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Builders' tea hits the shelves of Asda
A percentage of profits from Make Mine a Builders tea will go towards a new charity foundation formed by the FMB
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Keller completes £8.5m acquisition of Systems Geotechnique
Restricted access piling firm has annual sales of £17m
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Building materials firm CRH buys Paver Systems
CRH exercises option to buy remaining stake in concrete paving manufacturer
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Why Blackpool needs Arnie
Blackpool did not have got a supercasino but it may get Arnold Schwarzenegger if he turns up at the Conservative party conference
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Fire report throws future of timber-frame into doubt
As flames engulf another timber development, fire agencies publish Colindale blaze findings
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Apocalypse cow
The only way we can save humanity from climate change is if we all pull together. But that’s not likely if bankers keep insisting on aircon, hedge funds keep looking for profit and cows keep … doing what cows do
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17 ways to get paid
Hell hath no fury like a subbie spurned – by someone higher up the food chain who owes him dosh. Dan Stewart studies the age-old problem of separating an employer from his money
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What a mess!
Adjudication is being turned into an expensive and inefficient process by the proliferation of home-made procedures. So why isn’t the DTI doing something to stamp them out?
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Web watch — Recycle me
The back page this week is all about the production of the back page, a cutting-edge paperless process pioneered by Alex Smith. Now, if only we didn’t have to print 25,000 copies for you lot ...
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Willmott Dixon snatches key Costain manager for North
Commercial star Anthony Dillon lured to join contractor’s new Manchester office
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Gateway design crackdown
Housing Corporation threatens to cut grants if higher standards are not met in Thames Gateway
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Government risks green backlash, industry warns
‘Over-ambitious’ targets could lead housebuilders to turn their back on sustainability
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Fire report throws future of timber-frame into doubt
As flames engulf another timber development, fire agencies publish Colindale blaze findings
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Ian McGlinn vs everybody else
You build your multimillion-pound dream home, but there are some defects. So you leave it empty for five years, then tear it down and sue everyone in sight, apart from the builder, which has gone bust. Do you win?
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Balfour Beatty tops buyers’ table with £184m US deal
Group strengthens its US presence with biggest deal of the quarter by a listed company
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Bellway finally gets the OK on £1.2bn Leeds scheme
After a year of talks, EASEL, the biggest ever regeneration scheme in the city, gets green light
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ODA courts cycling guru for velodrome
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) is set to sign up the world’s leading track specialist to design the velodrome for the 2012 Games.