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What a deal would mean
Carillion would leapfrog Laing O’Rourke to become the UK’s second largest contractor if the takeover goes ahead.
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Laing expands consultancy
Laing O’Rourke is expanding its fledgling consultancy business in an attempt to become a force in programme management.
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NewsHows this for a fish tank?
The Nirah aquarium in Bedford, designed by Grimshaw, has been granted outline planning permission.
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BSF programme revised
The government will launch a revised school building programme by summer 2008, it confirmed this week.
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Specialists awards shortlist
The shortlist for Building’s fifth annual Specialist Contractor awards has been announced. It recognises the industry’s top performers in 10 categories.
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Awards success for Building
Building journalists have bagged nominations for a string of awards this year.
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Royal trip to promote industry to UAE
The Duke of York has held talks with the heads of four engineering giants ahead of a visit to the Middle East, during which he will promote the expertise of the UK industry.
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NewsA nice commute
The first live–work apartments in the SoDa Studios development in Hackney, north-east London, have gone on sale. Designed by architect Thinking Space, the 46 apartments are aimed at young workers who wish to live and work in the same place. The project is due for completion in autumn 2008. The ...
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Barker upbeat on housing but warns of buy-to-let ‘weakness’
Kate Barker, the Bank of England monetary policy commission member and housing expert, gave an upbeat assessment of the housing market this week despite warning that it remained “vulnerable” to a downturn.
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NewsSharewatch — City warms to Persimmon after £2.5m buyback
The plucky underdogs struggled valiantly but in the end failed to overcome overwhelming odds.
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NewsHazel’s houses
Countryside Properties and British Land are putting a 5.5ha site in west Berkshire on the market after winning planning permission to build 350 homes.
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Winners and losers
The government has announced how it intends to split up it housing investment between the English regions.
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No deposit homes
Housebuilder Redrow has signed an agreement with the XBond Company to enable home buyers to reserve homes by putting down a guarantee fee rather than laying down a deposit.
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Elephant man goes
The troubled £1.5bn Elephant & Castle regeneration scheme in south London is to be hit by a second high-profile departure.
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Tube Lines cautious
Terry Morgan, chief executive of Tube Lines, told the House of Commons transport select committee this week that his company would not take on the work of collapsed group Metronet without support from London Underground.
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NewsThere, there
Morgan Ashurst, a subsidiary of Morgan Sindall, has been awarded a £9.9m design-and-build contract to construct a three-storey primary care centre for St Paul’s Developments in Rotherham, South Yorkshire.
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FeaturesColin Fellows’ £120m flutter
The property director of Jockey Club Racecourses is wagering that spending that much on doing up his 14 tracks will restore horseracing’s fortunes. Olivia Boyd put on her trilby and found out more
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NewsTfL makes offer for Metronet as Lezala departs
Metronet’s administrator Enrst & Young will consider bid next week as five senior managers leave Tube maintenance firm