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Feelings, wo-o-o feelings…
You don’t often see the words ‘engineering’ and ‘emotion’ in the same sentence, but once the connection is made, it can change lives
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Wonders & blunders with Philip Watts
Philip Watts enjoys the feelings of oppression he gets when inside Libeskind’s Jewish Museum. But inside the prison of Sheffield’s Parkhill Estate all he wants is to get out
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GB Building fights slump by boosting repeat business to 69%
Martin Smout, chief executive of GB Building Solutions, has said the company boosted repeat business from 60% to 69% last year, to help combat the recession
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Balfour takes on Texas
Balfour Beatty has bought SpawMaxwell, the largest interior construction contractor in Texas, for $25m (£15m)
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Spring in Boot’s step
Henry Boot has said in a trading update there are indications housebuilding is slowly recovering
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Keller’s resilient year
Groundwork specialist Keller has said its performance so far this year has been “resilient” despite the downturn
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Interserve on track
Interserve has said trading is in line with expectations, thanks to a strong performace in the Middle East and stability in the UK public and utility sectors. Its future workload is £6.7bn.
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Avonside hits the roof
Roofing contractor Avonside Roofing has made six acquisitions in recent weeks, which it said will boost turnover by £13m to £45m next year
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NewsOlympics boosts Byrne turnover by a third
London 2012 Olympic work has helped concrete specialist Byrne Brothers boost turnover by a third
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Tory plans to shift risks of PFI spark warning
Tory plans to transfer risk to the private sector in a reform of PFI could kill off their attraction as investment opportunities, according to experts
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‘10 worst railway stations’ to get £50m for repairs
The government has unveiled £50m of emergency funding to carry out repairs at the country’s 10 worst railway stations, as identified in a report commissioned by the Department for Transport
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NewsFoster’s all at sea
A yacht designed by Foster + Partners launched this week at the Perini Navi boatyard in Viareggio, Italy
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Candys to fight former employee in court over £160k bonus
Developer Candy & Candy will be fighting a claim filed against it by its former development director Andrew Locke
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NewsIt’s a gas
Architect Bell Phillips + Kimble has won the high-profile competition to reinvent Gasholder No. 8 at King’s Cross Central in London, reimagining the structure as a water pool and garden
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Cabe takes on supermarkets
Design quango Cabe is in talks over setting up a dedicated review panel for supermarkets, it emerged in the wake of outgoing chair Sir John Sorrell’s savaging of the retail giants on Monday
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NewsCabe renews attack on Foster tower
Cabe has slammed Foster + Partners for the second time over a 139,000m2 mixed-use scheme for Hammerson on the edge of the City of London
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Latest construction appointments: 20 November 2009
The Office of Government Commerce has appointed David Pitchford executive director of major projects
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CommentHansom: The seat of power
Downing Street is the scene of this week’s tales of the unexpected, as Gordon Brown practises his stand-up routine, Prince Charles is praised for his tact, and a hard-bitten architect gets all gooey-eyed
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Galliford investors will call for break-up if rights issue fails
Several shareholders give firm final warning over hybrid contractor/housebuilder model