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NewsA moving performance
This is the winning design by architects AOC and engineers Momentum and Mark Prizeman for the first ever London International Festival of Theatre (Lift) in 2008.
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FeaturesSpecialist cost update: Services
The services sector accounts for more than a quarter of construction by value. In our latest specialist update, the expert team at Gardiner & Theobald take a look at the latest trends and costs in the mechanical, electrical and plumbing, lifts and escalators and ICT markets
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NewsI wonder what the method statement said...
And the traffic warden should be approaching with a ticket round about now.
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NewsCuban scaffold shortage
If I use the tip of my left shoulder to brace myself against this wall I should be fine.
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NewsHalcrow to expand nuclear division
Halcrow among contractors preparing for £12bn of nuclear investment following publication of energy review
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NewsBovis and Lend Lease: The full story!
Building’s editor explains why any news surrounding Bovis Lend Lease brings out the Heat reader in everyone in the construction industry
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NewsWhy use scaffolding when you can use a ladder?
The technically incorrect way to nail a timber slat to an outside wall
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200 new homes destroyed on St George site
Completed homes were among 200 units wiped out by huge blaze on development in Colindale
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Abbey profit drops 18%
Irish contractor reports pre-tax profit of £32.6m for the year to 30 April 2006.
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NewsDead workman's family compensated £104,000
Robertson Construction ordered to pay compensation to family of roofer killed on Scottish school site
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Encon appoints Gerry Fallon as managing director
Fallon will succeed Douglas McKerracher who is set to retire at the end of July
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NewsCM Parker Browne wins £130m academy deal
Consultant CM Parker Browne wins £130m contract for five United Learning Trust academy projects
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NewsGreen light for nuclear power
Government energy review says nuclear power stations would reduce carbon emissions and reduce reliance on imported energy
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NewsInterior Services Group buys ISG Asia for £4.6m
British-based ISG currently has a 22% share in ISG Asia, the FM and project management business
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NewsTaywood announces 10% growth in landbank
Housebuilder's trading update reveals landbank of 38,498 plots in the UK.
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NewsBovis boss Johnston brings in Aussie to run UK arm
Shocked staff complain of ‘personality-less firm’ as British boss Jason Millett takes his leave
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CommentStuff happens
Here’s an immutable fact: the world is changing faster than we can put buildings up. So, when it comes to big construction schemes, it’s naive to expect a precise specification and no changes mid-project