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FeaturesDoors and windows
How do you turn an old tyre factory into a swanky office and leisure destination? As Sonia Soltani discovered, if you're Shed KM, you stick a beautiful glass box inside the existing brick box. The result kicks off our doors and windows special
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NewsGovernment set to scrap Decent Homes initiative
Communities minister considers refocusing £19bn flagship housing policy to achieve wider regeneration goals.
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NewsThe toughest foot race on earth
John Cahil is about to begin one of the most arduous challenges on the ultramarathon calendar to raise money for the Construction Youth Trust. As he prepares to head out into the desert, you can read about his race-preparation from the comfort of your PC screen.
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What now for PFI?
The four defendant contractors worked together in a joint venture known as CAMBBA. The secretary of state granted a PFI concession agreement in February 1992 for Midland Expressway Ltd to design, construct and operate the Birmingham Northern Relief Road, known as the M6 Toll Road. Midland and CAMBBA entered into ...
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ODA refuses to respond to Olympic funding fears
The Olympic Delivery Authority has declined to respond to claims that there will be a £2bn shortfall for the 2012 Games.
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NewsOlympics to boost London's civils spend 55%
AS WORK begins on Olympic facilities for 2012 it will become more difficult for other clients in London to find good quality managers, according to a report by cost consultant Davis Langdon.
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NewsKey scheme a year late as Weymouth prepares for 2012
Costs at vital harbourside project rise one-third after developer Howard Holdings hit delays in signing deal
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NewsHarrington tackles problem of subsidence at Wembley
South side of stadium is believed to have sunk 16 mm - although Multiplex insists no subsidence has taken place.
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NewsDandara wins planning for Salford glass tower
Sheppard Robson is the architect on the Chapel Wharf scheme which will contain 990 apartments.
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NewsGalliford Try tie up £134m Highlands PFI
Financial close is reached on a project for eleven new schools in the Highlands of Scotland
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NewsDevelopers slam planning fee hike
Developers have told Kate Barker that a recent hike in planning fees has not resulted in council planning departments providing a better service.
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NewsPutting it bluntly...
Multiplex's Andrew Murray is impressed by the onsite skills of the locals working on a charity building project in South Africa but finds the tools a little blunter than the ones back home.
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Costs: Rooflights
Dome rooflights are a great way to get light into a building. Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans considers the specification options, durability and whole-life costs
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Doors and windows
How do you turn an old tyre factory into a swanky office and leisure destination? As Sonia Soltani discovered, if youre Shed KM, you stick a beautiful glass box inside the existing brick box. The result kicks off our doors and windows special
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FeaturesWhat Brunel did for us ...
Two hundred years after his birth, the ever-present legacy of the great Isambard Kingdom Brunel still inspires the modern-day engineer to create something different.