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NewsGillette Corner regeneration project approved
Multi million pound conversion project has green light
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NewsMiller attacks Ernst & Young and claims rebels are split
Keith Miller takes his fight to keep company in hands of family to dissident shareholders’ adviser
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CommentWe all have good intentions
If a supplier makes a Horlicks of your building, you may find yourself asking a court for the money to put it right yourself. But will the court believe you’ll really do the work?
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FeaturesA dynasty divided
Keith Miller thinks his row with cousin James over shares in the Miller Group can be sorted out over dinner. However, a history of friction between the two suggests it is more likely to end in a food fight.
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Migrants ‘unaware of safety rights’
Most migrant construction workers in London and the South-east have no knowledge of health and safety rights and obligations as they receive no training in these matters before coming to the UK.
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NewsCabe proposes Gateway 'design pact'
Developers, councils and government bodies are to be asked to sign up to a “design pact” to ensure high standards of design within the Thames Gateway, it was announced last week.Cabe published a consultation on a design pact which would commit developers to adhere to certain design principles on issues ...
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NewsKen promises to help Gateway housebuilders
London mayor pledges to drive forward regeneration plans in the Thames Gateway
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Three contenders emerge for Glasgow Games village
Quintain, Kier Residential or Urban Splash line up for £245m Commonwealth scheme
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NewsInsulation ruling foils government
The government will issue fresh guidance on insulation after a successful judicial review brought by a product supplier.
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Hope for construction GCSE
Whitehall officials look for examination board to take over qualification from Edexcel
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NewsWhen in Romania …
UK practice YRM Architects is opening an eastern Europe office in Bucharest this week.
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CommentWhat’s worse …
… working at a nuclear bomb factory or for Metronet? Being mistaken for Harry Potter or likened to Robert Mugabe? Being stuck on a boat during the England game or finding a means of watching it?
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FeaturesTwo up, two down, plus one
PCKO has come up with a novel solution to the cramped, dingy terraced house – add an atrium
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Assessment of prolonged cruelty
To become a chartered surveyor you must undertake an assault course than can take years to complete. Success depends on guts, fighting instinct and the tough love of a good employer. In Building’s first APC survey, Katie Puckett finds out what help the top firms offer their raw recruits
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FeaturesThe decryptors
More than 800 people registered for Building’s online seminar on cracking the Code for Sustainable Homes, and between them they asked 125 questions. Here, our experts tackle some of the queries that there wasn’t time to address on the day.
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FeaturesWith knobs on: Barratt's energy-saving technologies measured
These houses have had all manner of wonderful energy-saving technologies fitted to them by housebuilder Barratt. But are they any good and are they worth spending money on? Barratt asked researchers at Manchester university to find out …
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Atkins buoyant after shedding weight of Metronet
Keith Clarke, the chief executive of Atkins, insisted that the Metronet debacle was behind it as the company posted a 46% rise in first half profit.
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Sharewatch Jarvis goes back into the dog house
There are few certainties in life perhaps, but along with death and taxes it may well be worth adding avoiding shares in Jarvis.
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Former National Express boss is appointed chairman of Kier
Phil White, a former National Express chief executive, has been appointed non-executive chairman of Kier, replacing Peter Warry who will step down at the end of this year.