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About time
It’s good to see that Rider Levett Bucknall has caught up with the times (“Project bank account set to be launched” 28 September, page 14).
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Sauce for the goose
It was with interest that I read that the Olympic Development Authority (ODA) says it will not be using retentions in its contracts, but has stopped short of banning them along the supply chain.
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FeaturesNaughty school
Just because these Stuttgart classrooms make the most of light, colour and ‘the way children walk’ doesn’t mean they can’t break a few rules …
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CommentA song and dance
Balfour Beatty appeases God’s wrath, Lafarge sweetens up its concrete and Yvette Cooper denies she’s a totalitarian dictator – all to the accompaniment of a Polish accordion and high-altitude dad rock
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FeaturesBoom over?
Business might well be ballooning for the UK’s top 250 consultants, as our cover suggests, but the global credit crunch has led some well-informed voices to predict a slide in demand, particularly in the London commercial market. Stephen Kennett looks at whether they’re right
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NewsInspace hits the jackpot
Housebuilder Inspace has landed its largest housing regeneration scheme since it was spun off from Willmott Dixon in 2005.
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CommentGrowth, but at what price?
Wow! Pop those champagne corks. What a year it’s been for the sector’s top 250 consultants.
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Trust Property Management acquires surveyor for £1.5m
Trust Property Management Group, an alternative investment market-quoted property and chartered surveying services group, is to buy chartered surveyor Dexter Brown in a deal valued at £1.5m.
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Lewis & Hickey office in India
Architect Lewis & Hickey has targeted India to grow its business.
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Crane firm buyout
Ainscough Crane Hire has been sold in a £255m management buyout, backed by an integrated debt and equity package from the finance division of the Bank of Scotland, owned by HBOS.
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Irish acquisition
White Young Green has acquired Irish firm PH McCarthy Consulting Engineers for £13.5m.
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Waterman profit rise
Consultant Waterman Group has reported a 21% increase in pre-tax profit to £5.1m for the year to 30 June 2007.
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Asbestos package
Asbestos contractor and consultancy group Silverdell has acquired Swift Asbestos, a licensed asbestos remediation contractor in Southampton, for about £1.5m.
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Billion-pound probe
The European commission has extended the deadline for its inquiry into a proposed joint venture between Owens Corning and Saint-Gobain by two weeks to 26 October.
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Legislation may be required for councils to build new homes
Government plans to revive council housing may need to be approved by parliament before they can go ahead.
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Scrapping of PGS meets industry praise
The industry has welcomed news that the government will ditch the planning gain supplement (PGS).
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Local levy to fund Crossrail
Cash raised in London through the supplementary business rate (SBR), a local business levy, will go towards Crossrail rather than local projects, Alistair Darling announced this week.
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NewsZaha’s Iberian peninsula
This is Zaha Hadid’s proposed scheme for the Zorrozaurre peninsula in Spain, which she plans to turn into an island.