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NewsHays in competition probe
Office of Fair Trading visited recruitment giant last month over possible breaches of competition law
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Features
Market forecast: Output recovering
In the latest quarterly focus on industry trends, Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon reveals that after a slow 2005, output is climbing back up – and prices with it. Plus, a look behind curtain walls
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FeaturesThe insiders
These men are paid to know your business better than you know it yourself. They are private investigators hired by construction firms hit by employee crime, whether on site or in the boardroom. Their job is to expose the enemy within.
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CommentGive us our time back
Legal aid — This month our panel of experts locks horns with a client that has withdrawn an extension of time, sacked the architect and refuses to pay what’s due. Should the contractor down tools, lean on the new architect – or is adjudication the answer?
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FeaturesThe Treasury’s little brother … demands to be heard
Since 2001 the Office of Government Commerce has been quietly plodding away without anyone taking much notice. But now, as Katie Puckett reports, two seemingly very different procurement reforms are set to grab the attention of the government and the industry.
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Wolseley buys firm for 1.35bn
Acquisitive building materials giant Wolseley has secured its biggest ever deal, with the £1.35bn purchase of Danish rival DT Group from CVC Capital Partners.
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Balfour Beatty back on top with £600m deals in June
Business barometer Giant leads all three contractor league tables, helped by £553m PFI hospital
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CommentFeeling the heat
The weather lands a housing officer in hot water on a prison trip and drives Ruth Kelly off on her hols three days early, leaving it to former Bovis execs and tabloid editors to remain career-focused
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Housing stats: New-build sales and completions in June 2006
The latest data shows that regional completions are well up on last month, but sales have dipped since June 2005
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CommentDriven to drink
While it is an unwelcome statistic that so many people from the construction industry have drink and drug addictions (14 July), it is not wholly surprising and points to a more fundamental issue.
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Comment
The NatWest express
In the article “Express elevation” (23 June) it is suggested that British Land and Bovis Lend Lease are setting a precedent for new buildings in the UK by using double-deck lifts.
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Comment
Roll on June
I welcome the ministerial statement confirming that an energy performance certificate will remain a mandatory part of the home information packs from 1 June 2007.
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Comment
Great strides in Uttlesford
In response to your 99% Campaign, I would like to draw your attention to an initiative we have undertaken at Uttlesford council.
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Comment
The king is dead, actually
According to Building (14 July), Lord Foster’s proposals to construct a 200-mile canal from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea have the approval of King Hussein of Jordan.
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CommentBanana skins are so last century
Bill Mellor of Coins Construction Software spotted this temporary pipework crossing a pavement in St Petersburg, Russia.
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News
Levitt Bernstein takes on Herzog job
Architect Levitt Bernstein has been chosen to replace Stirling prize winners Herzog & de Meuron after it quit a housing scheme in east London.