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Features
Building intelligence Q2 2006: Slow start
Since the fall in output in 2005 – widely regarded as a blip – the industry has failed to bounce back at the speed predicted. But although public sector output declined in the first half of 2006, there has been an acceleration in the commercial sector
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Jarvis review sparks break-up rumours
Jarvis sparked rumours of a break-up last week when it announced that it had hired merchant bank Close Brothers to conduct a strategic review of the business.
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Hyder raises £7.8m war chest
Hyder Consulting has raised about £7.8m for acquisitions in Germany and Hong Kong by issuing new shares.
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McInerney Homes boosted by 80% increase in UK turnover
Irish developer McInerney Homes posted a positive set of interim results thanks to a strong performance by its UK operation.
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CommentPrefabrication in the sixties
Now and then — David Rogers on the government’s endless efforts to get the industry to embrace modern methods
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CommentIn a packed page
… this week we bring you airborne executives, amphibious journalists, frustrated ministers, belligerent philanthropists, disguised contractors and engineering gourmands …
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NewsHow can we build homes for all?
Home front — Without more available land and a faster planning process, the PGS will fail
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FeaturesWelcome to Pete Waterman’s ‘institute for the mentally insane’
The Pop Idol panellist, and man behind Kylie and Rick Astley, opens the doors to his ‘creative village’ – a 300,000ft² redevelopment of London’s County Hall
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CommentDont panic!
We all hope we’d cope in a crisis, but few of us plan for one. In the first of our security series Angus Darroch-Warren explains what to do when the nightmare scenario strikes …
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CommentA culture of risk
Denise Chevin’s leader about the economic impact of Eastern European workers on the UK construction industry (25 August, page 3) makes a lot of sense.
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Comment
College farce
The news that the National Construction College is facing closure (29 September, page 28) is the most ridiculous thing I’ve read in Building for years – we’re building the Olympic site on top of everything else and shutting down the facility we need to train people at the same time? ...
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Comment
Almshouses for the future
I read Mark Leftly’s blog on freeing up controls on retirement homes (26 July, www.building.co.uk/blogs) with incredulity. Perhaps he ought to talk to some people a bit closer to retirement.
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Comment
We’re already hands-on, John
I read John Spanswick’s column (15 September, page 32) with some amusement. Perhaps if he were to open his eyes, he would realise that there is, in fact, intelligent life outside of the headquarters of the Major Contractors Group.
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CommentThe Wiltshire Evel Knievel
After our whistlestop world tour of safety blunders, we’re back in Blighty this week to witness a (hopefully) death-defying stunt involving a motorbike, a couple of ladders and a nice, slopey roof.
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Features‘Maybe we are just waking up to a serious problem’
After two men died in a crane collapse in Battersea last week, the public suddenly started treating all cranes with suspicion. Sarah Richardson looks at whether they have good reason to
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