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NewsMy digital life: Nigel Ostime
A pool table with a dart board on the bottom which you use by folding up the table. What a find! The tricky thing has been getting it delivered to Burgundy where we are staying for the summer hols (and where it will live). It’s due to arrive in a ...
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Morgan Sindall makes hay as the sun goes down
Public sector demand keeps contractors in work - for now
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Morgan: We can live with cuts
John Morgan, the executive chairman of Morgan Sindall, has said the percentage of public sector work on its order book will fall below 50% as a result of the coalition cuts
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Pidgley's pay packet
Berkeley chairman Tony Pidgley received a £1.5m bonus in 2009, according to the firm’s report and accounts
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Interserve profit falls
Pre-tax profit at outsourcing company Interserve fell by a third in the first six months of the year, from £40m to £27.3m
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House prices slip back
The RICS has reported much weaker demand among home buyers in its monthly update
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NewsLeeds arena: Centre stage
Populous has released the first images of a £55m, 13,500-seat “theatre style” arena in Leeds city centre, designed so that spectators will never be more than 70m from the centre of the action
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Connaught chair loses £500k
Sir Roy Gardner, chairman of Connaught, has made a paper loss of more than £500,000 since being appointed in May
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Rok suspends finance chief after ‘serious failings’
Rok has suspended finance director Ashley Martin after a profit warning and revelations of “serious failings” in the financial controls of its plumbing business
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NewsLibya media HQ: Did you see ...?
London-based Architecture & Urbanism Studio has designed the new headquarters for Libya’s national television broadcaster, LJBC
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NewsCyril Sweett postpones bonus scheme as targets are missed
Cyril Sweett dropped plans to reintroduce an executive bonus scheme in 2010 after bosses failed to meet profit-related performance targets
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O’Rourke to refight marina battle
Laing O’Rourke’s development arm is preparing to go back into battle with Brighton council to win permission for a £450m marina scheme, despite spending millions on an unsuccessful attempt
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Balfour retrenches despite £141m profit
Balfour Beatty is striving for £30m in “cost savings” over the next year after recording a £141m half-year profit
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NewsKent sport centre: Super delivery
A £6m Centre for Sporting Excellence in Folkestone, Kent, has gained planning permission
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NewsLatest construction appointments: 13 August 2010
Repair and maintenance company Morrison has appointed Andy Cornaby central region managing director, and Gordon Brockington business development director
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NewsThis house has been designed to be highly sustainable. So why isn’t it?
The gap between design and built performance is seriously hampering our chances of meeting the 2016 target for zero carbon homes
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NewsColoured render
StoRend Cote has been specified on an affordable, low-energy housing scheme developed by Fyne Initiatives, the commercial subsidiary of the Argyll-based Housing Association, Fyne Homes.The homes are said to be the UK’s first social housing development built to Passivhaus standards. Designed by Professor Gokay Deveci of Robert Gordon University, each ...
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Blown insulation
Rockwool, manufacturers of non-combustible stone wool insulation, has launched Rockprime, a mechanically installed blown insulation for the loft area of homes
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Wood fibre insulation
Natural Building Technologies’ (NBT) Diffutherm and Pavatherm Plus wood fibre insulation boards have been used to insulate the external walls of a timber frame home development in Dundee