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St Modwen's plans for Mersey leisure complex
Joint venture led by developer reveals cinema and ice rink on banks of the Mersey
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NewsDavis Langdon to offer carbon reduction service
Consultant to introduce carbon audits and advise on how to reduce emissions
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NewsOlympic media centre to be design-and-build contract
The media centre for the 2012 Olympics will be procured through the design-and-build route, Olympics minister Tessa Jowell revealed to Building last week
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NewsTimber firm fined £25,000 after fatal fall
Timbnet Rochdale pleaded guilty to charges after an employee fell ten metres to his death
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Construction industry under fire over global warming
Stern Report points to lack of co-ordination and training as causes of poor quality buildings
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NewsMCG turns attention to clients’ needs
The chief executive of Skanska UK is leading an investigation on behalf of the Major Contractors Group into how the construction industry can improve its service to clients.
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Davis Langdon to offer carbon reduction service
Consultant to introduce carbon audits and advise on how to reduce emissions
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NewsRob Smith leaves consultant Hays
Managing director of recruitment company will be replaced by Tim Cook
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FeaturesFour months ago Building launched the 99% Campaign to improve energy efficiency in existing buildings.
Now two reports have backed our call for financial incentives for building owners. The question is: what would work?
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Healthy numbers at Ferrovial
The Spanish construction firm Ferrovial has reported a 21% rise in net profit to £223m in the first nine months of 2006 after the acquisition of UK airports group BAA in June.
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Irish regulator blocks Kingspan takeover
Ireland’s Competition Authority (CA) has blocked Kingspan’s proposed takeover of the Leanort Group, claiming the deal would reduce competition in the Irish insulation materials market.
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CPA predicts interest rate rise
The Construction Products Association is predicting a rise in interest rates this month, following a strong set of economic data.
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CommentBeside the seaside
When cheap flights become a thing of the past, people will once again yearn for good old British seaside resorts. So it’s about time we turned them into places where people might actually want to stay …
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CommentSickness or health
To the RIBA conference in Venice, where we encounter, if not death, then at least disease and depression, while closer to home an industry leader feels distinctly queasy on a site visit …
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FeaturesAnthony Minghella
The director’s latest film stars Jude Law as a designer whose life twists out of control after he opens an office in King’s Cross. Sonia Soltani finds out what happens when Hollywood tackles love, crime and regeneration
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CommentDances with gorillas
The ODA manifesto for building the 2012 Olympics talks about delivering on time, to a tight budget.But if that is to be done, novel ways of thinking are needed
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CommentDo we have to pay up?
LEGAL AID - A contractor has withheld £18k and is claiming a further £60k from the subbie because the project did not meet practical completion. Is there any way to dismiss the claim?
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CommentGangster rap
SECURITY ALERT - Gangmasters supply illegal construction workers as well as cockle pickers. And a new act is just part of a government crackdown on their activities