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FeaturesProtected animals: Dangerous creatures!
Don’t be fooled by the fur: one bat can bring your entire project to a halt. And now a change in the law means that so can water voles and even snails. Has the world gone mad?
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FeaturesJohn Lewis' Tony Jacob: Double helpings
Shopaholics will be delighted – contractors, too: John Lewis Partnership plans to double its floor space within 10 years and is looking for new firms to work with. Roxane McMeeken met Tony Jacob, aka the man with the cheque book
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for WSP
We’re only a few minutes into this week’s “Pint” and already disaster has struck – Building’s camera is on the blink.
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CommentNew adventures …
... of construction’s own Indiana Jones, the strange case of the incredibly hairy bedfellow, and two very good reasons to turn down a job on the Southbank …
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Joint-names insurance: Capital punishment
Stuart Pemble explains how capitalisation of a single letter caused two of the highest courts in the land to issue contradictory rulings
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FeaturesRebuilding Trust: The pledges
One month on, the industry is still smarting from the OFT’s accusations of bid rigging. Building calls on all contractors, clients and consultants to join the stand against corruption and to show the OFT that the industry is serious about cleaning up its act
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The lesser of two evils
Thank goodness for the common sense shown by Tony Bingham in drawing a clear distinction between bid rigging and cover pricing (16 May, page 64).
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What women want
What does a woman look for in a career? Security, a good working environment, prospects for progression.
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A load of hot air
The argument that spare office cooling capacity could be the solution for overheating on the London Underground (23 May, page 11) is fatally flawed.
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Costain bosses get 50% pay rise as firm enters black
Andrew Wyllie, chief executive of Costain, received a pay increase in 2007 of 54%, which took his earnings to £663,679.
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Taylor Wimpey rating drops
The credit ratings of housebuilders could fall as a result of the economic downturn, a leading ratings agency has predicted.
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Mears on the move
Repair and maintenance firm Mears has applied to move from the alternative investment market to the main stock exchange to access more equity financing.
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Jarvis rejigs debt
Jarvis has restructured £10m of its debt facilities to extend its repayment period and reduce interest payments by 0.75% per year.
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Bear profit up
Construction group Northern Bear’s pre-tax profit has risen from £100,000 to £2.3m in its first full year.
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Kier shuts sites
Kier has closed two offices in its housing division as a result of the economic downturn.
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Barhale doubles profit
Barhale Construction almost doubled its pre-tax profit – from £2.1m to £3.9m – in the year to 31 December 2007.
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Conlon growth
Pre-tax profit at Conlon Construction grew 30% – from £708,468 to £920,740 – in the year ended 30 April 2007.
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NewsWayne Hemingway in Gateshead: Wimpey à la mode
The Gus report — In the latest of his reviews of much-hyped housing developments, Gus Alexander finds a Gateshead estate built by Wimpey but dreamed up by fashion designer Wayne Hemingway to be really rather dapper
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NewsStudying in style
The first phases of this £163m student PFI scheme in Sheffield have been handed over by developer Catalyst Higher Education.