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Dreaming of a warm Christmas
Well, it’s a freezing morning here at Wolseley head office and Rob “look at the size of my bonus” Marchbank has just held a business review meeting for the benefit of the staff left here (we lost 73 last month).
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CommentThe vision thing
“The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. The challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime.” So said Barack Obama as he became president-elect of the United States of America on Wednesday.
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NewsUp for grabs: 2012 venue
Images have been released of the 7,000-seat handball arena, the final permanent venue proposed for the London 2012 Olympics.
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CBUK and Multiplex appeal Wembley verdict
Cleveland Bridge and Multiplex are set to drag out their four-year battle over Wembley stadium even further, after it emerged both sides have asked for leave to appeal September’s High Court verdict, writes Sarah Richardson.
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Former McAlpine boss charged
The former managing director of Alfred McAlpine’s slate business has been charged with fraud relating to accounting irregularities found at the division.
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NewsBuilding wins Press Gazette award
Building has scooped the prestigious award for business reporter of the year for the third year running.
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Construction body to axe staff
The Construction Confederation is in consultation with staff over redundancies following a recent shake-up of contractors’ industry bodies.
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NewsGreat Danes: Steven Holl's mixed-use scheme
American architect Steven Holl has won the design competition for a mixed-use scheme on the Copenhagen waterfront
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News‘I’m hoping bad weather this winter might keep me in business’
After 40 years in roofing, this is the worst yet for Paul Strank
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537 construction firms folded in third quarter
There were more than 500 insolvencies in the construction sector in the third quarter, an increase of 16% on the second, writes Sarah Richardson.
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Fit-out firm Bancroft axes 15
M&E specialist Bancroft has been forced to make about 15 redundancies as the credit crunch starts to affect more specialist firms, it is understood.
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Chief executive leaves Emcor
The boss of troubled M&E contractor Emcor has left the business as part of a shake-up of the senior management team, in the wake of a £6.1m loss posted by the company this summer, writes Stuart Macdonald.
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NewsOffice favourite: Largest Czech office scheme
One of the Czech Republic’s largest office developments has reached completion
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Carillion has a new director of training services
Also: architect Sheppard Robson appoints associate partner
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Ucatt: Change in asbestos law may have put workers at risk
Repair and maintenance workers are regularly risking their lives through exposure to asbestos, unions and safety groups have warned.
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NewsVOSA’s new parking space
The Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) has taken up residence in Holder Mathias Architects’ £7.5m office building in Swansea, developed by Babcock & Brown in partnership with the Welsh assembly.
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Features
What it costs: Insulated renders
Insulated render systems save energy and look good. Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans sums up the variety of choices and highlights some topical issues and lifecycle costs
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FeaturesDressing the pinnacle
Putting a cladding system on a shape as eccentric as the Pinnacle tower is hard enough. But how do you give it openable windows as well? Stephen Kennett found out