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News‘I have no idea what to expect’
Arup civil engineer Anthony Peter, 26, was among the first British specialists to be sent to Sri Lanka to help with the reconstruction. Here, in the first part of a diary for Building, he recounts his initial experiences
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NewsPrescott’s £60,000 house to become team effort
English Partnerships and Housing Corporation join up to test deputy prime minister’s call for affordable homes
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NewsUK’s tallest sculpture unveiled in Manchester
Britain’s tallest and most structurally daring sculpture was unveiled this week in Manchester.
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Sustainability is keynote in plan for higher education
The body responsible for making grants to universities and colleges has called on the higher education sector to take a lead in encouraging sustainable development.
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NewsCostain buoyed by growth in water sector
Group says 2004 profit expectations are on track and announces £1bn order book.
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Bath Spa leaks another £4m
Costs rise by £4m in November as Council says new boreholes will are required to safeguard water supply.
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NewsBalfour Beatty toasts healthy 2005
Contractor says 2004 profits were on track despite losses in US and Balfour Beatty Rail.
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NewsZaha Hadid wins London design competition
The superstar architect wins competition to design a centre for architcture near the Tate Modern.
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NewsCambridge architecture department saved
University decides to keep achitecture department open and refocus research on sustainable design.
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Serco lands £400m MOD contract
Contract involves design and build of academic centre of excellence in Shrivenham, Wiltshire.
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NewsGleeson profits remain on track
Dermot Gleeson says demand in construction services remained high particuarly in the public and utility sectors.
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Boscastle to rise from the flood
Environment Agency says demolished buildings can be replaced as long as they don't increase flood risk.
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NewsDome sale branded a "fiasco"
English Partnerships spent £28.7m of taxpayers' money before it found buyer for Dome.
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NewsHolcim considers takeover of Aggregate
Aggregate Industries says that shareholders should accept an offer of 138p per share if it is made.
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Whitechapel Gallery wins £3.36m Lottery award
Award will contribute towards £9.9m development of East End gallery.
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Danish practice wins competition to replace Fourth Grace
3XN's design for £65m Museum of Liverpool is chosen ahead of plans by Daniel Libeskind and Zaha Hadid.
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NewsArup to engineer European Patent Office HQ
Arup and Belgium architect XdGA have won the competition to design the European Patent Office headquarters
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Wolseley beefs up UK distribution network
£100m investment in distribution network will include a new national distribution centre in Leamington Spa.
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NewsTUC leader calls for pensions shake-up
TUC general secretary Brendan Barber says employer contribution pensions are damanging the morale of construction workers.
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Bovis Homes set for record profits
Housebuilder predicts a healthy housing market in 2005 after annoucing it will make record profit for the year ended December 2004.