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Appointment boosts Gleeson
Shares in MJ Gleeson went up 10% on Monday after the firm announced the appointment of Jolyon Harrison as managing director of its regeneration and homes business
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Amec agrees to pay £5m over ‘irregular’ fees on Korea bridge
Amec has agreed to pay a £5m penalty after receiving $9m in “irregular payments” on a project in South Korea
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Building pathology: Water ingress
Water penetration can be a problem for brick walls – even if a cavity is included to prevent moisture reaching the building interior
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FeaturesBaby, do you like my curves?
Great news for fans of blobby architecture – a technology that creates curvaceous structures with such speed and precision that it could change the way we build
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NewsEven an ivory tower needs a staircase: Rick Mather's Ashmolean museum
This cascading staircase is part of a newly opened addition to the Ashmolean museum in Oxford
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Shepherd rescues collapsed Trinity Walk job
York-based contractor Shepherd Construction has signed a deal this week to rescue its £210m Trinity Walk shopping centre job in Wakefield from administration and build it as originally planned
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Cabe backs tube plans
Cabe is supporting plans to redevelop Tottenham Court Road tube station, but says the project should be dealt with through a formal planning application.
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NewsGrand sand view: Qasr Al Sarab, Abu Dhabi
An Arabian fortress-style hotel has been built in the UAE’s Liwa desert.
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NewsHouse party
Coop Himmelb(l)au’s design for the House of Music in Aalborg, Denmark, wraps a block of music, educational and performance spaces around a 1,300-seat symphonic concert hall
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Two vie for construction tsar job
The government is to chose between the final two candidates for the position of chief construction adviser as early as next week, Building understands
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OFT admits spending £3m on cover pricing investigation
The Office of Fair Trading said this week that it had spent approximately £3m on its inquiry into tender malpractice by contractors
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Market forecast: Still a way to go
Despite signs of recession abating in some quarters, 2010 will remain tough for the building industry, particularly with public sector work likely to shrink
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FeaturesAluminium facade panels
This residential complex in London used almost 5,000 anodised aluminium rainscreen panels
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Integrated solar thermal panels
Luvata has developed Nordic Solar, which discreetly incorporates renewables into a building by integrating a patinated copper facade with a solar thermal system
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Terracotta-look solar shading
Sotech has supplied a bespoke extruded aluminium baguette sunscreen system that replicates the appearance of traditional terracotta for a multistorey car park at the Almondvale shopping centre near Edinburgh
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FeaturesSteel cladding
SAS International’s bespoke cladding system was installed at the lower areas of Waterloo station, where they cover 3.5m thick Victorian brick arches