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BICC cables sale causes £392m loss
Disposal of loss-making cables arm takes shine off Balfour Beatty's good performance.
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Revival in enquiries shows industry is ‘expanding’
Construction Confederation’s trends survey reports increase in enquiries and output.
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Morgan Sindall to pump £10m into Lovell
Construction group Morgan Sindall plans to invest £10m in recently acquired social housing arm Lovell Partnerships.The £10m injection will be used to increase the proportion of houses that Lovell builds for private sale. At the moment, Lovell Partnerships builds about 2000 homes a year on mixed developments. About 1500 of ...
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Constructionline: Is it worth it?
The list of approved contractors and consultants is one year old. Has it succeeded in its aim to simplify prequalification for public sector work? And will firms pay to renew their subscription?
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Married to the job
Edgar Gonzalez and Cécile Brisac were already working day and night – so how did the couple cope when they won an international competition to design a £20m museum in Sweden?
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Al fresco fiasco
If decent provision were made for eating and drinking outside, Britain’s urban landscape would be a lot more appealing.
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Readers tour JLE stations
In the third British Steel/Building tour, 20 visitors were shown around Bermondsey and Southwark Stations by the architects.
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Artists in hard hats
The idea of bringing an artist into the construction team might seem a little surreal, but they can add an extra dimension to a design – with or without an architect.
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'What's a megabyte, again?'
Small builders depend on reliable advice when they go shopping for IT. But do they get it? To find out, Building took a small contractor on an expedition to his local high street.
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Access all areas
New legislation requires service providers and owners of public buildings to make their premises easily accessible for disabled people. Great news for disabled people – and builders.
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Welcome to year zero
The Woolf reforms have ushered in a new era in construction law. What they have done, in effect, is legislate for virtue – and, as a couple of recent cases show, after a few fingers have been burned it might just work.
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Adjudication vs the law
For the first time, an adjudicator's decision has been challenged on legal grounds, and the court's verdict went some way to sorting out how adjudication relates to the law.
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Parental responsibility
Do parent company guarantees mean that you never need to worry about your partner going bust? Well, as you might have guessed, there's no such thing as 100% security.
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Let there be light
The provision of efficient and cost-effective lighting, both natural and artificial, is a major factor in avoiding sick building syndrome.
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It’s all in the timing
Robert Smith of recruitment consultant Hays Montrose explains how to maximise your productivity
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Appointments
ContractorsGarry Hague has been appointed group communications manager at Willmott Dixon.Bob Headley has been appointed managing director of Doncaster-based MSI-Mech Construction. Mick Males has been made manufacturing manager and Sean Rhodes has become financial manager. Southern Electric Contracting has appointed Keith Lambert commercial manager.Gary Laxton has joined new interior contractor ...
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Reward offered for phantom of the opera
Schal offering £2000 for information leading to arrest of “maniac” who dropped missile from ROH fly-tower.
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DETR research proves public want cowboy laws
But government set to ignore unpublished study showing huge backing for quality mark “with teeth”.
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Report calls for joint body to run quality mark
A new body run by the construction industry, consumer protection groups and local authorities and regulatory groups will oversee a scheme to outlaw cowboy builders, according to new proposals to be put to government.A draft of the final report of the DETR’s cowboy builders working group, which is due to ...
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Raynsford promoted in government reshuffle
Construction’s man at the DETR gains responsibility and a deputy as minister of state.