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Flats for wealthy claustrophobics
Work has started on this 4650 m2 Chesa Futura apartment building in St Moritz, Switzerland. The bubble block is lifted above the ground on eight piloti to ensure that all three storeys have spectacular views over the Engadine Valley and the lake of St Moritz. The building was designed by ...
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Architect seeks Livingstone backing for micro-flats plan
Piercy Conner to request funding for scheme to provide young professionals with affordable city homes.
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Ralph's rainbow
Black, gold, crimson, orange, blue, green: the first view of Erskine's Greenwich Millennium Village is of a riot in a paint factory.
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PFI-style refurbs launched by Willmott Dixon arm
Contractor's subsidiary Inspace to pioneer refurbishment scheme in which clients pay no capital costs.
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Linden puts two big hitters on the board
Housebuilder Linden has appointed Sir Malcolm Field and Malcolm Heald as non-executive directors.
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Organic growth at Morgan
Morgan Sindall intends to concentrate on organic growth after its latest acquisitions, said boss John Morgan.
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Bellway swoops on rivals' former staff
Housebuilder boosts management with 40 made redundant in takeovers.
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Orders fall, but work holds up
DTI figures released this week show that new orders in the building industry have fallen from last year's levels.
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Bowsprit launches five-year plan
Civil engineer Bowsprit Contracting is implementing a five-year growth plan after a management buyout from parent company Environmental Resource Group, a subsidiary of AEA Technology.
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Eddie McElhinney
The quiet Irishman who has become one of the UK's biggest manufacturers never even considered giving an interview before. So, why is he talking now? And what does he have to say about the industry he supplies?
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Out with the old
The architecture of the British tourist industry must move with the times and stop attempting to recreate an ersatz past
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Going places
Building takes a summer holiday next week, but before packing our bags we asked the industry's top people about the holiday homes they own and love. Summer on a Scottich railwayGeoff Mann’s awfully big holiday adventure isn’t just a cottage renovation in the southern uplands of Scotland – it’s a ...
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Other industries: Stage constructors
How do other industries rise to the challenge of meeting their clients' needs? In the first of a new series, Building meets staging company ESS, which has to design, plan and construct a vast stage for superstar Tom Jones in just two months
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Cough-up medicine
The Construction Act is really all about making sure people are paid. If money is owed and no withholding notices issued, you'd better pay up first and litigate later
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Running for cover
Professional companies are usually liable for their employees' breach of duty. But what if the firm goes bust and the employee is sued? Better get insured
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You can run, but you can't hide
Tony Bingham's suggestion of insurance is a fine idea, but while protecting many, it will leave thousands still at risk from the consequences of the Babb case
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Testing times
The scientists at the National Physical Laboratories need to measure things so accurately that the slightest change in temperature can ruin an experiment – or, for that matter, a contractor.
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Sails network
Building talks to Ian Parfitt, senior partner at quantity surveyor RPA, about why he and his Cardiff colleagues take to the waves every summer
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Appointments
ContractorsBallast has appointed Nigel Brook and Phillip Cooper main board directors. Trevor Curtis, previously with Amec, has been appointed project director. The Wincanton office of Cowlin Construction has appointed Bill Badham (right) managing director. Pauline Speight has joined Morgan Sindall as director of people development for the firm's national construction ...