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NewsISG Group reveals period of 'exceptionally high turnover'
In trading update, construction services specialist also announces order book of £750m.
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NewsBalfour Beatty stalks Birse
The UK's biggest contractor makes a £32m recommended bid for Northampton-based contractor Birse Group.
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NewsFire engulfs new Guardian HQ at Kings Cross
One person is treated for burns following fire at the Sir Robert McAlpine construction site in central London.
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NewsPersimmon turnover up £410m following Westbury takeover
First half turnover is boosted by £410m following acquisition of Westbury Homes in January.
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NewsKingspan snaps up Xtratherm for £59.8m
Product supplier buys board insulation manufacturer for £59.8m.
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NewsHoward Shiplee lands top job to deliver London Games
ODA hires project manager behind Ascot racecourse as 2012 Olympics' construction director.
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NewsOn the move without a mobile
Building's star columnist is on a train to Cardiff to give a legal lecture, but damn, he's left his mobile behind. Thankfully a kindly trolley lady stepped in and saved the day.
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FeaturesJean de florette
Jean Nouvel's museum of ethnic art in Paris, which opens today, tries to find a flowery architectural language to talk of ‘death and oblivion, visions of haunted places and the consciousness of the sacred'. Martin Spring explains how he set about this somewhat unusual task - and assesses his success.
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Say it in a letter
The claimant, ERDC was a contractor who carried out the construction of a new sport facility for the defendant, Brunel University. ERDC had tendered for the works on the basis of a JCT standard form of contract. The works were carried out under letters of intent pending formal execution ...
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NewsAmec backs away from English PFI hospitals market
Sir Peter Mason warns that other contractors may follow after £167m Essex project collapses
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Walking the plank
This was an appeal by the Grafton Group trading as Plumbase, the Part 20 defendant, against an order finding that Plumbase was negligent in respect of an accident at work sustained by the claimant Andrew Smith, a delivery-man employed by Plumbase. Smith had injured himself when a plank gave way ...
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NewsA campaign of critical importance
Building's new 99% campaign seeks to make existing building stock as sustainable as new developments. The magazine's editor explains why the initiative is so crucial.
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NewsHodge's plea to industry: ‘Judge me by what I do'
Construction minister defends her portfolio from criticism by Building columnist.
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NewsJohn Spanswick wins top safety award
The Outstanding Safety Achievement gong was presented to Spanswick last night at the Building Health and Safety Awards.
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RIBA prepares for annual awards
This evening's RIBA Awards will acknowledge 62 buildings, 54 in the UK and eight in the EU.
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EC Harris lands Crossrail job
Cross London Rail Links appoints consultant to produce cost estimates for the surface railway works to the west and north east of London.
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News99% Campaign launches with high-level support
Building launches important new campaign aimed at improving the energy efficiency of existing buildings.
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NewsWomen to be relieved by new ‘loo standard'
Long queues for the women's toilets could become a thing of the past if a proposal to force developers to provide more facilities in offices is approved.
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FeaturesAn ideal client for firms with a taste for perversity
Frightening, stimulating, argumentative, bewildered by its own bureaucracy but still willing to take chances (don't believe everything the media tells you), the BBC is the best client in Britain for firms who don't just want an easy life.
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CommentViva Zaha!
The Guggenheim's Zaha Hadid exhibition illustrates, with equal clarity, the genius of the architect, the lack of a world-class venue in London and the problems of working in Wales