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FeaturesCivil stars: ICE’s London award winners
Civil engineering may not be the most glamorous profession but the ICE’s London awards give its brightest and best their moment in the limelight. Thomas Lane takes a look at the winners
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CommentPrice, value and Vincent van Gogh
It’s sad but true that the way we define the worth of people, professions and companies has nothing to do with the value of what they actually do, says Chris Wise
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Eco-homes strategy launched
The government has set out a plan to make eco-improvements to 7 million homes by 2020, in a move it says should create 65,000 construction jobs
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Two clients forced Harry Neal into liquidation
The collapse of £35m-turnover contractor Harry Neal was partly prompted by bad debts, a liquidator’s report has revealed
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FeaturesCountry focus: United Arab Emirates
The end of the year could see a more robust performance from the UAE economy, but for the time being it’s displaying only the most anaemic of recoveries. Simon Light of EC Harris in Dubai reports
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Citywatch: Our lips are sealed
The results of Persimmon and Taylor Wimpey, two of the UK’s largest housebuilders, came in on target this week, but were more notable for what they didn’t say than what they did
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WSP mulls ‘transformational’ acquisition
Chris Cole, chief executive of WSP, has said he would “not count out” making a “transformational” acquisition, amid speculation that the consultancy sector will go through a period of consolidation this year
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Keller blames big freeze and depressed markets for profit fall
Groundwork specialist Keller has said the poor weather conditions in Europe and the US over the first two months of the year will hit its 2010 results
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Hamer: WYG is back in business
Paul Hamer, chief executive of consulting engineer WYG, has spoken of the “huge difference” its restructured balance sheet has made when bidding for work
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Kingspan sales slump
Turnover at building materials group Kingspan fell from £1.5bn to £1bn in 2009
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Morgan Sindall
Last week we reported that contractor Morgan Sindall reported a 28% pre-tax loss
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CommentAmanda Levete: What Japan can teach us
Or, as the atlases have it, Japan: a country that endlessly contradicts itself, but does so with such artistry that it hardly matters. But what can it teach us
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for Provelio
“Look, it’s perfectly simple. I want a caipirinha mule, a sherry martini, a cabernet merlot and one of those Polish beers. A Zweibacker, I think.”
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CommentHansom: Your guide to …
… common Chinese phrases, negotiating with Americans, hosting a Hampstead dinner party, and how to look good in a diamanté-encrusted swimming cap
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NewsCharter 284 Housing: Reduce the regulatory burden
The third instalment of our Charter 284 campaign against public spending cuts looks at housebuilding: one of the most conspicuous victims of the recession. But what is now keeping sites closed is a whole raft of expensive, top-down regulation. Joey Gardiner counts the cost
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FeaturesMe and my baby: Steve Morgan is back at Redrow
You can’t imagine much intimidates Steve Morgan. In his time, the 57-year-old former site engineer has battled the prime minister of Thailand for control of Liverpool football club, founded Redrow at the age of 21 with a £5,000 loan from his father and was on the wrong end of a ...
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FeaturesUS and you: America’s London embassy is looking for UK firms
America is about to build a £330m embassy in south-west London and it wants British firms to do the lion’s share of the work