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NewsRiding your luck
Alex Rowles writes: “I was on the way home when I saw this truck pull out. The guy on the back started climbing on top of the cab and hitting it and the windscreen with a crutch...
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NewsAre you sitting comfortably?
This may not be the best position to adopt on a roof but perhaps these two are taking turns sliding down it
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NewsAlfred McAlpine brushes off interest from Carillion
Alfred McAlpine says it has received two unwelcome bids from rival in just over two months
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Councils can slash carbon emissions claims think-tank
New report claims local government can cut greenhouse gases by 60% by 2025
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DGT Steel & Cladding Ltd vs Cubitt Building & Interiors Ltd
In February 2006, Cubitt Building and Interiors Ltd; the applicant contractor in these proceedings, engaged the respondent subcontractor, DGT Steel and Cladding Ltd to carry out external cladding works at Telephone House in East London. The subcontract was on Cubitt’s standard terms and conditions and contained an adjudication provision which ...
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NewsDavid Chipperfield's latest design for Margate Turner gallery
Architect changes Turner Contemporary gallery design after public meeting, plus receives praise from MPs for Stirling Prize win
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NewsOlympic shortlist announced for legacy masterplan
Six make shortlist for for post-2012 regeneration of Lower Lea Valley and Olympic Park
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NewsCan the lions of England beat the Springboks?
England are one game away from winning the World Cup. Can they do it? Predict the right score and we'll punt a rugby ball in your direction
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NewsUnions react angrily to Law Lords asbestos ruling
Workers with asbestos conditiion lose right to claim compensation from employers
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NewsSMEs lag behind on energy efficiency
Only a third of construction SMEs have spent money on reducing their carbon footprint according to report
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NewsAt the coal face
Guardian columnist George Monbiot is furious about a new coal planned in south Wales. He berates the government for forcing the scheme on the local community. So what do the joint developers have to say for themselves?
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NewsWRAP releases new recycled content toolkit
Government-backed body issues new version of Recycled Content Toolkit after input from Cyril Sweett, Davis Langdon and Faithful + Gould
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NewsA sideways move
Here's a less than ingenious way of getting round the fact that your ladder is too short for the job in hand...
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NewsBuilding model revealed for Trafalgar Square plinth
Artist Thomas Schütte shows coloured glass sculpture that will be on display at the Fourth Plinth in central London
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NewsMouchel Parkman rebrands as profit rises 82%
Consulting and business services group will now be known as Mouchel as HBS brand is dropped
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NewsISG bags £100m mixed-use scheme in London
Construction services group set to start work on 33-storey building that will include student accommodation, offices and shops
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NewsWorkers' families win £300k compensation for deaths
UCATT wins case for families of two steeplejacks killed in an explosion in Bolton
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NewsBellway profit up despite tightening market
Housebuilder in bullish mood as order book increases to £667m and profit hits £235m
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NewsFoster wins U2 Tower contest
Architect's consortium to design 120m tower in Dublin for the rock band U2
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NewsConnaught buys water firm as profit leaps 37%
Property management group acquires Watertech for £9.1m as yearly revenues jump a third to £396m