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Stewart Milne plans to use downturn to dash for growth
Scottish housebuilder aims to take advantage of falling land prices to expand across UK
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HBG full of the joys of spring as it lands £254m of work
Business barometer Dutch firm heads March table as Balfour Beatty returns to top of annual list
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Paper round: 'damning day for industry'
Paper round: what the nationals have written about the OFT inquiry
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CommentG is for guarantee, H is for hazardous
The A to Z of construction law - Our instant course in legal concepts continues by asking when is a guarantee not a guarantee and how should hazardous materials be handled in contracts?
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Industry livid at Eddy Shah’s attack on construction workers
Industry figures hit back at housebuilder and former newspaper magnate Eddy Shah after he launched a blistering attack on construction unions and workers.
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NewsBAA pays out £80m on restructuring and job cuts ...
Airport operator reveals cost of making staff redundant – and more are on the way
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Redrow launches eco-town bid
A planning application has been submitted covering the site of one of the government’s 15 shortlisted eco-towns.
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NewsLaing plots foreign growth
John Laing is to grow its overseas business to half of its portfolio within the next four years amid signs that the UK PFI market, which is the company’s largest sector, is slowing, write Sarah Richardson and Roxane McMeeken.
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Borrowing set to fall further, say mortgage lenders
Slight monthly rise in March bucks overall downward trend of mortgage lending
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Profits warning knocks Taylor Wimpey shares
Shares lose 5% of value after housebuilder warns deepening market crisis will hit profits
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End cover pricing now, says CIOB
Chief executive Chris Blythe says industry must improve ethical practice
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The wrong tool for the job
You wouldn’t go to a chiropractor to have your teeth checked, so why go anywhere other than the TCC for a building dispute?
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NewsView from the rooftop
Donald Daw of Mitsubishi Electric dispels the myth that air-conditioning is the only way for the UK’s 26 million households to combat rising temperatures
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… and plans to spend £4.5bn at Heathrow by 2013
The accounts released by BAA’s holding company show that it spent £977m on capital expenditure in 2006 compared with £875m in the previous financial year. The airport operator said the drop was the result of it nearing completion at Heathrow Terminal 5.
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NewsOffices to come under MPs’ scrutiny
Inquiry being launched into ways of improving the energy efficiency of commercial and industrial building
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Redfern fills Sutcliffe’s shoes
The group chief executive of Taylor Wimpey is to take permanent direct control of the housebuilder’s UK business after the resignation of Ian Sutcliffe, its UK chief executive.
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Commercial work slumped in March
The commercial property sector suffered its sharpest fall in activity in five years in March as developers continued to tighten their belts amid the deepening credit crisis.
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Energy assessor claims rebutted
Bodies that train domestic energy assessors have rejected claims that none are available to provide energy performance certificates for buildings under construction.
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NewsGehry theatre may oust Grimshaw’s transport centre
£150m complex planned for top of New York subway may give way to performing arts centre
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Structure Tone raises profit in UK and turnover worldwide
Refurbishment and fit-out specialist Structure Tone unveiled increased full-year net profit of £908,000 for the financial year 2006/07 on the back of a £66m turnover.