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£216m police PFI attacked for ‘horrific’ waste
West Yorkshire Police Authority has defended the bidding process for its £216m headquarters PFI after criticism from contractors that it is wasting taxpayers’ money
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Galliford clinches £600m BSF win
The Equitix consortium, which includes Galliford Try, has reached financial close on the £600m Cambridgeshire Building Schools for the Future programme
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NewsThe little dipper
Scott Brownrigg’s The Pool envisages the transformation of a disused tramway underpass in Kingsway, central London, into a swimming pool
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NewsHeading for Reading
Reading Council and Dee Park Partnership have achieved financial close this week on the £44m first phase of the regeneration of Dee Park Estate
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Morrell: firms should run buildings
The government’s chief construction adviser has told architects to scale back their designs to minimise the impact of spending cuts on work volume
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Balfour, Bovis and McAlpine in line for £75m Glasgow arena
Balfour Beatty, Bovis Lend Lease and Sir Robert McAlpine are battling it out for the £75m National Arena for Scotland, after the project was saved by a £40m council bailout this week
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NewsPanama and Brazil appeal for UK expertise
UK construction firms are being encouraged to take advantage of the growing workload in Latin America
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NewsHousing stats: New build sales and completions in April 2010
Completions have fallen since last year, but registrations are on the rise
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FeaturesSands of time: Foster's shell roof
Novum Structures had just four months to build this complex shell roof structure - part of Foster + Partners’ sand-dune inspired pavilion for the Shanghai 2010 Expo. So how did they do it?
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Movers and makers - 28 May 2010
Latest news from the world of construction product manufacture
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FeaturesThin film photovoltaics
Power Panels form Kingspan Insulated Panels have been specified for the refurbishment of new training and storage facilities for Sustainable Energy Systems
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FeaturesGreen roofs
SIG Design & Technology has developed a green roof system with Aldingbourne Nurseries, which is suitable for extensive or semi-extensive applications over large areas
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Structural waterproofing system
Iko has added to its range of roofing products with a monolithic anti-root hot melt structural waterproofing system
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Interlocking slates
Marley Eternit’s Melbourn interlocking slates have been used on the construction of a school for Ceredigion council in West Wales
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Roofs for wildlife and recreation
A ZinCo green roof from Alumasc has been used for the roof garden of the Ormeau Bakery apartments in Belfast
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NewsOlympic Tesco gets green light
Bromley-by-Bow scheme to replace current store with one double its size has gained planning permission, despite having been blasted by Cabe
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Galliford Try scoops £21m of work
The two projects in north-west England are the regeneration of a park in Warrington and a mosque and residential units in Ashton-under-Lyme
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NewsBerkeley pledges to achieve green standard on all schemes
First move by new boss is to ensure housebuilder meets silver Building for Life criteria across portfolio