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NewsMace warns of disruption as small firms go to the wall
Contractor posts soaring profit but deputy chief executive predicts supply chain woes ahead
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Atkins’ North American acquisition triggers share price jump
The City has hailed Atkins’ £178m acquisition of Florida-based consultant PBSJ this week, which has boosted the firm’s North American business to more than eight times its current size
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Mouchel shares tumble as consultant downplays profit
Shares in consultant Mouchel fell 5% on Tuesday morning after the firm said profit would be at the “lower end of expectations” when it reports annual results next month
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Help the student
I was sorry to read of Carillion’s decision to cancel its student sponsorship scheme (16 July, page 14)
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Engineering less waste
That civil engineering is to examine its cost-saving potential across the UK under the chair of Terry Hill (“Civils cost inquiry could save schemes from axe,” 25 June, building.co.uk), is extremely positive news for the industry, for the economy and for the environment
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The structure of water
I wholeheartedly support the report by the Centre for Public Policy for Regions, which argues that maintaining investment in Scotland’s infrastructure will be key to the country’s future economic success
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Q+A from the Building forum
Building’s Forum has a special discussion group for sustainability. This week, a member asks a question about where to install an air-source heat pump.
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CommentWe haven't lost them ... yet
Those who have entered the construction sector in the past few years could be forgiven for feeling they had made an error on the scale of marching on Russia just as the nights are drawing in
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CommentHansom headaches
This week, there’s a spot of mild concussion for a housebuilder’s chairman, some trouble with the clientele at a fashionable Highbury eatery, and Paul Morrell turns the volume up to 11
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CommentWhat would you do with the regs?
The Building Regulations have already achieved a great deal, says Andrew Stunell (the man in charge of them) - but now he wants you to tell him how they could do even more
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CommentQuentin Shears: A night to remember
’On a river there is no escape. A boat party is where corporate hospitality meets factory farming’
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FeaturesInternational costs 2010
Now that the great global roller-coaster seems to be slowing down, where has it left tender prices? Paul Moore of EC Harris looks at how economies around the world have fared …
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Features101 under 28: They’re the young generation and they’ve got something to say
101 Under 28: This week, Building launches a project to find out what construction’s younger generation really think about the industry they’ve chosen to spend their careers in. Roxane McMeeken conducted an initial survey of our sample group, then took three of them to the pub to grill them further ...
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FeaturesInsulation retrofit: Sealing the house
So how do you get a leaky Edwardian building to be so airtight that it can be heated with a single towel rail? Robert Prewett, the architect behind the retrofit, takes us through the project’s first steps …
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CommentThe land of the Dachdeckermeister
Germany’s technical and political approach to sustainable construction is much more advanced than the UK’s. So why don’t we steal a few ideas from them
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On turning a blind eye: Traditional Structures vs HW Construction
If you notice that a supplier has mistakenly failed to charge for an item on their tender, can you accept the price, keep shtoom and then hold them to it?
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NewsAecom buys Davis Langdon for £204m
Takeover after months of negotiations ends the independence of one of UK industry’s biggest names
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NewsGove set for council showdown
Sandwell council delegation to confront education secretary over scrapped BSF schemes