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Ruskin and retentions
The letter from Peter Whitbread (16 September) on the subject of retentions requires a response.
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Same old story
As I read Tom Potbury’s article about age discrimination (16 September) I must confess to a wry smile.
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Pipe gripe
I was rather depressed to find that your review of the University College London Hospital (23 September) seemed to mention virtually every aspect of the hospital’s construction other than its drainage material.
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Early warning
Your article (26 August) on land designated for employment use being bought for affordable housing in London raises some interesting considerations.
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Galliford Try buys surveyor Pentland for up to £2.8m
Contractor and housebuilder Galliford Try has bought chartered surveyor Pentland for an initial sum of £1.1m, to be followed by a maximum additional payment of £1.7m, depending on future profits.
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Equion sells PFI stake for £6m
Equion, the investment vehicle wholly owned by John Laing, has sold its 50% stake in Defence Management Holdings to services company Serco for £5.9m.Defence Management won the PFI contract to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the Joint Services Command and Staff College in Shrivenham, Oxfordshire, where construction was completed ...
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‘Property pensions’ set to boost housebuilding
The government’s plan to allow investors to include some kinds of residential property in tax-efficient pension plans is expected to lead to a boost in housebuilding next year.
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ODPM on brink of resolving ‘roof tax’ problems
Yvette Cooper, minister of housing, has given the go-ahead for a roof tax-style deal to kickstart housing development in Bedford.
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EP names brownfield squad
English Partnerships has selected 22 developers to help pilot its strategy over brownfield sites.
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CommentA new twist in an old story
Something distinctly odd is going on at the Treasury. First we have Gordon pledging to follow in Tony’s footsteps when he finally gets to step into his size 10s.
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NewsKajima installs fresh team at PFI hospital
Contractor Kajima has brought in a fresh project team to work on the £30m PFI extension to the Sheffield Northern General Hospital after delays to the project, it emerged this week.
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Awards honour industry’s best community builders
Barratt developments, Persimmon Homes, Bellway and St James Homes were among the housebuilders that picked up prizes at the Building Communities Awards 2005, hosted by Building at the London Hilton hotel on Park Lane on Wednesday evening.
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Talks over CIS tax restarted
The Construction Confederation is in talks with HM Revenue & Customs over softening the impact of the CIS tax scheme in April after resigning itself to the launch.
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CBI director slams lack of cheap homes
The head of the CBI has slammed the lack of affordable housing in the South-east, saying the economy will suffer if the government does not step in to solve the problem.
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NewsHooray for Holyrood
The Scottish parliament building, designed by EMBT and RMJM, has won the RIAS’ Andrew Doolan Award for Architecture, given to the best building in Scotland.
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Court prepares for flood of Olympics disputes
The judge in charge of the Technology and Construction Court has warned that the London 2012 Olympics would lead to a rise in construction-related disputes.
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MJ Gleeson fined over site traffic death
Contractor MJ Gleeson has been fined £50,000 after a quantity surveyor was run over and killed on one of its sites.
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FeaturesPrivate sector housebuilder of the year: Winner St James Homes
Cultural values may not be at the top of every private housebuilder’s priorities but they are at St James Homes – which is why it won this award sponsored by Home Service (GB)