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FeaturesThrough the keyhole
The lengths that modern fit-out specialists go to capture the essence of their client is inspiring, inventive and occasionally surreal. So, in inimitable Loyd Grossman fashion, we go behind the bricks and mortar to ask: who would work in an office like this?
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NewsHiggins to enter mixed-tenure market
Housebuilder Higgins says it wants to move into the mixed-tenure market, after reporting that its pre-tax profit had broken through the £10m barrier, writes Lorraine Cushnie.
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Amec rejected all-share bid from Downer EDI
Amec rebuffed a takeover offer from Australian rival Downer EDI earlier this year because the offer was in shares and not cash.
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NewsGoing places
Places for People, the UK’s biggest housing association, built 1,250 homes last year, according to its 2006 annual report.
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Experian revises forecasts as output growth weakens
Fall in repair and maintenance work hits construction – but outlook is still rosy
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Skanska UK doing well, but overall results disappoint
The UK construction arm of Swedish contractor Skanska has posted a strong set of results for the third quarter, although overall group figures were lower than expected.
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Taylor Woodrow picks boss
The head of a healthcare services provider has been chosen as chief executive of Taylor Woodrow.
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CommentRealpolitik
Gus Alexander The construction industry, like the arms industry, is more concerned with doing the work than with what the work does. So how are we going to persuade it to stop following orders and think?
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FeaturesInside the Hall of Fame
Construction’s stars turn out for the unveiling of Building’s celebration of the industry’s finest
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CommentThe best laid plans
Rival engineers accidentally lay on parties at the same location, Frank Lampard fails to organise a trip to the zoo and Building hacks somehow conspire to win an intelligence test...
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CommentCausing death and saving lives
The bill on manslaughter and corporate homicide that is midway through its second reading in parliament must ensure that senior managers can be held personally to account
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CommentThe times they have a-changed
Tony Bingham It used to be seen as bad form to adjudicate negligence claims against professional gentlemen. On the other hand, that does seem to be what parliament intended...
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Men behaving badly
A survey by the Chartered Institute of Building reveals that many in construction have a shockingly complacent attitude to corruption – and don’t even realise that certain practices are criminal
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CommentIt’s going to be a long, long time
STATE YOUR CASE — The latest idea for disposing of nuclear waste is to offer councils financial incentives to bury it in their backyard. But, says Nigel Robson, the progress is measured in decades
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CommentRead the signs
Thanks for the interesting article about waste management (27 October, page 46).
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Silent voices
Regarding your news article on Polish workers (27 October, page 14), I seem to come across many articles concerning the welfare of Eastern European labourers and what they should and shouldn’t have or do.
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Rogers and the Olympic icon
Isn’t the pessimistic tone of Building’s review of progress on the Olympic stadium a little premature (27 October, page 26)?