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CRH buys Chinese cement plant
Materials group breaks into Chinese market by purchasing cement plant in north-east China
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NewsAnother brick and a fall
The strongest mortar known to mankind must have been used on this project in Ely
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NewsWolseley snaps up five firms for £111m
Building materials supplier expects acquisitions to add £148m to revenue
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NewsMPs condemn training body's move into Poland
Also In the papers this weekend the ODA sets up team to strutinise the Olympics and the latest on the Corus takeover
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NewsHSE's migrant worker warning
Report says migrant workers suffer a disproportionate number of accidents and are afraid to report incidents to employers
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NewsTimber takes 20% of housing market
Homes built using timber rises 3% while proportion of social housing constructed using method hits 58%
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Tower crane training courses launched
National Construction College launches two course in crane operating courses amid calls to improve safety after Battersea accident
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NewsTime to checkout
Seven stories up with unsecured stepladders and no harnesses, this can't be a recommended stay
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NewsO’Rourke reveals expansion plans as profit jumps 44%
Contractor split into international hubs, identifying Gulf states as target for growth
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CommentWages of fear
Endangering the minimum wage is just one of the claimed hazards of the new age discrimination law. The bloggers have uncovered even greater depths of influence.
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NewsInterserve could involve police in accounting irregularities case
Company admits it may have to bring in outside agencies, as strong results fuel rise in share price
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CommentNet result
For the fans, the Arsenal stadium is a great result, but architecturally it’s in the second division
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NewsShops snub mixed-use schemes in London
About one-third of the commercial space in new mixed-use developments in London is lying empty, a report by London Development Research has revealed.
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CommentDo you want to know a secret?
A leaked letter from the DTI is very revealing as to the latest government thinking on reforms to adjudication, particularly its apparent disregard for the construction industry’s views
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FeaturesGods of the Plague
They gave Shepherd Construction a two-sheet brief and asked it to build a lab secure enough to test the most dangerous virus on Earth … inside six months. Thomas Lane reports on how the team took the test and triumphed
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ISG and Overbury top London fit-outs
Two contractors have won more than 50% of fit-out work in the London office market over the past two years, according to Metropolis Property Research.
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News‘Double decker’ family homes to meet high-density demand
Bellway Homes and English Partnerships aim to build four-storey blocks in Barking Riverside
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NewsWimpey to build £60,000 homes for first-time buyers
G2 subsidiary will sell one and two-bedroom homes in northern England and the Midlands