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Balfour Beatty cements its dominance of UK contracting
Scottish company completes triple in contracting league tables
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Dodds plans Kier exit strategy
John Dodds, the 61-year-old chief executive of Kier Group, has rebutted speculation that he will shortly step down, saying he “will be around in 12 months’ time for the next results”.
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FeaturesThe subtle art of regime change
New construction chiefs seeking to stamp their authority on a firm by overhauling it do so at their peril. Staff can be alienated as much as inspired, quite apart from what the outgoing boss thinks …
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CommentDisappearing acts
This week, champagne-soaked yachters see Mace ‘lose a man overboard’, guests at a RMJM bash trail away like smoke, Colin Harding doesn’t disappear after all, and we find out what happened to page 68
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Levy could threaten housing growth, says study
The government could undermine its own housing growth plans in south-east England if it introduces the planning gain supplement, a report warns this week.
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Regeneration sector hit by recruitment and retention crisis
Some regeneration bodies are retaining staff for as little as a year, as the sector struggles with a recruitment crisis.
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NewsA bonfire of the quangos
Home front — The polarised debate about merging regeneration agencies is missing the point
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FeaturesCalatrava swoops on Belgium
The architect–engineer is topping a Liège train station with yet another astonishing roof
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NewsTaken as red
The Office for Subversive Architecture collective has unveiled this image of a temporary structure built on top of a new gallery in Liverpool, called Greenland Street.
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NewsFrom the ashes
The derelict Imperial Tobacco HQ in south Bristol, the first British building by US architect Skidmore Owings & Merrill, is to be turned into sustainable flats and live-work units by developer Urban Splash.
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FeaturesBlair’s last lap
With Tony Blair fast running out of time to tackle the policy issues of central concern to the construction industry, Building spoke to 10 of its leading figures to see what they want from Blair before he goes. Or will it be left to Gordon Brown to take the baton ...
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FeaturesA 2bn student village in a bullet-proof vest
Construction of the first entire garrison to be built in 100 years is being marshalled with the same discipline and tactical precision needed in times of war.
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CommentRefuelling the renewable debate
Unless we act now, within 15 years fossil fuels will become too expensive and the effects of climate change irreversible. Bill Dunster looks to a more renewable future
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FeaturesMorriss ignites SPPARC
SME focus — Maverick boss’ methods boost turnover from £400,000 to £1.8m in four years
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FeaturesFrankenstein’s mentor
There is nothing to fear, the monster on the right is an amalgam of the qualities you should look for in a mentor. Katie Puckett explains how he was put together.
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FeaturesWhole-life costs: Basements
In this quarter’s comparison of whole-life costs, David Weight of Currie & Brown digs deep into the financial pros and cons of adding a basement or half-basement to your building
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FeaturesDown on the farm
Sonia Soltani reports on how a York council building is demonstrating the eco-credentials of an unlikely building material … straw
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FeaturesWhat to specify: 100% Detail 100% Design
Specifiers hunting for the latest in eco-friendly design should check out 100% Detail and 100% Design, on now at London’s Earls Court. You can also find out about sustainable products right here, including a cost-effective wind turbine and a bathroom water-saving device