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HWA will be bought by management
Laing has signed an exclusivity deal with the management team leading a buy-out of its niche contractor Holloway White Allom.
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EP boosts housebuilding in North-west
Regeneration quango English Partnerships has agreed the sale of land for 400 homes across the north-west of England.
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NewsBack to the future
Back to the future: This Michael Hopkins-designed art gallery in Manchester opened last week. The gallery, for the city council, unites and extends two early 19th-century buildings designed by Sir Charles Barry. The buildings are joined by a frameless glass link. The project's structural and services engineer was Arup, the ...
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Stores to axe unsafe contractors
Contractors will be forced to comply with tough new health and safety targets or face being axed from the tender lists of leading clients.
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HSC publishes railway safety plan
The Health and Safety Commission last week published its four-year plan to regulate and improve safety on the railways after the crash at Potters Bar earlier this month.
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NewsConference homes in on housing issues
The Tibbalds TM2-designed Ingress Park housing scheme at Greenhithe in the East Thames corridor (second phase pictured left) is one of the featured schemes at the Building for Life conference on 3 July.The one-day conference for planners, housebuilders and consultants will be at the Cavendish Conference Centre in London. The ...
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Contracts
ouble win for ShepherdShepherd has bagged two projects – the £15m first phase of the £150m Clarence Dock scheme in Leeds for housebuilder Berkeley, and a £9.7m deal to build a seven-storey block for the School of Law at Manchester Metropolitan University.Balfour wins Forth Bridge jobBalfour Beatty has won a ...
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NewsDance fever
Dance fever: Leeds practice Carey Jones has received planning permission for a £16.5m HQ for the Northern Ballet Theatre and Phoenix Dance companies. The building will be on Quarry Hill in the heart of Leeds' cultural quarter. The development, jointly funded by the Arts Council and local firm KW Linfoot, ...
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Building boss jailed for double manslaughter
The owner of a building firm has been jailed for 18 months after he was found guilty of the manslaughter of two workers.
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Scaffolders threaten strike
Scaffolders at a firm in Essex have voted to ballot over strike action on holiday pay.
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NewsCapital gain
Capital gain: Skanska's specialist fit-out company Kontor, has refurbished and linked two buildings in Whitfield Street, central London, for London Merchant Securities. The buildings were extended to provide 3363 m2 of floor space and incorporate two lifts, a seven-storey emergency staircase and a rooftop pavilion and terrace. Architect was EPR, ...
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FeaturesTake me to the river
After leaving Whitby Bird, founding partner turned developer Bryn Bird has created his first project – a glamorous waterfront live–work complex built on top of Brunel's Rotherhithe Tunnel and nestled beside the Thames
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C&M boosted by sale of stake in Tay
Housebuilder Country & Metropolitan announced mediocre results for the six months to 28 February, disguised by the sale of a stake in Tay Homes that artificially boosted profit 66%.
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Parkman expands education services
Consulting engineer and asset manager Parkman Group this week added a school inspection business to its range of services.
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Overseas firms dominate the UK market in April
Ironically, Jarvis had a good month, but the other top spots are taken by French, Swedish and Australian firms.
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Comment
Hell on Earth
Abandoned cars are one thing, but some cities are littered with abandoned homes. Can draft planning guidance bring hope to areas that have abandoned it?
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FeaturesMan the maker
John Hall over there, sitting on the roof he’s making, is a craftsman in an industry that is being told over and over again that technology holds the only key to the future. So Building spoke to the descendants of the people who built the cathedrals and asked them to ...
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Not up to standard
If we ripped up standard forms of contract, our clients would be much happier people