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FeaturesThe 2007 Building horoscope
Will the Olympic budget keep soaring? Will Ray O’Rourke buy when Amec sells? Will Ucatt survive against the super union? Will QSs still be interested in property? And will we still be talking about Wembley in December? Consulting a beginner’s guide to astrology, we reveal all this and more in ...
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Features‘You could run this building as a traditional school – but it would be a waste’
Building Design Partnership’s Marlowe Academy in Ramsgate is like no other school – it has a campus feel, there are no corridors and the students don’t even bunk off.
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Escaping doesn’t have to be this hard …
Ready for another year of sitting at the same desk, talking to the same people and staring out of the same window? No? Claire Dodd helps plot your bid for freedom
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Recovery set to continue after surprise slowdown
Market analysts say growth in construction output is likely after blip in first half of 2006
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Wallwork named Gleeson boss
Paul Wallwork has been confirmed as chief executive of Gleeson after steering the contractor through a restructure and reducing its debt 85%.
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Rebuff for Leeds council over PFI regeneration bid
The government has frozen a PFI scheme to regenerate a Leeds suburbs where three of the 7 July suicide bombers lived.
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Estate set to be rebuilt after poll
Plans by architect Pollard Thomas Edwards (PTE) to rebuild a council estate that is threatened by collapse have cleared a key hurdle.
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Housing Corporation cuts red tape to assist developers
The Housing Corporation has told developers that it intends to reduce the amount of red tape they will have to contend with when bidding for grants.
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Equity firms withdraw £1.5bn offer for Amec
Two private equity companies have withdrawn their £1.5bn offer for Amec after the company refused to open up its accounts to scrutiny.
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Planning rejection puts national college at risk
The future of the National Construction College has been thrown into doubt after it was refused permission to develop part of its land to raise funds.
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Bovis ordered to stop work after Manchester fatality
Bovis Lend Lease has stopped groundworks on sites throughout the country after a worker was killed by an excavator on its Barton Square project in Manchester.
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NewsMore cladding gloom as Pluswall goes bust
Cladding specialist goes into voluntary liquidation following financial problems
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Heart unit opens three months late at Bovis’ Manchester hospital
A key facility at a £380m joint hospitals PFI in Manchester, which is being built by Bovis Lend Lease, opened three months late in December.
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FeaturesA well-oiled machine
Honda’s construction team has taken inspiration from the company’s car production lines to keep its projects purring smoothly
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NewsEnnstone snaps up Handyman Concrete for £4.6m
Aggregates group pushes forward US business with strategic acquisition
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NewsGovernment pledges £100m for greener NHS
Money to be spent on improving energy efficiency with saving ploughed back into patient care
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NewsRok boosted by Tulloch acquisition
Contractor predicts long-term social housing projects will exceed £1.4bn
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News‘Cautious’ Costain writes down £50m
Channel Tunnel Rail Link extension at King’s Cross could be part of the disputed contracts