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NewsTurnover up 10% at Rok
Contractor and developer wins £300m of new social housing work and becomes top three player in the sector.
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NewsLatium extends offer for Ultraframe
Over 80% of Ultraframe shareholders accept £29.2m bid as Latium Holdings extends offer until Friday.
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First BSF reaches financial close
Skanska and partners reach financial close on £173m Building Schools for the Future programme in Bristol
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NewsGleeson sells £29.7m of property to reduce debts
Housebuilder sells commercial property investments to Teesland IOB, Kiln Lane and Maybrook Properties.
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Barratt wins nine Scottish school sites
Nearly 1,400 homes will be built on former school land in South Lanarkshire, West Scotland.
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NewsRegs minister backs our 99% Campaign
Angela Smith pledges her support, and initiates reform of Building Regs
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NewsThe latest in hassle-free housebuilding
H+H Celcon has introduced the Rå House (pronounced "raw"), a new concept in masonry construction. It is made from Celcon aircrete blocks stuck together using the "Thin-Joint" system. The floors and roofs also use proprietary systems, and there is an option to use Celcon Foundation blocks and the Celcon Flooring ...
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Get your Sustainability Awards entries in
The Concrete Centre is inviting entries for its Sustainability Awards 2006.
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Permeable paving goes mainstream
A new report from Interpave, Permeable Paving Projects: Concrete Block Permeable Pavements Case Studies and Update, provides evidence of the movement of concrete block permeable pavement technology into the mainstream.
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Trent's Sheffield job starts on site
Construction is now under way on a 13-storey residential development in Tenter Street, Sheffield, which was designed by Axis Architecture.
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Who gets the final word?
The parties contracted on 2 May 2001 to carry out works in Perth. This comprised alterations to a building in order to produce a water-tight shell. The contract incorporated the conditions of the Scottish Building Contract without Quantities, Contractor’s Design Portion (January 2000 revision), with amendments. The work began on ...
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NewsTurner & Townsend and EC Harris form nuclear pact
Firms form joint venture in anticipation of decision to build new wave of power stations
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NewsEvents - Daniel Libeskind to present 2006 BCA Berthold Lubetkin memorial lecture
Architect Daniel Libeskind is to present this year's British Cement Association Berthold Lubetkin Memorial Lecture, sponsored by The Concrete Centre.
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Events - Graduate summer workshop will examine ‘adventures beyond modernism'
The resurgence of interest in the potential of concrete and its architectural and engineering possibilities will be examined as part of the 2006 graduate summer workshop, to be held between 21 and 25 August.
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Events - Papers wanted for the Concrete Communication Conference 2006
A call for papers has been issued for the forthcoming Concrete Communications Conference 2006, to be hosted by The Concrete Centre, the British Cement Association and The Concrete Society.
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NewsConcrete Centre names winners of student design competition
The judges were impressed by the entries for the ‘plastic-opacity' themed contest, reports The Concrete Centre's Allan Haines
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NewsCarillion shocks Mowlem suppliers with 65-day policy
Subcontractors told they must wait 30 days longer for payment than the industry average
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NewsOlympic body appoints infrastructure and safety chiefs
The Olympic Delivery Authority makes more key appointments for the construction programme of the 2012 Olympic Games
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FeaturesLet's stay together
Bob Johnston was given the top job at Bovis and told to strengthen the bonds between parent and subsidiary. But that doesn't mean he's there to dispense group hugs. Angela Monaghan found out about his plans to double profits.