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FeaturesTake a breather
DuPont Tyvek, part of the DuPont global conglomerate, was founded in Luxembourg in 1962. Its headquarters is still in Luxembourg City. Its UK business, which has operated since the late eighties, employs more than 20 people and its main market is for breathable roof membranes. Tim Smith, the UK’s national ...
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FeaturesGearing up
As the government prepares the ground for its long awaited nuclear new-build programme, engineers, programme managers and consultants are picking their teams to compete for the UK’s fastest growing market. Sarah Richardson looks at the main players
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for Arup
As I’m meeting Arup for a pint, it’s fitting that the venue is a pub called the Engineer. I’m expecting a sombre place, inhabited by locals drinking at half-a-pint-an-hour beneath the fobbed belly of IK Brunel.
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Taywood shareholders approve Wimpey merger
The proposed merger between housebuilders Taylor Woodrow and George Wimpey moved a step closer this week after it was approved by Taywood’s shareholders.
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Buoyant BSS
Materials and equipment supplier BSS has reported a 28% rise in pre-tax profit to £47.3m for the year to 31 March 2007.
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Director steps down
Edward Roderick is stepping down as a non-executive director of building materials supplier Heywood Williams.
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Hanson in Yorkshire
Hanson has bought cladding and concrete supplier Structherm, of West Yorkshire for an undisclosed sum.
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Allenbuild chief
Renew subsidiary Allenbuild South East has appointed Andrew Dudley managing director.
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DBKs Welsh office
Consultant DBK Back has opened an office in Cardiff, which will be its first base outside England.
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French acquisition
Construction product specialist SIG has acquired French roofing products distributor Larivière for £202m.
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Bilfinger Berger buys UK firm
German contractor Bilfinger Berger has acquired O’Hare Engineering as part of a strategy to expand its UK business.
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Northern Ireland’s McLaughlin expands into Scotland
Northern Irish contractor McLaughlin & Harvey has bought Ayr-based contractor Barr.
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NewsSharewatch — Oh no, it’s the Monetary Policy Committee …
Housebuilders had another unhappy week in the City, thanks to the prospect of a further interest rate rise. Taylor Woodrow fared worst; its shares fell 8.3% to 460p. Bellway fell 7.6% to £14.39, closely followed by Bovis Homes, whose price was down 7.3% to £10.60.
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NewsHousing stats: New-build sales and completions in April 2007
More than 2,000 houses were finished in the South-east but private completions fell compared with last April
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NewsTall poppies …
Coin Street Community Builders has revealed these revised proposals for a tower on the south bank of the Thames in London (second from left).
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Balfour hit by King’s Cross walkout
Balfour Beatty is “monitoring” its relationship with a key labour supplier after the £115m King’s Cross project was hit by industrial action.
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Shares in SMC drop 48%
Shares in SMC Group have dropped 48% since last week to 45p after the alternative investment market-listed architect issued a profit warning.
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Rogers at the British Museum
The British Museum in London has appointed Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners to develop designs for a temporary exhibition space and for a world conservation centre.
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Amicus stewards reject pay deal
Shop stewards from M&E union Amicus have refused to back a three-year Joint Industry Board pay deal of up to £14.35 an hour, claiming the deal would be worse than the Olympics agreement.