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Springing into action
I read with interest your recent article about how the growth of the UK economy is hindered by a shrinking construction industry (“Construction decline holds back UK economy”, 23 April) but I think that it gives the wrong – and worrying – message to our industry
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CommentThe next step
I was one of the three graduates that did a small article with Building last year (11 September 2009, page 34).
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Channel hopping
How many more consultations are they going to waste money on (MPs attack plans for 10-mile Severn barrage)?
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Where’s my cut?
I enjoyed your leader on the perils of corruption in the less developed parts of the world (16 April, page 3)
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NewsAll fingers and thumbs
This cavalier fellow appears to find his digits just get in the way and has set about taking decisive action
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FeaturesThe new face of banking: Middelfart bank
3XN’s bold and dynamic savings bank in Denmark offers unbeatable interest. Ike Ijeh opens an account
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FeaturesKeith Whitmore: ‘I do not suffer fools gladly’
Working for Westfield’s head of design Keith Whitmore may seem a little intimidating at first. But once you’ve got used to his ferociously demanding standards and early morning phone calls, he’s really very approachable
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FeaturesThe Shard: Foot of the mountain
The Shard had already climbed to 21 storeys by the time 700 truckloads of concrete were poured to create its foundation. So what was stopping it from falling down?
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NewsBirmingham's Cube by Make: Square deal
The £100m Cube in Birmingham has moved closer to completion with the installation of 20,000 panels to form a metallic facade
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Latest construction appointments - 30 April 2010
Anglian Building Products has appointed Chris Allen as business development manager for Wales, the Midlands and south-west England
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NewsSomSomething to celebrate
The 2010 Building Awards took place last week at London’s Grosvenor House hotel
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NewsStarchitects battle for £120m Guy’s contract
Nine contractors and a group of the world’s most famous architects were this week fighting to win a place on the shortlist to design and build a £120m cancer centre for Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospital in the shadow of the Shard
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Babcock to slash Network Rail jobs
Only 320 jobs out of 1,200 will be saved when Babcock takes over the bulk of Jarvis’ rail renewal work, Building understands
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BAM bets on civils despite record construction turnover
UK division delivers construction revenue of £1.1bn, but focus turns to rail, waste, roads and energy
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Restructuring takes the shine off Connaught’s results
Pre-tax profit at social housing contractor Connaught fell 13% to £10.7m in the six months to the end of February as it was hit by £10m of restructuring and acquisition costs
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Lindum revenue falls 23%
Lincolnshire-based contractor Lindum Group has posted a 23% fall in turnover in the year to 30 November 2009 from £87m to £67.4m
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Warings boosts profit to £1.5m despite 19% turnover drop
Warings, the South Coast subsidiary of French contractor Bouygues, has posted a 19% drop in turnover from £98.8m to £80.1m in the year to 31 December 2009
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FeaturesMarket forecast: Chink of light
Construction prices edged up in the first quarter of the year. So does that mean the industry recession is at an end? Sadly not, says Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon
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FeaturesElection 2010: Invitation to a hanging
On this page Sarah Richardson and Roxane McMeeken look at what would happen to construction if nobody won the election, and overleaf we catch up with our floating voters, receive a letter from David Cameron and meet the former Jarvis man who founded his own political party