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NewsSharewatch: An injection, followed by a cut
Housebuilding stocks shot up on Wednesday lunchtime after Gordon Brown’s shock announcement the interest rate would be cut by 50 basis points. A decision had been due on Thursday.
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Laing O’Rourke to double Middle East division
Chief operating officer Tony Douglas announces plan to recruit 4,000-4,500 staff next year
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NewsStirling Prize: Bookies dreading AHMM win
Westminster Academy victory could lose bookies thousands, says Paddy Power
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News3DReid replaces Benoy on Get Carter job
Architect 3DReid has replaced Benoy on the £400m redevelopment of the area in Gateshead made famous by the Michael Caine film Get Carter
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Cabe to set up Crossrail design watchdog
Cabe is preparing to set up an Olympics-style design review panel for the £16bn Crossrail project
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NewsCome in number eight …
Graham Watts welcomes Ian Pearson, but wonders if construction will be his top priority
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NewsAcademy seeks lessons from history
Professionals to learn best practice from nineties' 'credit crunch'
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Dubai buildings must go 'beyond LEED', says expert
Arup member of the Emirates Green Building Council claims that the Middle East buildings will need to outperform US green standard
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FeaturesWhen cheap and cheerful turns nasty
Beware your duty of care when recommending the cheapest contractor, warns Tony Bingham
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FeaturesSurvival of the fittest
Despite all the publicity surrounding the economic downturn, the construction industry is managing to stay afloat – if only just. But long-term survival will depend on the economy’s health. Victoria Madine explains
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Alco Beldan completes walls project in Liverpool city centre
The installation cost L1.1m, comprising 340 panels for full acoustic sound
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FeaturesOptima provides acoustic privacy for law firm
Optima has provided glass and drywall partitions for law practice Halliwells’ new office in Spinningfields, Manchester.
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FeaturesPlanet puts finishing touches to Foster-designed academy
Planet Partitioning has completed an interior fit-out for the Foster + Partners-designed Folkestone Academy.
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Lindner installs panels at T5
Lindner and Lindner Schmidlin have supplied and installed a range of products at Heathrow’s Terminal 5 for client BAA.
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Rockfon tiles for Cardiff optometry site
Over 7,000m2 of Rockfon Koral ceiling tiles have been installed within the School of Optometry and Vision Sciences at Cardiff University as part of a L20m scheme to create a sustainable building.
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FeaturesParagon completes £2.8m University of Manchester project
Commercial design and fit-out firm Paragon Interiors has completed a £2.8m contract with biotechnology company Renovo, a University of Manchester spin-off.
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Phoenix installs Armstrong ceiling system at Virgin centre
Interior fit-out firm Phoenix Interiors has installed a range of ceiling systems at Virgin Atlantic’s newly refurbished training centre, The Base, in Crawley, near Gatwick Airport.
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FeaturesSitec Interiors completes fit-out of Maguire Jackson
Sitec Interiors has completed a full turnkey fit-out from a shell and core construction at estate and property agent Maguire Jackson in Birmingham.