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Rok breaks into the black
Exeter-based contractor Rok Property Solutions this week unveiled an improved set of interim results and announced that it had acquired facilities management firm Retail Maintenance Services.
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Takeover snub opens floor to offers for Tay
Tay's rejection of fellow housebuilder Country & Metropolitan's £31m bid has made it vulnerable to a takeover by another rival, analysts say.
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Management buys out roadbuilder Tripod
Road construction services firm Tripod Crest has been bought by its management for £20m.
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The barnstormers
Behind the facade of an 18th-century threshing barn, an explosion of striking forms brings a radical edge to a sensitive conversion.
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Egan on Egan
He's back, and this time he's in charge of the most important strategic body in construction. In this exclusive interview he tells Building what he's going to do with it …
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John Spellar
The man with the task of saving the rail network and keeping Tony Blair in a job gives his first major interview. Building finds out the minister's big ideas.
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Desperate measures
Wholesale reform of the planning system just isn't politically deliverable – we must instead opt for a series of small changes that actually have some impact
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What apocalypse?
And lo, there was gnashing of teeth and a general wailing in the land when third parties gained contract rights. Here's what happened next …
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Well, you're no judge
Arbitration has been overshadowed lately by trendier forms of dispute resolution such as mediation. But it could make a comeback – with a change of clothes.
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Will Brussels scupper the PFI?
New European ideas about public sector procurement could spell big trouble for anyone with an interest in PFI projects
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The benchmark
Leisure operator Cannons wanted to triple the number of its health and fitness clubs in three years. Building reports on how it used partnering in the supply chain to drive out waste, reduce construction time and improve quality, and three industry experts give their views
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Just the job
Sam Kimmins tells Building about creating environmentally sound buildings and how Buddhism helps him to relax
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Appointments
HousebuildersMichael Bury (right) has joined Redrow Homes' Midlands division as technical manager.ConsultantsTessa O'Neill, previously with BDP, has been appointed urban design director for international architect Geoffrey Reid Associates.Rosser & Russell Building Services has appointed Bruce Sheasby, central region manager, head of its new Birmingham office. Paul Ryder has been promoted ...
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Laing pursues NG Bailey over laboratory meltdown
Soon-to-be-sold contractor seeks out-of-court settlement with M&E specialist over air-conditioning fiasco.
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… as protests mount over 'loan sharks'
THE trade union movement this week stepped up pressure on prime minister Tony Blair over private financing in the NHS after the GMB union published research on profits by contractors and facilities managers.
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Training the key to cutting site deaths says Raynsford
Safety minister calls for end to cut-price culture in industry, as toll reaches 10-year high of 106.
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PFI housing projects ready to go
The first PFI housing regeneration projects are set to get under way after months of delay.
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Civil engineer bullish despite profit blow
HBG-owned civil engineer Edmund Nuttall is pinning its hopes on a strong order book for the coming year after recording a 17% drop in pre-tax profit, from £18m to £15m. The Surrey-based firm's turnover also fell by £9m for the year to 31 December 2000.
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Brown plans crackdown on industry's self employed
Chancellor looks to unions for assistance in beefing up toothless tax rules.
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HSE probes Canary Wharf site death
The Health and Safety Executive was this week investigating the death of a construction worker at a site in Canary Wharf.