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FeaturesTimber windows: Back to the future
Out of favour for so long, timber could be making a comeback thanks to improvements in its durability. And as Jan-Carlos Kucharek reports, modern technologies may help this thoroughly traditional material press the right buttons when it comes to sustainability
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FeaturesJames Johnson & Co: Making an entrance
Meet James Johnson & Co, a joinery company from east London that has built and fitted everything from glass toilet doors to silky service accesses in the capital’s offices.
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FeaturesAllgood Ironmongery: Iron in the soul
Allgood Ironmongery made its name among the dreaming spires, but has also tackled the Gherkin and T5. Now it is trying out something new in the healthcare sector.
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Berkeley forms joint ventures with Saudi investor
Housebuilder Berkeley Group is forming three joint ventures worth £1bn with its biggest investor, Saudi Arabian Saad Investments, to build up its landbank.
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Connaught buys repair firm
Connaught has bought social housing asset management firm AE Williams for £6.5m.
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Activity in the first quarter ‘highest for two years’
Construction activity in the first quarter was the highest in two years, according to research from the Construction Products Association and Ernst and Young.
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Severfield-Rowen boss to step down from board
John Severs, the founder and group managing director of listed steel firm Severfield-Rowen, is to step down from the board.
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Sharewatch — Taywood on top as other housebuilders lag behind
Taylor Woodrow was the clear winner in the City last week. The firm’s share price rose 16% to 489.5p in the week it announced its proposed merger with George Wimpey, and continued to rise throughout the week as rumours abounded of a Persimmon intervention to thwart the proposed deal.
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Countryside to develop £55m Bury scheme
Countryside Properties has won a contract worth £55m to oversee the regeneration of Radcliffe, near Bolton in Lancashire.
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NewsA grocer scorned
Tesco is threatening to mount a judicial review of the decision by communities minister Ruth Kelly to allow a rival scheme on a site it owns in Sunderland.
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NewsHousing stats: New-build sales and completions in February 2007
Sales rose but registrations and completions were down on last year, while the South-east finished most projects
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Persimmon plans Taywood bid
Housebuilder Persimmon is understood to be considering a rights issue to raise £1bn for a takeover of Taylor Woodrow.
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Miller appointed
Miller Construction has been appointed by Hammerson as the main contractor on an £82m project to build a retail and leisure development at Union Square, Aberdeen. Completion is expected in 2009.
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£331m contract
Infrastructure services group Morgan Est has won a £331m contract to upgrade Frankley water treatment works near Birmingham.
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Lords vote reopens dispute between supercasino bidders
The shock defeat of the Gambling Order in the House of Lords has reopened the dispute between Manchester and Blackpool over the location of the supercasino.
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NewsCroydon transformed
Sheppard Robson has submitted this design for an office and retail development to Croydon council for planning permission.
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Rival surveyors in talks over defection of director
Chartered surveyor Doherty Baines is in negotiations with a rival over the release of a director whom it poached in March.
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Amec wins Blackpool renewal
Amec Developments has been chosen to deliver the £285m redevelopment of the Talbot Gateway area of Blackpool.