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Ledwood managers salvage 100 jobs
Staff at collapsed Welsh power contractor are saved by last-minute rescue deal with port authority.
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Anglian set to split off water assets
Anglian Water, which recently bought Morrison Construction, is considering splitting its water assets from the rest of the business.
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Lafarge sells £533m stake
Materials giant Lafarge has sold a majority stake in its speciality products division for £533m.
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Connaught profit rises
FM Consultancy group Connaught has increased pre-tax profit 25.7% to £22m and has a record order book of £48m, it reported this week. Preliminary results for the year to 31 August 2000 show the group enjoyed a 42% increase in turnover to £77m.
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Colas buys Aram
Quarry operator Aram Resources has been bought by the Bouygues-owned road construction firm Colas, for £12.7m.
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Petrol crisis hits aggregates
AggregateS sales have been flat in the first nine months of the year compared with the same period in 1999
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Kier heads for growth
Construction firm Kier Group expects continued growth in turnover as demand rises
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Record losses at Allen force rethink
Allen closes Yorkshire office and drafts in new managing director after recording its first ever loss.
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PFI set to boost North and Wales
PFI work will provide a fillip for Wales and the North over the next two years at least, says a new regional forecast.
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Features
Starter dome
Legacy wants to recreate the creative buzz of Clerkenwell inside the Greenwich Peninsula landmark. Its solution? A clip-together Tuscan village – complete with forest.
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The Trilliumaire
A £300m deal with Land Securities will make property chief Manish Chande a major construction client, but contractors aren't his favourite people.
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Comment
Democratic housing
First person. What do councils do better than housing associations? Give political accountability to a vital public service, that's what.
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Comment
Why big is bad
Second opinion. If the government wants good design, why doesn't it give more work to the firms best placed to deliver it?
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Temple of learning
A rising sun, a microchip wafer, a mosque with an infinite number of columns … There's a symbol for everyone at the new international library at Alexandria in Egypt.
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Brick Awards 2000
The Brick Awards 2000 celebrate exceptional standards of work in brick. More than 200 buildings were entered for 10 categories, plus an overall award for the Building of the Year. This year's awards ceremony, held on Tuesday at London's Café Royal, was compered by Building editor Adrian Barrick and organised ...
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Black boxes
Phones that work anywhere in the world (except indoors), cloth keyboards, cameras for budding spies and a mobile you can use to hammer nails … What will they think of next?
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Comment
Holiday dilemmas
A self-employed chippy put in a claim to a builder for £1430 holiday pay under the Working Time Regulations. He didn't win, but in not very different circumstances he might well have done.
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Too much obliged
Design and build often forces contractors to rely more on their consultants than they would under a traditional contract. This means that if they take a hit, they're more likely to ask their consultants to share it.