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    ‘There’s no reason why T&T can’t be 50% bigger in five years’

    2010-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Steve McGuckin, the consultant’s UK boss, explains the thinking behind its international growth plans - and dismisses all talk of US takeovers

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    Pidgley: Market stable, but no dividend yet

    2010-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Tony Pidgley, chairman of Berkeley Group, said the housing market stabilised in the year to 30 April 2010 but not to the extent that the residential developer would pay shareholders a dividend

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    WSP uncertainty

    2010-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Consultant engineer WSP said its market outlook remained “uncertain” because of the continuing global downturn and stringent UK Budget in a trading update this week

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    Taylor Wimpey caution

    2010-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Taylor Wimpey has said political and economic uncertainty means it will continue to run the business on a cautious basis, with selective land investment and an ongoing focus on costs and cash

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    Balfour's Oldham BSF

    2010-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Balfour Beatty has been appointed preferred bidder for Oldham council’s £175m Building Schools for the Future programme

  • Dixon Jones, Squire and Partners and Kim Wilkie Associates were appointed last year to come up with a new masterplan
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    Architects: Prince must vow to stop meddling

    2010-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Architects have called on Prince Charles to formally pledge not to interfere in the planning system

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    The prince is not the problem

    2010-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Architects must be more honest about their own failings

  • Lewis & Hickey’s £14m YMCA Club in Ahmedabad
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    Club class

    2010-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Construction has begun on UK-based architect Lewis & Hickey’s £14m YMCA Club in Ahmedabad, India

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    Construction deaths fall 20%

    2010-07-02T00:00:00Z

    The number of construction deaths fell by 20% last year, according to figures released this week by the Health and Safety Executive

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    Clegg unveils £1bn capital fund

    2010-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg this week announced the setting up of a £1bn, two-year regional growth fund in part to support capital projects

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    Costain forward orders top £2.5bn

    2010-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Costain said it continued to perform in line with board expectations in a trading update this week

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    Inside the offsite empire

    2010-07-02T00:00:00Z

    This is the first glimpse inside Laing O’Rourke’s £100m state-of-the art offsite building facility in Steetley, Nottinghamshire, as seen by the Duke of Kent on a royal visit last month

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    Freak power

    2010-07-02T00:00:00Z

    A giant energy centre for the Olympic park with a flue stack the size of Nelson’s column could hardly be hidden away. So the architect decided to flaunt what it had by dressing up a neutral box in durable black rubber

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    James & Taylor's Senses Aluminium tiles

    2010-07-02T00:00:00Z

    James & Taylor has helped provide the cladding for a college building at the Aquinas sixth-form college in Stockport, which is due to open in September

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    Movers and makers - 02 July 2010

    2010-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Latest news from the world of construction product manufacture

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    Aluminium curtain walling

    2010-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Senior Architectural Systems has supplied the facade system for the Cancer Research UK Centre in Cardiff

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    Copper cladding

    2010-07-02T00:00:00Z

    SFS Intec Irius austenitic stainless steel fasteners have been used to fix the multi-coloured geometric aluminum panels to the Cardiff office of the Wales Joint Education Committee

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    Low-rise facade system

    2010-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Architectural aluminium glazing specialist, Technal, has launched Modal, a rapid build modular facade system for low-rise applications

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    Solar heating

    2010-07-02T00:00:00Z

    CA Group in collaboration with Corus has developed SolarWall, a method of low-carbon solar air heating for the UK market

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    Fibre cement cladding

    2010-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Marley Eternit’s Natura Pro fibre cement cladding has been used on the facade of the Rock mixed-use development in Bury, Lancashire