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  • News

    Aldar lost £87m in last quarter of 2009

    2010-02-19T00:00:00Z

    Abu Dhabi’s biggest developer, Aldar Properties, has announced its first ever quarterly loss, totalling more than 500m dirhams (£87m) for the last three months of 2009

  • News

    Latest construction appointments - 19 February 2010

    2010-02-19T00:00:00Z

    Skanska UK has promoted Paul Chandler to executive vice president. Paul Heather has been made managing director of Skanska Construction, and Gary Clifford and Simon Caron have become operations directors

  • News

    Coming soon

    2010-02-19T00:00:00Z

    Temple Circus, a new office scheme in central Bristol for Circus Developments, has just received planning consent

  • Features

    What’s awaiting Mr Wates

    2010-02-19T00:00:00Z

    ConstructionSkills is in crisis: a trade federation is trying to jump ship, 250 jobs are under threat and grants are set to be slashed by a third. Enter James Wates … Sophie Griffiths reports on what lies in store for the training body’s new chairman

  • News

    Citywatch: Back home

    2010-02-19T00:00:00Z

    Steve Morgan, the returning chairman of Redrow, kept journalists, analysts and investors entertained last week with his take on the planning system, Tory housing policy and the reasons he bought his firm back last year

  • Comment

    My digital life: Murray Forsyth

    2010-02-19T00:00:00Z

    What’s your most played iTune at the moment?

  • Tim Elliott
    Comment

    Have wig, will travel

    2010-02-19T00:00:00Z

    The increasingly mobile judges of the TCC are happy to do you a trial in the cheapest, most convenient part of the country. But how do you decide where that is?

  • Comment

    Nuclear new-build: Proceed (with caution)

    2010-02-19T00:00:00Z

    The nuclear new-build programme has a lot to offer, as long as you can navigate the regulatory and contractual minefield surrounding it

  • Tony Bingham
    Comment

    Milking it: Safeway and the OFT

    2010-02-19T00:00:00Z

    When Safeway was fined by the OFT, it tried to claim its money back from the employees it thought had caused the problems. Might construction companies follow suit?

  • Comment

    No thumbscrews required

    2010-02-19T00:00:00Z

    How do I … Getting paid on time can be exceptionally difficult these days. Deborah Primett advises on how to improve your chances – without resorting to tough-guy tactics

  • CityCenter in all its glory, with the twin towers designed by Murphy/Jahn in the middle, KPF’s Mandarin Oriental to the left and the massive, 4,000-room, Aria Hotel by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects in the background
    Features

    All that glitters: CityCentre, Las Vegas

    2010-02-19T00:00:00Z

    The developers of Las Vegas’ latest casino resort wanted to give the city something it lacked: an urban core. But the $8bn CityCenter only pretends to be that – in reality it’s just another place to lose a lot of money. Tim Abrahams spins the wheel

  • News

    Unobtrusive lighting

    2010-02-19T00:00:00Z

    Modular Lighting Instruments has provided the recessed downlighters for this residential renovation project in east London

  • News

    Mechanical ventilation with heat recovery

    2010-02-19T00:00:00Z

    Xpelair has added to its Carbonlite range of mechanical ventilation systems with the Xcell 300, a mechanical ventilation unit with heat recovery

  • News

    Oil boilers

    2010-02-19T00:00:00Z

    Firebird has added to its Enviromax range of boilers with the Slimline Combi

  • News

    Heating controls

    2010-02-19T00:00:00Z

    Honeywell has launched the Sundial RF2 wireless heating control packs

  • News

    Wooden decking

    2010-02-19T00:00:00Z

    Timber specialist Pircher has launched Lyptus in the UK, a sustainable eucalyptus hardwood for decking applications

  • News

    Underfloor heating

    2010-02-19T00:00:00Z

    Timoleon has supplied an underfloor heating system as part of a major refurbishment programme for Queen Anne’s Gate in London, a four-storey private house, built in around 1700

  • News

    Shower trays

    2010-02-19T00:00:00Z

    The latest collection of Duravit flush fitting shower trays are designed to provide a minimal and seamless look and have been developed with renovation projects in mind

  • News

    Natural insulation

    2010-02-19T00:00:00Z

    Natural Building Technologies has launched Pavaflex, a natural insulation manufactured from sustainable wood fibre

  • News

    It’s what’s on the outside that counts

    2010-02-19T00:00:00Z

    External insulation may not be pretty but it’s easier to install and less intrusive than internal solutions. Now a nationwide trial aims to find out just how effective it can be