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CommentSupermayor
The London mayor has been gifted superpowers to control housing and planning and the question on everyone’s lips is: how is he going to use them? Ken Livingstone’s pro-growth housing strategy suggests we can be optimistic
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NewsLivingstone to subsidise cheaper housing
London mayor Ken Livingstone intends to use his increased powers to provide more subsidies to developers and housing associations for affordable housing.
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NewsConsultants pull staff out of Lebanon as crisis escalates
Construction body joins forces with security firm to evacuate workers from conflict-torn Beirut
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NewsRise in fraud hits contractors
Economic crime, including fraud and bribery, is on the rise in the global construction industry, according to a survey by Pricewaterhouse Coopers.
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Migrant workers face drugs tests before entering UK
UK firms in talks with EU counterparts ahead of HSE crackdown on migrant worker safety
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Proposals for corporate manslaughter bill revealed
Government unveils proposals for new laws to prosecute companies found guilty of gross negligence on safety.
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NewsAlain gets his architect of happiness
Alain de Botton's developer selects Feilden Clegg Bradley to masterplan 2-hectare site near London
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£1bn nuclear plant may use T5 pay deal
The Aldermaston Atomic Weapons Establishment in Berkshire is in talks over using the Heathrow Terminal 5 agreement on a £1bn scheme.
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JR Knowles' board accepts £7m takeover by Hill
Board of dispute firm J R Knowles recommends offer from construction consultant and legal specialist Hill International
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Profit increases fivefold at Scott Wilson
Preliminary results for the year to 30 April 2006 show the firm’s pre-tax profits leap to £19.3m from just £4.3m the previous year.
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FeaturesTop 150 Contractors and Housebuilders 2006
As the all-powerful supercontractor Amec brings its reign to a close by splitting the company, Mark Leftly takes a look at how the Davids of the industry are coming to the fore.
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Building intelligence Q1 2006: Why the blip?
Experian Business Strategies reports on what happened in 2005 when construction output fell for the first time in a decade – and just how far the industry has to go to recover. Plus, how we compare with the overall economy, and the latest new work and R&M output and order ...
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FeaturesJolly green clients
A strong urge to get back to nature – or at least become more sustainable – has gripped clients this year. Katie Puckett and Caroline Stocks discover how 50 of the biggest spenders are focusing their £12.1bn combined construction budget on all things green
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NewsWolseley revenue shoots up 25%
Materials firm Wolseley announced this week that group revenue for the first 11 months of the financial year had risen 25% on the same period last year.
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CommentThe view from The Edge
Burn, baby, burn - We’re meant to be saving energy, so why does it get cheaper the more you use
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CommentSpeakers cornered
Charles Kennedy spills the beans on how he winds up John Prescott, we find out why Zizou will never get ahead, batty ways to stop planning approval, and a lady’s honour is rescued by some quick thinking
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NewsBrownfield is not always the answer
Home front - The government must take a less dogmatic attitude to greenfield development
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CommentBeyond the liquid lunch
Congratulations on an insightful article (14 July, page 28) that starts to peel away the layers covering drug and alcohol abuse on site.
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Responsible journalism
Last week’s Building provided particular amusement to my wife who has taken to flicking through the latest issue while we enjoy breakfast together on a Saturday.
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A for effort
Your article “CABE: Half of schools are badly designed” (7 July, page 14) gives the wrong message and the report you refer to from CABE is a little out of date, failing as it does to acknowledge the substantial work recently done to improve school design.