carbon emissions and more homes are contradictory. He tells Sarah Richardson why
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Mott MacDonald reshuffle aims to double turnover
Engineer appoints Peter Wickens as chairman and promotes three senior managers to board
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Construction Confederation boss warns against ending PFI
James Wates, chairman of the Construction Confederation, has cautioned the Conservative party against scrapping the PFI.
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Pledge over Construction Act
Mark Prisk, the Conservative party’s shadow construction minister, has said he will press for reforms to the Construction Act to be made law this year.