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Foster's station at the heart of Europe
Dresden wanted to establish itself as the centre of Central Europe, so it called in Foster and Partners to do something dramatic with its 19th-century station. This is what it got …
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End uncertainty over the Tube, says Balfour Beatty
Chief executive Mike Welton calls for decisive action from government as he reports 69% rise in pre-tax profit.
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Wilson builds factory to expand prefab capacity
Housebuilder Wilson Bowden is building a factory that will double its prefabrication capacity, but will not make timber-frame houses.
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Allen sells off loss-making civil engineering arm
Allen Group, which is in the middle of a radical restructure, has sold subsidiary G Pearce Civil Engineering at a loss.
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WSP plans global shopping spree
Building services group WSP is looking for international acquisitions, particularly in the USA, because the UK market is too small to sustain its growth.
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Industry output rises 1.5% to £69.5bn
Total construction output rose 1.5% to £69.5bn last year, according to the DETR.
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Former Carillion man joins Simons
Former Carillion divisional finance director Jim Kendall has joined Simons Group as finance director.
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Wilcon bucks trend and pushes for 90% prefab
Top housebuilder to ignore City fears over timber frame and double its factory-built output.
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ISG posts 35% profit surge
Interior Services Group boss Dave King has given a bullish forecast for the facilities management sector, predicting that the corporate PFI market was set for rapid growth.
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Redrow rejects consolidation
Housebuilder Redrow ruled itself out of the sector's takeover frenzy this week, saying participation would not offer best value for its shareholders.
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Results
Aggregate turnover leaps 22%International quarry and aggregates group Aggregate Industries reported turnover up 22% for the year to 31 December 2000. It rose from £934m in 1999 to £1.13bn. Operating profit increased 19%, from £125m to £149m.WYG turnover up 19%Multidisciplinary consulting engineer and project manager White Young Green showed a ...
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The knight behind the portcullis
Portcullis House has generated countless headlines, but its architect, Sir Michael Hopkins, has featured in very few of them. So who is this powerful yet elusive figure?
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Rethinking partnering
Colin Harding - Forget meaningless buzzwords, it's time for the industry to come to terms with the Egan reforms and work together in a genuine spirit of partnership
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Under starters orders
Regeneration In the first of a new series, Chris Brown explains how European bureaucracy is stifling the British industry's attempts to kick-start the urban renaissance
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How to survive MIPIM
Heading off to Cannes next week for the MIPIM property fair? If you want to keep your cred and be seen at all the coolest hang-outs, you'd better read this first
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Brand new sports kit
At last, a solution to poorly designed lottery-funded leisure facilities – an off-the-peg sports hall that's cheap and cheerful
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Is this the best boss in construction?
Ken Dalton runs Oscar Faber, a successful, if unglamorous, engineering company that has just been voted the best employer in the whole of UK construction. Eloise Seddon finds out what makes its staff such happy bunnies.
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A school of one's own
Richard Saxon - explains how Building Design Partnership became a PFI consortium
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Five things you ought to know about limited liability partnerships
What is it?A limited liability partnership is a hybrid of a limited company and a partnership, and comes into force on 6 April. It combines the freedom and managerial flexibility of the former with the limited liability and accounting transparency of the latter, providing the best of both worlds.Who is ...