All Building articles in 25 February 2011
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NewsDozens injured as protestors ransack Libyan construction site
18 injured as violence spreads to capital
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NewsSkanska-Laing consortium in line for 25 year lighting project
Consortium announced as preferred bidder for Croydon and Lewisham PFI project
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NewsCrossrail appoints a new programme controls director
Steve Elliot is to join Crossrail in newly created role
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NewsFMB demands green budget for SMEs
Call for VAT cut and reduced stamp duty to meet government targets
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NewsWillmott Dixon wins £10.3m Birkenhead Academy deal
Project is the latest to combine refurbishment and rebuild work as clients move away from new builds
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NewsCapita airport in Libya 'hit by bombs'
Runway of Benghazi airport in east of country ’destroyed’ by bombs, company says
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NewsRoof death client fined £260,000
Fife papermakers failed to make sure contractor’s work was properly planned and organised
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NewsGalliford Try profits up 29%
Higher margins in the firm’s construction business boosted profits in the six months to 31 December 2010
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NewsGalliford Try bags £48m flood defence contract
Galliford Try subsidiary, Morrison Construction, has won a £48.5m flood defence contract in Elgin, Northern Scotland
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NewsBalfour Beatty reaches financial close on £48m fire station scheme
Sixteen fire stations to be built for North West Fire & Rescue Services
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NewsMouchel rebuffs fresh Costain offer
Costain today confirmed that it is not the party in advanced negotiations with Mouchel and that a further revised offer has been ignored
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NewsMiller Construction lands £5m Preston College contract
Construction to start immediately on new facility
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Capita Symonds's David Wilcock: Designing schools on a shoestring
Capita Symond’s architecture director explains how his practice is working with schools to make the most of reduced budgets
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NewsLend Lease profit up 17%
Despite falling global revenue, profit has increased and big projects in UK and abroad are doing well
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FeaturesCost update: Q4 2010
Our quarterly analysis of costs and prices shows the construction industry being squeezed by falling tenders and rising materials prices. Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company, reports
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NewsArgent to restart £250m King’s Cross scheme
Construction has already started on two office blocks
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NewsMorgan Sindall lays off 600 ex-Connaught staff
A quarter of the staff transferred to Lovell have left since September
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NewsDeals worth £900m completed on One Hyde Park
Despite rumours that apartments aren’t selling, developers are happy with number of completions
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Absorbent building board
Gypsum fibre board manufacturer Fermacell’s Greenline building board has natural additives formulated to absorb volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from inside buildings.
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NewsHighways Agency to use project bank accounts
Organisation is the latest body to adopt government plans to combat payment abuse