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Arup suffers 5% fall in profit and warns of tough year ahead
Arup has reported a 4.9% drop in pre-tax profit as a result of narrowing margins
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Midlands contractor Anglo Holt’s turnover dips 27%
Medium-sized West Midlands-based contractor Anglo Holt has blamed the recession for a 27% drop in turnover for the year to 30 April 2009
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Styles stabilising
Styles & Wood’s latest trading update said there were “some signs of stabilisation” in the retail fit-out and refurbishment market
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Waterman picking up
Consulting engineer Waterman said it was seeing signs of recovery in Australia while trading elsewhere was in line with expectations
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WYG encouraged
Consulting engineer White Young Green has said there are “some encouraging signs” in a trading update
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NewsCapita Symonds rallies bridge engineers for flood checks
Consultant issues ‘national call’ for staff to carry out safety checks on 1,800 bridges in Cumbria
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Latest construction appointments - 27 November 2009
Stonewest Group has appointed James Angus quantity surveyor, Dean Ellerton joinery workshop manager and Brian Hutchinson commercial manager
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NewsHappy Union: Hemel Hempstead housing
John Thompson & Partners’ £80m scheme for Linden Homes and Crest Nicholson on the Grand Union canal in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, has received planning permission
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FeaturesFatal refurb: addressing refurbishment’s poor safety record
Refurbishment is an increasingly popular alternative to new build, but what can be done about its particularly poor safety record?
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Atkins commits to Middle East as turnover remains steady
Atkins has reiterated its long-term intention to stay in the Middle East, despite the region’s current liquidity problems
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Grimshaw Architects profit halves to £1.7m
Pre-tax profit at Grimshaw Architects plunged by almost half in the year to 30 April 2009, the practice reported this week
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NewsCity gives new Kier boss seal of approval
Appointment of Paul Sheffield to succeed John Dodds not seen as ‘major departure’ for contractor
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NewsViñoly touches down: Carrasco International Airport terminal
Rafael Viñoly, architect of the much-delayed visual arts centre in Colchester, has just completed an £80m terminal at Carrasco International Airport
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NewsT&T latest to join bolt-on buying boom
Turner & Townsend and Capita Symonds prepare to make a string of acquisitions
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Housing firm Quadron fails
Somerset-based social housing firm Quadron Property Services has gone into administration
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Tories promise £163bn green retrofit of 25 million homes
The Conservative party is set to offer loans of £6,500 to most of the UK’s 25 million households in order to make homes more energy efficient
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NewsNew horizons: Dissing + Weitling's Vietnamese town
Engineering consultant Buro Happold has been appointed to masterplan Gia Lam New Town in Hanoi province, Vietnam
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FeaturesBuilding pathology: Photovoltaic panels
Photovoltaic panels can be great energy providers, as long as an eye is kept on potential problems with power output and deficiencies. Peter Mayer of BLP Insurance explains what to look out for
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FeaturesLasting impressions: why they won Sustainable Project of the Year
What set the two winners of Building’s Sustainable Project of the Year awards apart from the rest of the crowd? Stephen Kennett asked the judges to explain their verdict