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  • News

    £26.3m motorway disposal keeps Laing profit on course

    2005-01-24T09:57:00Z

    John Laing says profit improved in second half of 2004 and results for year are in line with expecations.

  • News

    Employment in SME firms hits four-year high

    2005-01-21T14:25:00Z

    High levels of activity in last quarter leads to best rates of employment in SME construction sector since 2000.

  • Features

    Tsunami diary: the real work begins

    2005-01-21T11:38:00Z

    Arup civil engineer Anthony Peter, 26, landed in Sri Lanka last week to help with the reconstruction process. In this extended extract from his diary for Building he looks at the task ahead.

  • News

    Labour MPs back bill to hold bosses to account on safety

    2005-01-21T10:02:00Z

    Leading backbenchers vote for measure that could oblige companies to appoint ‘safety directors’.

  • Eastern promise broken: The Chinese have handed over control of the Expo designs to state-sponsored institutes
    News

    Rogers furious at dismissal from Shanghai World Expo

    2005-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Chinese government drops RRP from 2010 expo masterplan – two months after it won design competition

  • Nottingham Eastside
    News

    Nottingham Island gains outline planning consent

    2005-01-21T15:01:00Z

    Eastside & City Developments aim to start work on 3m sq ft mixed use development in Spring 2006.

  • News

    Council defends Bath Spa as project leaks £4m

    2005-01-21T10:13:00Z

    Council hopes to claim back cost hike from architect and contractor, but is criticised over water supply problems.

  • Richard Rogers
    News

    Rogers furious at dismissal from Shanghai World Expo

    2005-01-21T09:54:00Z

    Chinese government drops RRP from 2010 expo masterplan – two months after it won design competition.

  • News

    Plan to pay for £60k house

    2005-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Deputy prime minister John Prescott’s plan to provide homes for £60,000 each could be boosted by the use of private capital to pay for infrastructure such as roads and sewerage

  • News

    Labour MPs back bill to hold bosses to account on safety

    2005-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Leading backbenchers vote for measure that could oblige companies to appoint ‘safety directors’

  • Clarke: Joined Latham’s attack
    News

    Latham slams review of act

    2005-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Leading industry figures have slammed the government’s failure to drive through reform in construction, warning that the industry could be left to initiate changes on its own after the review of the Construction Act is published

  • Bath Spa: Supply of hot spring water relies on drilling extra boreholes
    News

    Council defends Bath Spa as project leaks £4m

    2005-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Council hopes to claim back cost hike from architect and contractor, but is criticised over water supply problems

  • News

    Developers and RSLs fume at social housing shake-up

    2005-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Each side complains of unfair bidding advantages under the Housing Corporation’s new grant system

  • Sika in the City
    Features

    Specifier Products

    2005-01-21T14:03:00Z

    In this flooring special, everything from swanky City refurbishments to antibacterial finishes for hospital linos – all the latest products to park your feet on. Plus, an update on the news from the industry

  • Features

    Costs: Wooden floors

    2005-01-21T13:55:00Z

    Increasingly, wooden laminate floors are being selected as a floor finish. Peter Mayer of Building Performance Group considers the options, key durability criteria and whole-life costs

  • Features

    Checklist

    2005-01-21T13:50:00Z

    Flooring is the finish that is subject to the most constant and demanding use, which makes it a big challenge to the specifier. Barbour Index and Scott Brownrigg look at the keys to success

  • Features

    Flooring

    2005-01-21T11:22:00Z

    Post-tensioned concrete flooring is enjoying a recent and rapid rise in popularity and is now competing with metal deck composite flooring.

  • News

    Europes top 300

    2005-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Two Gallic contractors, Vinci and Bouygues, dominate our annual league of Europes top firms. So we had a few questions to ask their bosses ...

  • News

    Flooring

    2005-01-21T00:00:00Z

    This issue's Specifier is dedicated to what lies beneath, including whole-life costing of that trendiest of flooring wood laminate plus the latest products and all the best suppliers. Here we kick off with the great composite metal decking vs post-tensioned concrete debate ...

  • Features

    Galliford Try surges to top of December league

    2005-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Education and healthcare schemes push contractor into first place ahead of HBG and Kier