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Newham finalises £200M BSF schools deal
Laing O'Rourke consortium steps up work on Newham schools programme
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Bellway margins halve
The profit margin and forward orders at housebuilder Bellway have slumped to half last year’s levels, according to the trading update it issued last week
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Lend Lease arm in the red
Crosby Group, the UK housebuilder owned by Lend Lease, plunged £69.5m into the red in 2008 after land writedowns of £80.4m
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Skanska drops targets
Swedish contractor Skanska has torn up its financial targets for 2010 after it had to make writedowns of 1.27bn kronor (£105m) in the fourth quarter of 2008
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Features'Bomb disposal is very like risk management'
The Afghan desert is a long way from Cyril Sweett’s London office, but for Captain Louise Greenhalgh it’s just another day staying one step ahead of local hazards
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CommentThe new realism
The economic downturn isn’t without its consolations. It seems to be ushering in a new age of collaboration in construction and a more sober reckoning of what we’re about
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CommentBuilding buys a pint... for East
East are a busy lot. In December last year they landed the job of working out what should happen to the whole district of Farringdon over the next 25 years, including planting a Crossrail station in the Smithfield meat market area
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CommentBecause we care
Not yet found the perfect gift for your loved one? How about a bottle of Zaha perfume, a £100m apartment or two or maybe just a trip to the UK’s most romantic building? Wherever that may be...
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Planning applications: January 2009
Only one client passed the £100m mark this month, as project numbers sink ever lower
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CommentThe choice is theirs
In response to your article on the Greater London Authority’s housing targets ("London council in crisis talks over affordable homes target,"), the GLA’s approach is based on realism and focuses on working closely with local councils
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Like with like
With reference to the issue of foreign trades taking UK jobs, while the government is correct in stating that we can all apply for these jobs, that everything is fair and square and minimum wage laws and so on are covered, this does not mean that the wages paid to ...
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Local difficulty
Your correspondents, Patrick Cooper and Sally Hughes, do not want the John Roan School to move to a new site on the Greenwich Peninsula as part of the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme. They are perfectly entitled to their views, although I do not myself agree with them.
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It's simple really
To meet the BSF programme, we need to respond to the current financial environment
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Bamboozled by banks
Several articles in Building mention the fact that most building companies have, or are about to, breach some of their banking covenants
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Black mark
In response to Mr Forlane (19 December), the Construction Skills Register (CSR) would like to make readers aware that the Black CSR card (as it is known in Northern Ireland) is not as easily acquired as he suggests
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FeaturesDeath of a dream: Dubai
Dubai’s boom fed a lifestyle of fast cars and luxury flats that construction professionals could never have dreamed of back home. But now, as grim reality sets in, many expats are finding that redundancy is also done very differently in the Gulf
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CommentThen there's the fungal mould...: JCT consultancy agreement
The JCT has just released a consultancy agreement for larger projects. Here’s what you should be aware of before you go ahead and sign it
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CommentClear laws without fuzz: Health and safety in the UAE
UAE confidential: Abu Dhabi’s response to on-site health and safety lapses has been to call in the cops. Thomas Van de Wijngaart and Emma Shepherd welcome early signs of change
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FeaturesThey have not been moved
After twenty-five strikes in 16 days, has the government's intervention done enough to stop unrest from paralysing more UK sites?