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WYG buys Irish firm for 9.7m
Quoted consultant White Young Green has acquired Nolan Ryan Partnership, a 70-strong Irish QS and project manager, for £9.7m.
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Carillion amasses forward orders worth £13bn
Contractor Carillion has increased its order book £6bn over the past six months.
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NewsSwitch at top as Capita Symonds grows
Consultant Capita Symonds has replaced Richard Marchant as managing director after rapid growth at the firm.
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Berkeley to return cash as profit hits £165m
Housebuilder Berkeley Group is on course to return 200p a share to shareholders in January after the sale of Crosby Homes to developer Lend Lease in July last year.
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Rok turnover up 10%
Contractor and developer Rok this week revealed that turnover for the six months to 30 June 2006 was up 10% on the same period last year.
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Kier upbeat about results after public sector boost
Kier Group, the contractor and housebuilder, said this week that profit for the year to 30 June 2006 would be at the higher end of expectations and “well ahead of last year”.
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FeaturesNew boss at John Rowan
SME focus - Consultant raises profit 22% but managing partner is cautious about future growth
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NewsGovernment delays release of PPS3 until autumn
Ministers set to announce postponement of revised planning guidance in the next fortnight
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Prudential plans to build 7500 homes in Berkshire
Insurance company Prudential has unveiled proposals for 7500 homes in Reading, Berkshire.
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EP in talks to buy more NHS land
English Partnerships is in talks with strategic health authorities over acquiring more hospital sites for Housing. The agency is aiming to provide land for 14,000 new houses.
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FeaturesA view from the endless bridge
Jean Nouvel’s Minneapolis theatre makes a home for drama in a bleak Midwestern landscape
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CommentThank heavens for the Olympics
It’s been a devil of a week on the playing fields. The English cricket team was whitewashed by Sri Lanka, all the Brits crashed out of Wimbledon and the football team … well let’s not go there.
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FeaturesThe gasman cometh …
Mark Clare, formerly of British Gas, is set to put Barratt on the acquisition trail
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FeaturesWhere are we now?
It’s been a year since London got the job of hosting the 2012 Olympics, and to the untrained eye, nothing much seems to have happened. Mark Leftly commentates on what’s been going on, and what’s planned for the next six years and three weeks
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NewsThe Kensington blimp
This is not a huge white airship but the roof to this year’s summer pavilion for the Serpentine gallery in Kensington Gardens, west London.
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NewsShadow environment minister backs 99% campaign
Building’s 99% Campaign gained further ground in Westminster this week after receiving the backing of shadow environment minister Greg Barker.
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CABE reveals Better Public Building Awards shortlist
CABE this week unveiled the 14-strong shortlist for the prime minister’s Better Public Building Awards.
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Top consultants guide
Architects, cost consultants, engineers, surveyors, project managers – this is your chance to get your company listed in our definitive guide to the industry’s top consultants.
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NewsPalestras pod
Architect Sheppard Robson’s interior design group, ID:SR, has unveiled this concept for the London Development Agency’s offices in Will Alsop’s latest building, the Palestra.