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NewsMinisters and MDs mingle on the terrace as Wicks steals the show
Building's terrace reception at the House of Commons attracts the top names in construction as well as Lords, ministers and MPs
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NewsWelsh firms fined £58,000 after fatal electrocution
Miall Roberts was killed in 2004 when an overhead powerline came into contact with a concrete pump
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NewsCyril Sweett workers approve stock market flotation
AIM listing later this year as 98% of employee shareholders say yes
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NewsODA hoists flag for Dorset 2012 sailing bid
Bids are invited for the construction of the Olympic sailing facilities at Weymouth and Portland
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NewsDavid Pretty, Peter Cook and David Adjaye on Queen's Honours List
Peter Cook is made a knight and David Pretty a CBE as Queen honours leading figures in construction industry
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NewsStriking a pose
There is a defiant nonchalance in the poses of these two workers enjoying a break
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NewsHouse prices increase at slowest rate since February
Housing stock is the highest in three years as sellers try and avoid HIPs
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NewsWillmott Dixon wins £35m leisure deal
Rotherham council selects contractor to design, build and maintain four PFI leisure centres over 32 years
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NewsBiodiesel firm to float on AIM
Public listing will fund second plant in Ellesmere Port to convert animal fat into energy
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NewsPaper round: 'Green leases' will penalise workers
While UK developers consider fines for office workers who keep the lights on Beijing's housebuilders are told not to be so smug
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NewsEgret West unveils eco-science park - images
Brown roofs and public green spaces make it one of the country's first environmentally sustainable business parks
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FeaturesShould English Partnerships clamp down on buy-to-let?
EP decided to curb buy-to-let sales on some of its sites recently. Should it be trying to buck the market?
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CommentTroubles along the way
A recent case involving temporary works, and what happens when they fail to do their job, casts some light on the tricky inspection obligations of professionals
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CommentCustard pies
Facebook and LinkedIn are the latest players in social networking. Which you choose depends on whether you prefer to talk to managing directors or throw cakes at them.
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NewsCouncils may pull out of PFI social housing market
Government expected to give go-ahead for authorities to take out loans using own resources
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NewsDavis Langdon to report third successive year of growth
Consultant retains top spot as global turnover reaches £221m for year to April 2007
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Comment
A warning
The claimant, Hart Investments, sought to hold the first defendant, Fidler, responsible for the collapse of part a building that Hart owned. Fidler was a structural engineer and denied responsibility for the collapse. He was employed by both the claimant and the second defendant, building contractor Larchpark.Hart alleged that Fidler ...