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  • News

    Riga renewed: Masterplan by Fletcher Priest

    2010-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Fletcher Priest Architects has had its masterplan for Riga, the capital of Latvia, formally adopted by the city council

  • News

    Nakheel to pay up ‘by summer’

    2010-04-30T00:00:00Z

    British firms owed money by troubled Dubai developer Nakheel will be paid before the summer, according to a source close to the debt restructuring process at the state-linked developer

  • News

    Labbad to take on Bovis in Lend Lease global restructure

    2010-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Bovis Lend Lease is to come under the leadership of Dan Labbad as part of a shake up at Lend Lease, its Australian parent company

  • Comment

    The £406,000 man

    2010-04-30T00:00:00Z

    As a chartered QS I read the article about the plans of the new boss of the RICS to woo disgruntled QSs (16 April, page 13) with some personal interest, as well as some sense of humour

  • Comment

    Springing into action

    2010-04-30T00:00:00Z

    I read with interest your recent article about how the growth of the UK economy is hindered by a shrinking construction industry (“Construction decline holds back UK economy”, 23 April) but I think that it gives the wrong – and worrying – message to our industry

  • Comment

    The greenwood

    2010-04-30T00:00:00Z

    It is very simple: if you want to save trees then use them.

  • Comment

    The next step

    2010-04-30T00:00:00Z

    I was one of the three graduates that did a small article with Building last year (11 September 2009, page 34).

  • Comment

    Channel hopping

    2010-04-30T00:00:00Z

    How many more consultations are they going to waste money on (MPs attack plans for 10-mile Severn barrage)?

  • Comment

    Where’s my cut?

    2010-04-30T00:00:00Z

    I enjoyed your leader on the perils of corruption in the less developed parts of the world (16 April, page 3)

  • News

    All fingers and thumbs

    2010-04-30T00:00:00Z

    This cavalier fellow appears to find his digits just get in the way and has set about taking decisive action

  • Features

    The new face of banking: Middelfart bank

    2010-04-30T00:00:00Z

    3XN’s bold and dynamic savings bank in Denmark offers unbeatable interest. Ike Ijeh opens an account

  • Keith Whitmore, Westfield
    Features

    Keith Whitmore: ‘I do not suffer fools gladly’

    2010-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Working for Westfield’s head of design Keith Whitmore may seem a little intimidating at first. But once you’ve got used to his ferociously demanding standards and early morning phone calls, he’s really very approachable

  • 1,000 tonnes of reinforcement steel have been used in the raft foundation
    Features

    The Shard: Foot of the mountain

    2010-04-30T00:00:00Z

    The Shard had already climbed to 21 storeys by the time 700 truckloads of concrete were poured to create its foundation. So what was stopping it from falling down?

  • News

    Birmingham's Cube by Make: Square deal

    2010-04-30T00:00:00Z

    The £100m Cube in Birmingham has moved closer to completion with the installation of 20,000 panels to form a metallic facade

  • News

    Latest construction appointments - 30 April 2010

    2010-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Anglian Building Products has appointed Chris Allen as business development manager for Wales, the Midlands and south-west England

  • News

    SomSomething to celebrate

    2010-04-30T00:00:00Z

    The 2010 Building Awards took place last week at London’s Grosvenor House hotel

  • News

    Starchitects battle for £120m Guy’s contract

    2010-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Nine contractors and a group of the world’s most famous architects were this week fighting to win a place on the shortlist to design and build a £120m cancer centre for Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospital in the shadow of the Shard

  • News

    Babcock to slash Network Rail jobs

    2010-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Only 320 jobs out of 1,200 will be saved when Babcock takes over the bulk of Jarvis’ rail renewal work, Building understands

  • News

    BAM bets on civils despite record construction turnover

    2010-04-30T00:00:00Z

    UK division delivers construction revenue of £1.1bn, but focus turns to rail, waste, roads and energy

  • News

    Restructuring takes the shine off Connaught’s results

    2010-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Pre-tax profit at social housing contractor Connaught fell 13% to £10.7m in the six months to the end of February as it was hit by £10m of restructuring and acquisition costs