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Majors pick sides in fight for £1bn barracks deal
Amec hooks up with Balfour Beatty, and Bovis Lend Lease allies with Amey to bid for PFI accommodation deal.
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Housebuilders face London market collapse
The recent surge in housebuilders' profits was this week predicted to come to an end as the London housing market is hit by a fall in consumer confidence.
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WYG continues shopping spree
White Young Green chief executive Richard Brayson this week refused to rule out further acquisitions, despite snapping up three firms in eight days.
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Bullish Barratt shuns merger mania
Housebuilder Barratt's profit has risen by almost a quarter over the past year, allowing it to shrug off fears of an economic downturn.Barratt, best known for volume building and its house exchange policy, said it was not interested in the consolidation going on elsewhere in the sector. Seven of the ...
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Vinci pulls out of hostile airport takeover
French construction firm Vinci has dropped plans for a hostile takeover of UK airport owner and operator TBI.The decision had been expected after the terrorist attacks in America, which have damaged prospects for the industry.Vinci announced on Monday that its offer to buy TBI, for £517m had lapsed. The company ...
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Aftershocks
Building examines the economic fallout from the US attacks. Airport projects in doubt, New hotels on hold, Share prices tumble
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Bug aesthetics
Alsop Architects' design for Queen Mary University's medical and dental school in East London takes its cue from things you can see through a microscope. And aren't they lovely?
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Cometh the hour …
If Iain Duncan Smith's election was remarkable, so are the global and national challenges he'll have to face. And he might just be the man for the job
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Scottish parliament: The true story
Building was given exclusive access to the site and team behind one of the most misunderstood projects in recent history. Over the next eight pages, we tell the tale of triumph over adversity and interview Benedetta Tagliabue, widow of architect Enric Miralles, who is taking her husband's vision forward.
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Benedetta Tagliabue
The widow of Scottish parliament architect Enric Miralles talks to Building about her husband's death and taking over the reins of his most controversial project.
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Architects' fees survey 2001
Architects' fees in the public housing and refurbishment sectors may still be in the doldrums, but elsewhere – particularly in private housing and leisure – fees are enjoying a modest recovery. Building looks at reasons to be cheerful
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How to do a bank job
Housebuilders must work hard to get money off bankers these days. This is the way to do it
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Five facts about sports sponsorship
Which construction firms sponsor sport?Housebuilder Berkeley Group backed a Lord's Taverners celebrity cricket match, and contractor Bovis Lend Lease will sponsor part of golf's European Seniors Tour. Regional contractor Cowlin Construction has sponsored second division football club Bristol Rovers for three years.What does it cost?Cowlin Construction paid "in excess of ...
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The cost of winning
Allowing the winning party in an adjudication to recover its costs from the loser is utterly inappropriate in adjudication. Worse, it could deter people from using it
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Don't take my word for it
When someone shakes your hand and says they intend to do business with you, you might reasonably believe you have an oral contract. Think again
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Three great legal myths
There is a danger that some urban myths about disputes will become embedded in people's minds unless arbitrators and adjudicators take steps to expose them
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Getting ahead
Graham Jackson of headhunter Potensis reveals what employers are really looking for and how you can use this to get to the top
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Appointments
ContractorsDeena Mattar (right) as been appointed to the board of Kier Group. She takes over from Duncan Brand, finance director, who retires in November.HousebuildersAlec Luhaste has joined Bryant Homes as human resources director. ClientsBrad Soller has been appointed global chief financial officer at international real estate solutions firm Bovis Lend ...