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Centex to offer UK mortgages
US housebuilder Centex has hired three big guns from the financial services industry to lead an assault on the UK mortgage market.
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Wolseley warns of weather
Building materials giant Wolseley has warned the City that the recent bad weather in the UK was having "an adverse impact on major siteworks"
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But floods boost Weeks
AIM-listed consulting engineer Weeks Group is looking forward to a busy second-half clearing up after the recent bad weather.
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FM group's profit up 30%
Strong demand for refurbishment in the South-east helped facilities management group Mitie record a 29.8% leap in pre-tax profit to £10.9m for the six months to 30 September.
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Prescott's village rises slowly from the mud
As John Prescott opens the first four units of the Greenwich Millennium Village today, is it living up to his vision as a "showcase to the world" or simply another Milton Keynes?
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King of the castle
The energetic lawyer leading the £2bn regeneration of the unloved Elephant explains how it will be transformed.
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Eat your heart out, Nigella
Construction has its own domestic gods. Alan Crane, Richard Ryder and Malory Clifford get busy in the kitchen, while Building columnists taste test 10 wines.
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All shook up
What a year. From the wobbling bridge to the dome, nothing quite went to plan over the past 12 months. Building looks back over the industry's rollercoaster millennium experience.
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From Mo Mowlam to Michael Palin - The best of Wonders & blunders
Six years ago, Building had an inspired idea for a new column: why not ask people to tell us about their favourite and least favourite buildings? Wonders & blunders made its debut in the magazine on 3 June 1994, when Phillip Ward, then director of construction sponsorship at the Department ...
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On with the show
Canadian circus troupe Cirque du Soleil needed its tent pitched double-quick on a site without planning permission, in the middle of the storms. That meant no clowning around.
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Virtual Christmas
So what does the internet have to offer at this time of year? From the really useful to the spectacularly tacky, don't miss this guide to festive web sites.
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Products of the year
Short of ideas for Christmas presents? Join Building on a tour of the year's best products for inspiration.
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Comment
False sense of security
For owners of new homes, the NHBC guarantee and insurance offer are reassuring – but what if it later transpires that they were issued by a builder who had no right to do so?
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Improper procurement
In Germany, public procurement decisions are routinely challenged for breaching EU rules on how contracts should be awarded. Such challenges are rare in the UK, but this could soon change.
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No time to lose
Contractors on privately financed projects carry a heavy liability for delay and should be aware of restrictions on the type of delay events for which they can claim.
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The comeback kid
For 10 years, negligence claims have been subdued but a new ruling suggests that there are still many cases where the law will impose a duty of care for economic and physical loss.
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Bah, humbug!
William Wiles talks to Ebenezer Scrooge about how a little Christmas spirit transformed his company.
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Appointments
ContractorsIan Lawson (right), previously with Bickerton Group, has joined Kier Group as managing director of its PFI division, Kier Project Investment.George Shields has been promoted to director, projects unit, at Balfour Kilpatrick, the multiservices and power systems business of Balfour Beatty. He will be supported by Gerry Black who has ...