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Bid for Boreham
Consultant Waterman Group has agreed to buy transport planning and infrastructure design consultant Boreham for £9.6m.
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Knowles shake-up
Construction claims consultant Knowles has appointed David Gainsbury director, Simon McKenny managing director and Geraldine Fleming executive director.
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Cowlin profit up 46%
South-west contractor Cowlin Construction has reported a 46% rise in pre-tax profit to £5.3m for the year ended 30 September 2006.
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Lovell to revamp Tottenham
Lovell has won a contract to overhaul Tottenham’s once notorious Broadwater Farm estate.
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NewsAlberta slims down
Swan Housing Group has submitted slimmed-down plans for an eco tower in London’s Docklands.
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Rise in buy-to-lets
Paragon Mortgages has published figures showing that the number of homes owned by the average buy-to-let landlord has increased from 10.2 in November 2006 to 11.1 in February 2007.
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Contract for Peacock
Peterborough-based company Cross Key Homes has appointed local firm FE Peacock to join its list of preferred contractors.
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SEEDA appeal
The South East of England Development Agency has submitted a last-ditch bid to persuade planners to increase the rate of housebuilding in the region.
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NewsHSE warns of 15% rise in accidents this year
The head of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned of a possible 10-15% rise in fatal accidents in the construction industry this year.
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NewsNew neighbour at number 20
Skanska has won a £68m contract to design and build this office building for Hermes Real Estate in the City of London.
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Concrete advert censured
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has censured an advert by the British Association of Reinforcement for suggesting steel framework is unsafe.
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£130m Eurocentral scheme allowed
Architect Keppie Design and contractor Bowmer & Kirkland have been given the go ahead on the £130m Eurocentral scheme in Scotland after client Tritax secured funding for the project this week.
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NewsA mammoth award
BDP’s £35m New Century Project at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow is in the running for the annual Gulbenkian Award for museums.
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CommentMastering apprenticeships
The continuing troubles of construction apprenticeship training are depressingly familiar.
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Scanmoor collapses after over-expansion
The Scanmoor Group has dramatically collapsed after 12 years of rapid expansion.
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NewsPower living
Rafael Vinõly, the architect behind the Walkie-talkie Tower at 20 Fenchurch Street in the City of London, has been appointed by Real Estate Opportunities (REO) to masterplan its Battersea Power Station site.
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New rules to hit workers’ pay
Thousands of workers will have smaller pay packets this weekend after the new regulations for managed service companies (MSC) come into force.
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Training bodies insist there is no shortage of HIP assessors
Companies responsible for training home information packs (HIPs) assessors have hit back at claims that there will not be enough trained inspectors when the packs are introduced in June.
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Pretty appointment
David Pretty, the former Barratt chief executive, has been appointed as a non-executive director of retirement housing specialist McCarthy & Stone.