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CommentHere’s to Tony
Our legal eagles offer up their judicious verdicts on the Blair era, with the other TB, Tony Bingham, finding himself surprisingly misty eyed at the departure of a Labour PM
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NewsMcAlpine on high as it doubles profit
Sir Robert McAlpine more than doubled its pre-tax profit, from £23.6m to £53m, in the same financial year it delivered the Emirates stadium in north London.
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NewsRogers turns corner in style, posting profit of £1.3m
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners leaves the bad times behind and predicts 2007 will be better
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CommentNew dawn fades
The Labour era that began with such a burst of energy and optimism quickly succumbed to administrative entropy
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NewsRICS surveys the damage after wild party in Mayfair
Institution calls on the guilty to own up after annual dinner for under 35s gets out of hand
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NewsHSE admits crane reports may have been inaccurate
Battersea crane firm complains that inspectors who checked fleet were ‘not all specialists’
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Contest hots up for Amec’s building arm
Morgan Sindall and Balfour Beatty are battling it out to buy Amec’s construction and PPP business.
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NewsHSE admits crane reports may have been inaccurate
Battersea crane firm complains that inspectors who checked fleet were ‘not all specialists’
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OGC pushes for social housing body
The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) is in talks with leading social housing maintenance contractors over the possibility of forming a trade body to advise it on procurement in the sector.
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NewsCroydon evacuation renews fears over timber frame
Housing association sues architect and contractor over construction of multistorey scheme
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NewsKansas City finally gets its £100m ice Bloch
Steven Holl’s pure glass extension to Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art opens next month
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Blaironomics
We’ve seen where the money went. Now Peter Rumble of the Building Costs Information Service explores how Labour’s stewardship of the economy affected construction tender prices and output
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FeaturesSplash out
Architect Feilden Clegg Bradley recently completed the £6m Formby pool in Lancashire. Part-funded by the Land Trust, the building had to reflect its woody surroundings, so sustainably sourced timber was used for large parts of the structure, including its roof and supporting columns.
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FeaturesShop lighting: A LED balloon?
They’re easy to maintain, last ages and don’t cook the food. So will LEDs knock fluorescent tubes off their pedestal in shop design? ‘That’s a laugh,’ detractors tell Alistair King
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FeaturesThe must-have ceiling for Redditch shoppers
A Luxalon aluminium open cell ceiling from Hunter Douglas has been fitted at the refurbished Kingfisher shopping centre in Redditch.
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30dB acoustic seal
Intumescent technology specialist Mann McGowan has unveiled the DD1 acoustic threshold seal, which has a rating of 30dB.
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Twist-and-lock light
Ansell Lighting has launched Twistlock, a range of luminaires designed to ease lamp replacement and to cater for halogen lamps and LEDs.
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Lens for recessed luminaire
Zumtobel has launched a lens for its semi-recessed luminaire, Mellowlight IV.
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Waterproof tubular light
Pracht Lichttechnik and Sill Lighting UK have joined forces to launch a waterproof tubular light fitting called Tubis.