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NewsCivils package awarded on £380m Bath regeneration scheme
Galliford Try and Morrison Construction joint venture wins £4m infrastructure contract
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Subsidy review puts hundreds of solar panel projects at risk
Kier among those fearful as government review of feed-in tariffs puts schemes under threat
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NewsT&T opens in Warsaw as Polish market recovers
UK consultant expands into growing eastern Europe construction market
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NewsCompany failures jump 20% in fourth quarter of 2010
Small firms hit hardest as severe weather pushes them over the edge, but numbers are below the peak
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NewsEaga takeover offer boosts share price
Light at the end of the tunnel for Eaga as announcement leads to a rallying of their share price
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NewsEx Ujima and FWA West bosses face trial in March
The trial involving ex directors from FWA West, which Apollo acquired last year, will hear their pleas next month
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NewsDriver Group chairman scoops £250,000 in share sell-off
Consultancy firm gives executives almost three million shares as financial incentive to turn the company around
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NewsIndustry leaders join Building’s editorial board
New appointments to Building’s editorial advisory board include Lend Lease’s Dan Labbad
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NewsCourt tells government to reconsider scrapped BSF schemes
Six councils will have schemes reviewed, but judge rules overrall decision to scrap the £55bn programme was rational
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NewsDecember mortgage approvals fall to new low
Mortgage approvals fell to the lowest level for almost two years in December, according to figures from the Bank of England
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NewsActivity revives in January
Improved weather conditions and new business gains contribute to all parts of construction sector recording increase in activity in January
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NewsBam Nuttall bags £500m civils
Crossrail contributes to positive start to the year as work goes 48% up on previous month to £2.6bn
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Cala Homes to appeal High Court decision over planning
Judgment means councils can let the abolition of regional strategies influence planning decisions
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Electrical retrofit
Electrical products manufacturer Hager supplied its Sollysta wiring accessories and consumer units for the refurbishment of 2,000 council houses in Edinburgh. Contractor McGaw Electrical said it chose the range because it was less disruptive to tenants - it didn’t have to retrofit deeper back boxes to accommodate the wall switches ...
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Doorsets fit for the barbican
Doorsets from Urban Edge, part of Leaderflush Shapland, have been used for a project on the Barbican Estate which involved converting the former London Business School into flats. The grade II-listed building at Frobisher Crescent was originally intended as flats when the Barbican was built in the fifties. When the ...
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Internal insulation
Kingspan Kooltherm insulation has been used to reduce heat loss through the walls of four terraced houses in Page Hall, Sheffield. The empty homes were chosen by the council as demonstration projects to show local people what could be done to improve the energy performance of small, solid-walled terraced housing. ...
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Hard landscaping
Landscaping specialist Marshalls has announced six new products. These include Coach House walling which is intended to create a historical look and complements the firm’s Coach House paving range. Natural stone includes Indian Black Limestone which the company says is ethically sourced and sorted by hand for the best colour ...
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External wall insulation
Anglian Building Products has installed external wall insulation to seven blocks of sheltered accommodation in Southend, Essex. The Weber.therm XM system consists of 70mm polystyrene insulation followed by two coats of render and a coloured pebbledash topcoat. The blocks, which were built in the seventies, have solid walls. Anglian said ...
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Energy-rated box sash
Mumford & Wood’s double-glazed box sash window range has achieved a British Standards Institution A rating for its energy performance. Called Conservation, the range is designed to replicate the look of the original windows in older properties while offering good energy performance. The company says the range has an overall ...