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Kingspan drops £59.5m takeover
Irish materials supplier withdraws offer for insulation specialist after being blocked by Irish regulator
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Government suspends two HIPs consultants
Consultants accused of a conflict of interest in assessing companies to administer Home Information Packs
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Ridge buys two firms
Consultant continues West Midlands expansion with purchase of Davidson Partnership and Cook Denning Management
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Paper round: Crossrail, London Olympics and Frank Gehry's brooch
The weekend newspapers report £1bn of cost savings on Crossrail and rumours of delays on the 2012 Olympic site
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NewsCarillion wins £200m contracts in Middle East
Joint venture contract is for construction of largest residential complex in Dubai at Motor City
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NewsAlfred McAlpine scoops £130m of work
Construction company bags series of contract wins, including two facilities management jobs with Royal Bank of Scotland worth a total of £65m
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Employee sues over job for life
Duffy construction is facing a £500k claim from a worker for breach of contract
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Church sued for £600k
Property developers take a church in Wales to court after it pulls out of scheme
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NewsAtkins in talks to buy architect Pascall + Watson
Giant engineer could become second biggest architect
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Comment
In the red
The claimant, Nearfield Ltd was one of six parties to a joint venture agreement dated April 2002. Other parties to the agreement included Lincoln Trust Co (Jersey) Ltd (LTC) and LTC’s offshore nominee, Lincoln Nominees Ltd (LNL); second and first defendants respectively. The agreement was entered into for the purposes ...
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Features
Lead times July-September 2006
In the latest quarterly update on lead times, Tony Gale of Mace reports on dramatic rises in two packages
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CommentMobile generation
WEB WATCH - New phone? Then you’re probably one of a growing band of construction professionals receiving news alerts on the move. Alex Smith reports on our changing relationship to industry news
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FeaturesA living legacy
Frank Gehry’s Maggie’s centre has been open for three years. Martin Spring paid a visit to find out how well it has served the cancer patients that use it. And on page 60, he reviews the latest centre, which also happens to be Zaha Hadid’s first completed project in the ...
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Atkins in talks to buy architect Pascall + Watson
Giant engineer could become second biggest architect
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NewsGovernment to rebrand Thames Gateway
Ministers believe that by calling area Thames Estuary Parklands they will attract more housebuilders
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NewsLemley: Olympic costs are rising 'on exponential basis'
The former chairman of the Olympic Delivery Authority says Games costs will exceed government's £2.4bn estimate
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School procurement comes under fire as delays mount
Building programme falling well behind, according to figures from construction products body
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NewsOlympic media centre to be design-and-build contract
Tessa Jowell tells Building that important scheme would not be a design-led project
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NewsAllianz trumps Henderson’s offer for John Laing
German insurer’s £958m offer may prompt a bidding war to take over PFI specialist
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NewsRob Smith leaves consultant Hays
Robert Smith, managing director of recruitment consultant Hays Property and Construction, has surprised the industry by announcing his departure from the company.