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Swan Hill admits slowdown
Housebuilder Swan Hill said this week that it has been affected by a slowdown in the market.
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Laing shares set to soar despite loss
City analysts expect shares in support services group Laing to increase about 40% to more than 200p in the next 12 months, despite its reporting of a pre-tax loss of £18.6m this week.
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Government prepares for London terror attack
The government has compiled a list of structural engineers that could assess the fall-out from a terrorist attack in London.
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NewsPidgley Jr breaks silence on his father, the Berkeley bid, his ex-wife and his mother
Tony Pidgley explains why he bid for his father's company and how, in the end, family comes before business.
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Network Rail reveals two cut-price framework deals
Gravy train hits the buffers as rail infrastructure body tries to slim down £225m bill for consultants.
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Firms donate services to help children with rare diseases
Director of PRP architects organises free refurbishment of Paddington hospital after it saves his son's life.
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HSE asks designers to stop falls
Health and Safety Executive inspectors met more than 130 architects and planning supervisors from across Scotland and the north of England this week to try to design out the risks from falls
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Comment
A paradise for parasites
To shut out small firms, the Treasury made the PFI process so adversarial that it got captured by lawyers, who are now eating us out of schools and hospitals
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David Curry
John Prescott's communities plan has a lot of support – if only we had a government that could actually deliver it
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Comment
You're forgetting someone
Your editorial on the Congestion Charge (7 March, page 3) came as something of a surprise to the manufacturers and distributors in the construction industry.
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Comment
Chop the campaign
Having read and enjoyed your magazine for more than five years, and particularly appreciated the role it has played in promoting change and sustainability in the construction industry, I am astounded that you should embark on some thing as "builder's bum" as a Chop the Charge campaign.
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Comment
The cart before the elephant?
I am writing in response to the piece about Elephant & Castle and Foster and Partners' masterplan for the redevelopment of the Heygate Estate (28 February, page 15).
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Waiting for Woodrow
I refer to your financial news article in which Taylor Woodrow's chief executive, Iain Napier, indicates that the government should be listening to housebuilders in order to meet housebuilding targets (7 March, page 21).
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Health and efficiency
I refer to your article "Jarvis under pressure to halve rail profits" (28 February, page 10). It was disappointing to read such a misinformed piece in what is otherwise an excellent and respected trade publication.
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Knowing the form
As a project manager associated with a £50m building project administered under option F of the ECC, I was fascinated (and at times a little horrified) by Rachel Barnes' recent article on the Society of Construction Law's Delay and Disruption Protocol (28 February, page 49).
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Features
We need vocal locals
Council planners generally put the interests of the community first, but if things don't work out that way, there's not a lot the community can do about it
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FeaturesDressed to thrill
Inspired by a wallet-busting designer frock, yet designed to be a bargain in itself, the exterior of Future Systems' Selfridges store in Birmingham is a sight to behold. We got the inside story on how this futuristic, shimmering, blue beehive was built.
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HBG is cock of the north in February league table
Sir Robert McAlpine and Laing head down the monthly table, but Bovis Lend Lease stays on top over the year.