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NewsCapita Symonds appoints energy expert
New director for energy consultancy will run Capita’s expanding renewable energy division
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CommentArchitectural and engineering firms see drop in turnover in 2010
Turnover is now 8% less than the peak in 2008
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CommentCabe - why it must keep the name
News this week that design quango Cabe’s name may ultimately be up for grabs in its long-heralded merger with the Design Council prompts that age-old question – what’s in a name?
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CommentLocalism: A recipe for building homes in the wrong places
Real powers will help economic growth, but limited localism could just further seal off leafy suburbs to development
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NewsRCA's Dyson Building is 'topped out'
The Haworth Tompkins-designed Battersea campus will house printmaking, photography and units for start-up design enterprises
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CommentIf you want my advice …
A couple of part-time developers were relying on their QS’ advice. The trouble is, he didn’t advise them about a specification error that made the project turn a loss
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Common mistakes in… lump sum contracts
The latest in a series of dos and don’ts on major projects highlights the provisions in a lump sum contract that mean the price offered by the contractor is far from fixed
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CommentOnce upon a time
The law determining whether there should be an extension of time when both employer and contractor are to blame for a delay in construction, is in disarray
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Love the one you're with
As is fitting for the week of Saint Valentine, relationships have been hotting up in the industry. From sharing a romantic dinner a deux, to tackling the opposition, to swapping saliva, Cupid’s been busy!
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NewsEaga buyout to add £700m to Carillion sales
Carillion’s acquires Eaga in a share-boosting move away from general contracting in the UK
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HomeServe custom up 14%
The firm has seen an increase in customer numbers and insurance policies
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Extra special doors
Automated doors maker Besam has supplied 24 doors to a school in Sheffield as part of the BSF programme.
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Prefabricated steel frame
Elliott Offsite Building Solutions has completed a multipurpose building at Hayes School in Bromley.
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Drywall systems
Knauf drywall systems are being installed in the second phase of Bradford’s BSF programme
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Multi-functional fans
Elta Fans has supplied 159 of its ventilation units for a mixed-use development on the east coast of Qatar.
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Ventilation while you work
Nuaire has supplied its Xboxer air-handling units as part of Manchester council’s BSF programme
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Emergency lighting test system
Cooper Lighting and Safety has brought out a new version of its Easicheck automatic test system for emergency lighting systems.
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Fabulous fenestration
Sapa Building Systems supplied the fenestration on Bideford Community College in Devon