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FeaturesNo more trouble at the top
Few things are more galling than having your penthouse office suite shaken by high winds or the odd overgrown ape. Arup’s solution to wobbly building syndrome is dependable and cost-effective – though we’re not sure if it’s been tested on animals.
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CommentA difference of emphasis
Letters of intent are paved with good intentions, but can trigger endless legal manoeuvres. A joyous time for lawyers but for nobody else. Here the couple to fall out were Skanska and supermarket chain Somerfield
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Industry sanguine about rate rise
Housebuilders have shrugged off last week’s rate rise and are confident about prospects in 2007 – providing that rates remain stable for the rest of the year.
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NewsZero carbon taskforce gets green light
The government’s plans for all new homes to be zero carbon by 2016 moved a step forward this week with the formation of a steering group to lead the initiative.
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NewsLatest crane collapse triggers safety campaign
After a series of fatal accidents Building is launching the Safer Skyline campaign, calling for rigorous checks on crane conditions
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Amec wins £36m Salford schools contract
Project manager and client Hochtief PPP Solutions to deliver Harrop Ford and Buile Hill high schools
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Kier eyes Amec’s £1bn property division
Acquisition would double Kier’s £700m portfolio, but company says it will not touch construction
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Kier eyes Amec’s £1bn property division
John Dodds, the chief executive of Kier, has said he is considering making a bid for Amec’s property development arm.
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NewsMultiplex and CBUK return to court over roof works
Multiplex project director claims Wembley steel contractor’s prices were ‘out of this world’
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NewsMultiplex and CBUK return to court over roof works
Multiplex project director claims Wembley steel contractor’s prices were ‘out of this world’
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NewsSafer Skyline campaign: crackdown on cranes
Building's latest campaign calls on industry to clean up its act
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NewsPre-tax profit leaps 26% at T&T
Pre-tax profit at consultant Turner & Townsend (T&T) has leaped 26% from £12.5m to £15.7m for the year ending April 2006.
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NewsKen Makes over his old home town
Architect Ken Shuttleworth unveils proposals for mixed-use Birmingham scheme
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NewsUS contractor wins UK’s biggest fit-out job of 2007
StructureTone set to crack top-end UK fit-out market with Willis Building in the City
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NewsBig game Hunter
Making the news Sir Tom Hunter is the media-shy multimillionaire out to capture Crest Nicholson
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FeaturesSpecialist cost update: Structures
In our latest specialist update, the experts from Gardiner & Theobald outline lead times, costs and the issues most likely to cause sleepless nights for the piling, concrete frame and structural steelwork sectors
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The military philosophers
The Ministry of Defence likes PFI procurement but prefers to do it differently to the rest of Whitehall. Things will start to change in August, however, so contractors had best take account of the latest thinking ...