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  • News

    Multiplex in takeover talks with Canadian asset firm

    2007-02-05T09:46:00Z

    A takeover by Brookfield Asset Management could involve a partial buy back by Roberts family

  • iPad
    News

    Images: I spy an iPod in Dubai

    2007-02-05T13:30:00Z

    The iPad has myriad hi-tech features including an iRotation Room and iDeckchairs

  • water tap
    News

    Morgan Est wins £38m Thames Water tunnel

    2007-02-05T12:38:00Z

    Thames Water says that 4.9km-long tunnel will offer more reliable water supply

  • John Purvis, WYG
    News

    WYG buys Turner Holden for £900,000

    2007-02-05T12:23:00Z

    Payment could rise to £1.4m if town planning consultant hits performance targets in first year of trading

  • Linden Homes
    News

    Galliford in takeover talks with Linden Homes

    2007-02-05T10:01:00Z

    Construction and housing firm is understood to be prepared to pay about £200m for Linden Homes

  • News

    Cameron's debt to Brown

    2007-02-02T12:27:00Z

    Gordon Brown has been forced to adopt accounting practices that will reveal the Treasury's liabilities. A victory for common sense, and perhaps, one day, for David Cameron

  • Energy efficiency rating
    News

    New test turns the screw on air-conditioned offices

    2007-02-02T06:05:00Z

    Modern buildings could be given D energy ratings under legislation to be announced next month

  • Comment

    Good to go

    2007-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Right this minute the Communities England superagency is being assembled by a team of experts intent on producing a slick, smart regeneration powerhouse

  • Comment

    Er, didn’t we get the last one? ... for RLF

    2007-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Last week Building ventured up to Edinburgh to meet RLF. This week, we have ventured five minutes up the road to meet ... RLF. Oh dear – a glitch in communication between reporters means the lucky company is our drinking buddy two weeks in a row. This week it’s the ...

  • Photo of amphibious and daring workers in Salford, Greater Manchester.
    News

    Taking the plunge

    2007-02-02T00:00:00Z

    This photo of daring (and hopefully amphibious) workmen was sent in by Stuart Holmes and was taken from his office window in Salford, Greater Manchester.

  • Tim Elliot
    Comment

    The men with two heads

    2007-02-02T00:00:00Z

    It seems that under most contracts, the contract administrator does really have to spend some time acting for the client and some time acting impartially

  • Four curvaceous car ramps burst out of the louvred east facade of Grosvenor's multistorey car park in Liverpool.
    Features

    The drive of your life

    2007-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Breaking the stereotype of multistorey car parks as concrete monstrosities, Wilkinson Eyre’s latest project is as visually exciting as it is functionally efficient.

  • The clear glazed facade of the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art
    Features

    Northern soul

    2007-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Erick van Egeraat’s glass-fronted Institute of Modern Art has rejuvenated Middlesbrough’s barren public quarter

  • Tony Bingham
    Comment

    Binghams blog

    2007-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Tony Bingham has been released into the ether, with a regular blog on Building’s website. Here’s a taster on that big bugbear, small print ...

  • Hansom
    Comment

    How curious

    2007-02-02T00:00:00Z

    This week we try to work out the thinking behind Richard Simmons’ eloquent attack on the motion he was supporting, EC Harris’ coffee policy and MPs’ mourning of Rick Stein’s dead dog

  • Projects such as the Welsh assembly have helped maintain high UK turnover
    News

    Arup’s profit jumps 268% – with a little help from China

    2007-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Consultant cashes in on 2008 Beijing Olympic projects but growth reported in all areas

  • designs for homes
    News

    Home thoughts from abroad

    2007-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Architect Zaha Hadid has teamed up with Naoto Fukasawa, former creative director of Muji, to design her ideal house.

  • News

    Jowell set to take over at the ODA

    2007-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Gordon Brown negotiating a deal, say sources

  • News

    Multiplex loses costs ruling

    2007-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Days after Multiplex revealed it had received a mystery takeover approach it lost the first round of its damages trial against Wembley steel contractor Cleveland Bridge (CBUK).

  • Evans: Unimpressed with proposals
    News

    Zero carbon split opens as small housebuilders speak out

    2007-02-02T00:00:00Z

    NFB chief executive writes to minister talking over ‘shellshock’ at package of proposals