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NewsStewart Delgano appointed chair of timber body
At 39 the managing director of Stewart Milne Timber Solutions will be the youngest ever chairman of the UK Timber Frame Association
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Paper Round: Olympic budget row intensifies
Also: More fallout from supercasino decision and Shankhill enjoys a property boom
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NewsOlympic Park costs double bid estimate
The £5.1bn costs are double the £2.38bn estimate stated in the bid document according to The Sunday Times
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NewsBarratt to buy Wilson Bowden for £2.2bn
Move will make Barratt remains biggest housebuilder in UK with about 20,000 completions per year
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NewsSuspect letter bomb injures woman at Capita office
Head office of Capita Symonds' parent company is sealed off after woman sustains injuries in small explosion
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Multiplex in takeover talks with Canadian asset firm
A takeover by Brookfield Asset Management could involve a partial buy back by Roberts family
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NewsImages: I spy an iPod in Dubai
The iPad has myriad hi-tech features including an iRotation Room and iDeckchairs
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NewsMorgan Est wins £38m Thames Water tunnel
Thames Water says that 4.9km-long tunnel will offer more reliable water supply
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NewsWYG buys Turner Holden for £900,000
Payment could rise to £1.4m if town planning consultant hits performance targets in first year of trading
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NewsGalliford in takeover talks with Linden Homes
Construction and housing firm is understood to be prepared to pay about £200m for Linden Homes
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Cameron's debt to Brown
Gordon Brown has been forced to adopt accounting practices that will reveal the Treasury's liabilities. A victory for common sense, and perhaps, one day, for David Cameron
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NewsNew test turns the screw on air-conditioned offices
Modern buildings could be given D energy ratings under legislation to be announced next month
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CommentGood to go
Right this minute the Communities England superagency is being assembled by a team of experts intent on producing a slick, smart regeneration powerhouse
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Er, didn’t we get the last one? ... for RLF
Last week Building ventured up to Edinburgh to meet RLF. This week, we have ventured five minutes up the road to meet ... RLF. Oh dear – a glitch in communication between reporters means the lucky company is our drinking buddy two weeks in a row. This week it’s the ...
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NewsTaking the plunge
This photo of daring (and hopefully amphibious) workmen was sent in by Stuart Holmes and was taken from his office window in Salford, Greater Manchester.
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CommentThe men with two heads
It seems that under most contracts, the contract administrator does really have to spend some time acting for the client and some time acting impartially
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FeaturesThe drive of your life
Breaking the stereotype of multistorey car parks as concrete monstrosities, Wilkinson Eyre’s latest project is as visually exciting as it is functionally efficient.
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FeaturesNorthern soul
Erick van Egeraat’s glass-fronted Institute of Modern Art has rejuvenated Middlesbrough’s barren public quarter
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CommentBinghams blog
Tony Bingham has been released into the ether, with a regular blog on Building’s website. Here’s a taster on that big bugbear, small print ...
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CommentHow curious
This week we try to work out the thinking behind Richard Simmons’ eloquent attack on the motion he was supporting, EC Harris’ coffee policy and MPs’ mourning of Rick Stein’s dead dog