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Healthy numbers at Ferrovial
The Spanish construction firm Ferrovial has reported a 21% rise in net profit to £223m in the first nine months of 2006 after the acquisition of UK airports group BAA in June.
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Irish regulator blocks Kingspan takeover
Ireland’s Competition Authority (CA) has blocked Kingspan’s proposed takeover of the Leanort Group, claiming the deal would reduce competition in the Irish insulation materials market.
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CPA predicts interest rate rise
The Construction Products Association is predicting a rise in interest rates this month, following a strong set of economic data.
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CommentBeside the seaside
When cheap flights become a thing of the past, people will once again yearn for good old British seaside resorts. So it’s about time we turned them into places where people might actually want to stay …
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CommentSickness or health
To the RIBA conference in Venice, where we encounter, if not death, then at least disease and depression, while closer to home an industry leader feels distinctly queasy on a site visit …
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FeaturesAnthony Minghella
The director’s latest film stars Jude Law as a designer whose life twists out of control after he opens an office in King’s Cross. Sonia Soltani finds out what happens when Hollywood tackles love, crime and regeneration
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CommentDances with gorillas
The ODA manifesto for building the 2012 Olympics talks about delivering on time, to a tight budget.But if that is to be done, novel ways of thinking are needed
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CommentDo we have to pay up?
LEGAL AID - A contractor has withheld £18k and is claiming a further £60k from the subbie because the project did not meet practical completion. Is there any way to dismiss the claim?
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CommentGangster rap
SECURITY ALERT - Gangmasters supply illegal construction workers as well as cockle pickers. And a new act is just part of a government crackdown on their activities
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A matter of life and death
Your blog about Al Gore’s recent film, An Inconvenient Truth (13 October), was entertaining but somewhat flippant. As last year’s Sustainability Leader award winner, I feel duty-bound to comment.
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CommentMessage for Margaret
In response to your interview with construction minister Margaret Hodge (20 October, page 30) – I would like to see her position the industry so that a career in construction is seen as desirable for schoolgirls and hope that we can soon read the headline in Ray O’Rourke’s inimitable style, ...
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Foul mouthed
Am I the only person who is appalled at the profanities expressed in your article concerning the future of the Office of Government Commerce (20 October, page 28)? In an industry that has been trying hard to improve its public image in the face of constant hostility in the popular ...
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Please don’t go
I am writing regarding your article (20 October, page 11) that says the RICS is considering selling its data and research arm, the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS).
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Virtual reality
I would like to allay Darryl Nash’s concern voiced in your Specifier section (20 October) that it is challenging for architects to get sufficient building services knowledge to operate the more sophisticated Part L 2006 compliance software tools.
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CommentDressed for success
Thanks to Bryan Imbery for this shot of a Portuguese painter whose choice of head and footwear are almost as impressive as the quality of his edging …
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FeaturesTrench to bow out after WYG deal
One of Britain’s best known project managers prepares to retire after 30 years
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NewsBy the side of the Severn
Contractor Willmott Dixon has this week begun work on the New Theatre Severn project in Shrewsbury.