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NewsBAA pays out £80m on restructuring and job cuts ...
Airport operator reveals cost of making staff redundant – and more are on the way
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Redrow launches eco-town bid
A planning application has been submitted covering the site of one of the government’s 15 shortlisted eco-towns.
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NewsLaing plots foreign growth
John Laing is to grow its overseas business to half of its portfolio within the next four years amid signs that the UK PFI market, which is the company’s largest sector, is slowing, write Sarah Richardson and Roxane McMeeken.
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Borrowing set to fall further, say mortgage lenders
Slight monthly rise in March bucks overall downward trend of mortgage lending
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Profits warning knocks Taylor Wimpey shares
Shares lose 5% of value after housebuilder warns deepening market crisis will hit profits
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End cover pricing now, says CIOB
Chief executive Chris Blythe says industry must improve ethical practice
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The wrong tool for the job
You wouldn’t go to a chiropractor to have your teeth checked, so why go anywhere other than the TCC for a building dispute?
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NewsView from the rooftop
Donald Daw of Mitsubishi Electric dispels the myth that air-conditioning is the only way for the UK’s 26 million households to combat rising temperatures
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… and plans to spend £4.5bn at Heathrow by 2013
The accounts released by BAA’s holding company show that it spent £977m on capital expenditure in 2006 compared with £875m in the previous financial year. The airport operator said the drop was the result of it nearing completion at Heathrow Terminal 5.
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NewsOffices to come under MPs’ scrutiny
Inquiry being launched into ways of improving the energy efficiency of commercial and industrial building
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Redfern fills Sutcliffe’s shoes
The group chief executive of Taylor Wimpey is to take permanent direct control of the housebuilder’s UK business after the resignation of Ian Sutcliffe, its UK chief executive.
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Commercial work slumped in March
The commercial property sector suffered its sharpest fall in activity in five years in March as developers continued to tighten their belts amid the deepening credit crisis.
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Energy assessor claims rebutted
Bodies that train domestic energy assessors have rejected claims that none are available to provide energy performance certificates for buildings under construction.
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NewsGehry theatre may oust Grimshaw’s transport centre
£150m complex planned for top of New York subway may give way to performing arts centre
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Structure Tone raises profit in UK and turnover worldwide
Refurbishment and fit-out specialist Structure Tone unveiled increased full-year net profit of £908,000 for the financial year 2006/07 on the back of a £66m turnover.
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Fledgling architects make shortlist for London framework deal
Fledgling practices, including Acme, DSDHA and Mae, are rubbing shoulders with Foster + Partners and Grimshaw on the shortlist for a public sector architects framework in London.
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Sharewatch - Ah, those long lost days of £11 shares …
Last April, when Barratt shares were trading at more than £11, must seem a long time ago to chief executive Mark Clare. Back then, he had just bought Wilson Bowden and his firm had a market cap of about £4.5bn.
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Skanska boss says his firm must learn from its mistakes
Skanska UK’s chief executive has said the company has to “learn lessons” after being forced to write down £27m on three healthcare projects.
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Five on shortlist for £200m Lord’s masterplan
Building Design Partnership, David Chipperfield Architects, Dixon Jones, Herzog & de Meuron, and Hopkins Architects have been shortlisted to develop a £200m masterplan for Lord’s cricket ground.
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NewsAPC Trainer on... Procurement and Tendering Competence (T062)
This is a core competency for both quantity surveyors and project managers that the candidate must demonstrate competence to level 3