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Have we forgotten Kyoto?
There is much to welcome in the Building Regulations draft approved documents – mandatory pressure testing, and fresh methods of demonstrating compliance, with design standards based upon target CO2 emissions rates.
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Amec snaps up French electrical group Javelet
Support services group Amec announced this week that it had bought French electrical installations group Javalet.
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Severfield-Rowen profit hike
Profit rose 40% at steelwork contractor Severfield-Rowen during the first half of 2005, with a 17% rise in turnover.
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NewsMargins at White Young Green reach 10%
Quoted engineering consultant White Young Green achieved double-digit margins for the first time last financial year, it revealed this week.
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Management team to buy out Rydon Group
Bank of Scotland to finance purchase of £128m-turnover construction group by three principal shareholders
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HSE appoints senior official to oversee Olympic projects
The Health and Safety Executive has appointed a senior manager to co-ordinate its response to the 2012 Olympics in London.
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NewsLocation, location, location
The Richard Rogers Partnership is set to redevelop the 1950s Bowater House building in Knightsbridge, London.
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Lovell presses on with PFI court action
Housebuilder Lovell is continuing its legal battle with North East Derbyshire council to recover bid costs on a £39m social housing PFI contract that was scrapped.
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NewsReach for Arabian skies
The Stellar Tower designed by Make Architects, which was originally pencilled in for a desert site in Abu Dhabi, will now be built in the centre of the city in Allttihad Square.
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Rogers beats international rivals to New York project
Architect Richard Rogers Partnership has won a £790m competition to design the expansion of the Jacob K Javits Convention Center in New York.
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Barratt’s first-half profits up
Housebuilder Barratt has recorded an 11% rise in pre-tax profit for the first half after offsetting a challenging private sector market with a rise in affordable housing completions.
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Laing O’Rourke may import steel from Dubai
Ray O’Rourke is considering importing steel from Dubai to the UK as part of a plan to utilise a massive production factory he has assembled in the region.
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Chris Smith given key Olympic cultural role
Former culture secretary Chris Smith has been signed up by Ken Livingstone to play a key role in delivering cultural facilities for the legacy of the 2012 Olympic Games.
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Minister attacks ‘unilateral’ planners
Senior Treasury minister John Healey has accused local council planners of behaving unilaterally and ignoring their authorities’ wider goals.
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NewsWicks hints at nuclear future
Energy minister Malcolm Wicks says the government will not bankroll the new generation of nuclear power stations, but that it will “facilitate” their funding.
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NewsEagle takes flight
Terry Farrell and Partners has unveiled plans to redevelop Eagle House in London’s Old Street for Groveworld Ltd by adding a residential tower and updating the existing Art Deco building.
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ODPM names new permanent secretary
Peter Housden has been appointed to the top civil service position in the ODPM, taking on the job of Mavis McDonald, who retires in October.
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NewsHouse prices fall 0.2% in September
Annual growth lowest since May 1996 as market continues to slow.
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Totty Construction wins £1m prison contract
Framework partnering deal with HM Prisons Service to last seven years.