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Many people have suspected that there was something a bit haphazard about the way companies handled tower cranes.
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Galliford Try steps up land acquisition programme
Galliford Try has accelerated its acquisition of land after buying Linden Homes.
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Urban land increasing in value
Urban land values are rising against a backdrop of stalling house prices.
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Kellys runway veto
Ruth Kelly, the communities minister, has vetoed George Wimpey’s bid to build 1,900 homes near the new Gatwick airport runway route. Kelly rejected the appeal against Crawley council’s rejection of the plans.
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Clapham housing
Berkeley First has won planning permission for 36 homes near Clapham Junction station in south London.
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Bellway’s 69 homes
Bellway Homes has secured consent for for 69 homes in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, designed by Barton Willmore.
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Anglo-American tightlipped on Tarmac sale
Materials company Anglo-American says it is reviewing its options over its Tarmac subsidiary, amid rumours of a £3bn auction .
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Groundworks arm
Balfour Beatty has formed a specialist groundworks firm that will incorporate Stent and Pennine, its piling and ground engineering businesses.
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Caddick initiative
Leeds developer Caddick Group has appointed Ian Hessey, the former boss of Persimmon Homes in Yorkshire, to head its residential division.
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Norcros to list
Products maker and distributor Norcros Group, which operates in the UK and South Africa, intends to list on the London stock exchange.
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Global sourcing
More than four out of five procurement professionals source supplies globally, according to the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply.
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Sheppard man goes
Richard Griffin, the partner in Sheppard Robson that led its health care section, has joined rival architect Llewelyn Davies Yeang as a director.
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Metronet mute on funding problems
Metronet has remained silent on claims that creditors have refused to give it more money to renew the tube.
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NewsBars included
Douglas Wallace Architects has submitted these plans to redevelop Bow Street magistrates’ court and police station to Westminster council.
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Most PFIs fail to provide value
Less than half of PFI buildings have provided value for money during the service period of their contracts, according to a National Audit Office report this week.
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Occupational health standards
The occupational health and safety initiative Constructing Better Health will be rolled out nationally on 31 August.
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Site blitz to prevent trips and falls
The Health and Safety Executive has launched a national site inspection programme to prevent trips and falls, which caused 24 deaths and 4,000 injuries in the workplace last year.
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Interserves 270m schemes
Interserve has won a series of health projects valued at £200m, under the Welsh Health Estates, and an educational PFI scheme worth more than £70m.
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Arup wins Mirant damages case
A long-running legal battle between Arup and Hong Kong contractor Mirant over the Sual power station in the Philippines ended this week after Mirant’s claims for damages and costs were dismissed in the High Court. Mirant will now have to pay an estimated £8m in legal costs.