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  • McElhinney takes naturally to the role of shrewd Italian …but ultimately, it’s more that Capello looks like an Irish brickie.
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    Absolutely Fabio

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Fabio Capello picks his first England team on Wednesday, and although he wouldn’t share his thoughts on selection with Building, there’s an Irish bricklayer who looks just like him – and he was happy to tell Katie Puckett what he thinks of Frank Lampard …

  • Hansom
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    Hansom Eye candy

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    This week, why the Candy brothers’ £1bn Fitzrovia scheme is a no-no, subcontractors are put in their place and sex, politics and housing policy become strangely conjoined

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    Pilot project

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    BAA used Terminal 5 to test-fly a number of exciting, but highly experimental practices. As Thomas Lane discovers, they all took off – then suffered very different fates

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    Building buys a pint … for Constructing Excellence

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    The Phoenix isn’t always this busy on a Tuesday night in January, apparently. Despite the markets going into freefall a few hours earlier, every chair and table in the room is taken and it’s standing room only at the bar.

  • Denise Chevin
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    That was then, this is now

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    So once the project team have finished sighing with relief, no doubt their chests will swell with pride: Terminal 5 has come in on time and to budget.

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    McCarthy & Stone reports strong results after takeover

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Retirement home builder McCarthy & Stone has announced bullish first figures since its £1.1bn acquisition by a private equity group in September 2006.

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    Sharewatch — One man’s scam wrongfoots US stock exchange

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Jérôme Kerviel, the 31-year-old French derivatives trader who cost Société Générale £7bn, was the new name on people’s lips last week.

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    Connaught claims £370m of new work in January

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Social housing contractor Connaught has made a strong start in 2008 with £370m of new work in January.

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    Contractors tighten overheads

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Contractors will tighten their overheads in 2008 as a result of the credit crunch, consultant Davis Langdon has predicted.

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    Pochins profit slide

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Cheshire-based contractor Pochin has revealed a 52% drop in pre-tax profit to £4.4m in the six months to 30 November 2007.

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    Halstead confident

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Commercial flooring maker James Halstead has reported that its turnover growth in the first half of 2008 will be at least 13%.

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    Busy year for McAslan

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Architect John McAslan + Partners has reported a 30% jump in turnover to £8m for the year ended 31 October 2007.

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    Caterpillar’s progress

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Equipment maker Caterpillar has reported an 8% rise in turnover to $45bn (£22.6bn) for 2007.

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    McInerney output

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Irish developer McInerney Holdings has announced a significant increase in output in the UK in 2007.

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    Bullish Frank

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Sunderland-based housebuilder and refurbishment contractor Frank Haslam Milan has said it expects to see turnover grow by £25m to £85m within a year.

  • The Lawns in Harlow, the winner of the awards in 1951 and  the Sinclair building, Sheffield’s reigning champion
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    The communities department is inviting entries to the 60th annual Housing Design awards.

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Since they were launched in 1948, they have celebrated innovation in housing, from Frederick Gibberd’s The Lawns in Harlow – the UK’s first residential tower, completed in 1951 – to last year’s Sinclair building in Sheffield by Project Orange.

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    Salford link

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    English Partnerships has agreed to an £8.5m funding package for an urban development linking Manchester and Salford.

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    New boss

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    New social landlord Liverpool Mutual Homes has appointed Steve Coffey as chief executive.

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    Prices fall again

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Hometrack has reported falling house prices for the fourth consecutive month.

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    More first-time woes

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Mortgage costs for first-time buyers have overtaken figures from the early nineties.