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CommentThe battle of Easingwold
Margaret Tomlinson wanted an extension for her terraced home. Okay, said the builder, that will be £19,500, please. It was downhill all the way after that, ending up in a trial that lasted six-and-a-half days…
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NewsGladedale to be top private housebuilder
Gladedale Holdings is set to become the UK’s largest privately owned housebuilder after making an £84m recommended offer for quoted rival Ben Bailey.
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Local councils get power to impose infrastructure tax
Chancellor reveals plan to reintroduce local business rates and abolish regional assemblies
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NewsNo sackings in NG Bailey internet scandal
An investigation into the NG Bailey YouTube scandal has resulted in disciplinary action, but no sackings.
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Leicester hospitals PFI scheme scrapped
NHS Trust refuses to develop hospital services at three sites
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NewsArup to help thrash out code for zero-carbon offices
Engineer to join with BRE to devise non-domestic equivalent of Code for Sustainable Homes
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There’s nothing to be afraid of
It is now just over two years old, and it is distinctly better than JCT98, but poor old JCT2005 still seems to be getting the cold shoulder. Why? It all seems to boil down to fear of the unknown
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NewsTube Lines expected to take over some Metronet work
London Underground group set to step into breach after consortium goes into administration
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NewsBack for more
Company focus — Having survived Wembley, former Multiplex boss Martin Tidd is taking on the Shard
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NewsNo sackings in NG Bailey internet scandal
Written warnings are given to fuve builders involved in the infamous YouTube films
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FeaturesGuess who just upped their street cred
You’d expect the winners of the Housing Design Awards to be ambitious schemes. But you may be surprised to learn they’ve been built by the biggest mass developers and the smallest social landlords. Martin Spring celebrates some of the best entries and, on page 50, revisits a trailblazing former winner.Photographs ...
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Two’s company, three’s a mess
The sudden insolvency of a main contractor is always bad news. And if the contractual relationships are not clear it can be even worse, as this case shows
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Brown starts shake-up of NHS build programme
Construction companies are to be hit by a revamp of the NHS in the wake of Gordon Brown’s takeover of the premiership.
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Arup to help thrash out code for zero-carbon offices
Engineer to join with BRE to devise non-domestic equivalent of Code for Sustainable Homes
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NewsManchester may win smaller casino
Manchester and Blackpool may be granted licences for smaller casinos if the government goes ahead with plans to scrap the Manchester supercasino.
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Trillium buys Amec’s project investments arm for £164m
Trillium’s chief executive says agreement is ‘last piece in the jigsaw’ in building PPP presence
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FeaturesShady business
When NHS Local Improvement Finance Trust (Lift) Building Better Health and Southwark council decided it wanted its £7.7m Sunshine House child development centre on Peckham Road to be naturally ventilated, architect Allford Hall Monaghan Morris thought it was a good idea to use brises-soleil to block out some of the ...
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FeaturesNo smoking signs
Firesafe has introduced a range of “no smoking” signs and a fireproof cigarette bin, to help businesses adapt to the smoking ban.