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Orders climb 7% on 1999
construction orders in September, October and November of 2000 were up 7% on the level recorded in the equivalent period of 1999, but dropped 14% compared with the strong order book in the June to August period.
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DETR to lead China trade mission
Companies are being recruited for March trip to help UK win part of £610bn public investment programme.
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Allen links divisions
Construction services group Allen is introducing an intranet to link its countrywide building divisions.
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Mike Jeffries steps down
Mike Jeffries is to step down as chief executive of superconsultant WS Atkins.
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Tender prices continue rise
Tender prices in the third quarter of 2000 rose faster than the retail prices index, reflecting the continued strong demand for construction services, according to the Building Cost Information Service.
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Miller sells mining arm
Miller Group has sold its mining arm Miller Mining to the Scottish Coal Company in a bid to refocus on its core business. The deal is thought to be worth £20m.
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Fifth good year for Gleeson
Construction services and housebuilding group Gleeson announced at its annual meeting this week that turnover and profit had increased for the fifth successive year.
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CRH expands in Europe
Irish building materials group CRH has expanded its European and North American operations.
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Wembley: cash, contracts and confrontation
The team building England's new National Stadium has been bamboozled by political U-turns, impeded by contract wrangles and shaken by bad publicity. Can Wembley stage a comeback?
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Construction's £75m noise bill
Proposals out today to beef up Part E of the Building Regulations for new homes may make the misery of noisy neighbours a thing of the past – but could cost builders thousands of pounds a flat.
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Box clever
First person - The HBF is doing nothing for housebuilders' tarnished reputations. It needs to let go of the past and start getting radical.
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The heavyweight champions
A new superbreed of finance directors is taking over at the largest contractors. They are fighting to turn the industry into a City darling.
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The new space age
Last November's urban white paper promises to expand the market for landscaping schemes in Britain's towns and cities. Here's how consultants and contractors can enter the public space race.
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Inside information
How can e-construction be made to work? Charles Botsford, former Treasury adviser and a director of the Building Information Warehouse portal, may well have the answer.
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Canada Square Park, London E14
Products - Landscaping solutions from exterior lighting to wastewater management, plus The spec on a dishy park in Canary Wharf.
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A cold climate
While the introduction of the climate change levy may make Britain look impressive on the world stage, it is unlikely to make the government anything but enemies closer to home.
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Why we've legalised theft
The courts will enforce an adjudicator's award, even if everyone knows it's wrong and the claimant is committing daylight robbery. But surely they have an absolute obligation to dispense justice?
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Extra ammo for clients
Adjudication is usually thought of as a concern for builders and their employers. However, clients may like to know that it makes it easier for them to get at the design team, too.
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Tangled web we weave
Who'd be an adjudicator right now? Recent conflicting judgments on the impact of human rights legislation leaves them operating in a most uncomfortable framework.