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Bankrupt Schmidlin confident that buyer is imminent
Bankrupt Swiss cladding maker Schmidlin is to reveal its new owner next week.
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Asbestos legal challenge
Thousands of construction workers could lose compensation for asbestos-related illness if the House of Lords decides in favour of the employers in the case of Barker vs Saint-Gobain.
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BDP falls victim to PFI hospital cull
Architect BDP has been stood down from the £761m PFI Pathway hospital development in Leicester while the government considers the future of PFI healthcare schemes.
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NewsClyde goes Forth
Developer ISIS has taken the first step to regenerating the Glasgow branch of the Forth & Clyde Canal after winning planning permission for this mixed-use development.
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Top developers vie for Euston and Victoria refurbs
Network Rail has lined up a shortlist of blue-chip developers for the refurbishment of Victoria and Euston mainline stations.
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Nuclear option rejected
A sustainability watchdog has come out against a nuclear power station programme.
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Foster and Partners moves back into profit
Norman Foster has revealed that his practice has turned a £544,000 loss for the year ended 30 April 2004 into a £2.5m profit in the following 12 months.
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NewsWembley parachutes in extra electrical firm
Electrical fit-out work reorganised to speed up delivery of the stadium and minimise financial penalties
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Argent names three main contractors for King's Cross
Developer plans to work with Carillion, Kier and HBG on a design-and-build basis if project gets go-ahead
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NewsCross purposes
Cross purposes Birds Portchmouth Russum Architects and structural engineer Techniker have won a design competition for two pairs of bridges, each supported on a thicket of spindly poles.
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Urban Catalyst founder sets up investment body
REGENERATION specialist Ken Dytor is launching a vehicle to lever private sector investment into education and healthcare.The Urban Catalyst founder has begun talks over his latest project, Regeneration Investments, with a number of parties. Dytor says he wants to concentrate on regeneration consultancy and investment instead of development.The venture has ...
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Redrow to expand in South
Redrow chief executive Neil Fitzsimmons says the firm will focus on expanding its regional network and mixed-use regeneration workload.
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NG Bailey to woo banks with specialist IT arm
M&E company NG Bailey is to launch an IT services division, making it the first building services firm to offer complete M&E fit-out to specialist financial institutions.
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NewsConstruction group lobbies for untapped R&D cash
Chief executive of consultant Atkins seeks to secure at least £36m from European Union and national pots
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NewsMiliband report marks shift in regeneration policy
Minister proposes decentralisation of power to cities and city regions, and backs spending on public transport
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FeaturesExploited youth
A number of leading architectural firms are not paying students to work up to 60-hour weeks yet are happy to let them draw up important competition entries, while graduates are being offered hard-work, low-pay deals just for the kudos of being employed by a major practice. Illustration by Scott Garrett
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NewsCurzon's future in doubt after receivers called in
Fit-out firm calls in Ernst & Young after series of setbacks including the £25m refurbishment of a Mayfair hotel.
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NewsBolt blamed for Holyrood's hanging beam
The beam that collapsed in the Scottish Parliament was due to a faulty bolt according to report.
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Comment
DGP International
An article in our legal column (13 January 2006, "Having it large") referred to the case between Shawton Engineering and DGP International.
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NewsGovernment beefs up delayed sustainable code
Publicly funded homes will be built to new EcoHomes standard until Code for Sustainable Homes is introduced.