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The land of smiles and mass protest
An extract from Building journalist Nick Jones' Bangkok blog …
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CommentIn the detail
Can you identify this building to win a bottle of Quinto do Vale D.Maria 1999 gold medal-winning port and a £25 drinks voucher, courtesy of door manufacturer Vicaima?
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FeaturesPlace your bets
The consensus in the industry is that the office market is finally back. But which particular project should you be trying to win work on?
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FeaturesAn answer in the cold, cold earth
So you don't want the expense and obloquy of air-conditioning, but you'd rather not risk a naturally ventilated solution? Luckily there's a highly effective third way, which you'll soon be able to inspect at a business park outside Luton.
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FeaturesReaching the summit
Building has been urging government to Reform the Regs for months. Now, the campaign has moved up a gear with a summit at our offices. Key players from the industry and ODPM went head to head, and found a surprising consensus on the need to cut red tape.
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FeaturesJust the job: secure foundations
Mark Whitaker tells Emily Wright what a bomb disposal expert is doing in the construction industry
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Interserve's Middle East expansion pays off
The expansion of support services company Interserve in the Middle East has helped raise profit more than 15%.
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John Laing's £36m result
PFI specialist John Laing said a rights issue and disposals in the secondary market had led to a rise in profit of 43% to £36m in 2005.
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Bovis Homes links profit fall to smaller houses
Bovis Homes said this week that its increasing emphasis on smaller, cheaper homes had contributed to a 20% fall in profit in 2005.
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Boxall Sayer reports 19% pre-tax profit hike
Boxall Sayer, the quantity surveyor, has reported healthy results with a 19% rise in pre-tax profit, a 21% increase in turnover and an order book that has doubled in value to £2bn.
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NewsKingspan boss sets out plans for world domination
Gene Murtagh aims to double size of materials business every five years and expand across globe
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NewsDLR extension to boost Barking Riverside
The embattled Barking Riverside project, one of the most critical regeneration sites in the Thames Gateway, is to move forward after the government approved an extension to the Docklands Light Railway.
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NewsData: New-build completions in February
Completions are up on last month in all areas of the country except Merseyside, which suffered a slight dip
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FeaturesHarry Patch (1899-present)
Reluctant celebrity Harry Patch still shudders to recall the horrors of the First World War - as well as the dangers he faced back home as a high-rise builder. Building met the 107-year-old
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FeaturesEnric's last hurrah
Part magic carpet ride, part Indonesian village hall, Barcelona's Santa Catarina market bears all the inventiveness of its architect's founder - the late Enric Miralles.
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FeaturesRunning scared
It began with protests against the building of animal research laboratories in Cambridge and Oxford. Now those protests have mushroomed to target any construction firms connected with Oxford University, Oxford city or the entire pharmaceutical sector. Sarah Richardson reports on the campaign that turned into a war - and how ...
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CommentTime to Cannes MIPIM
MIPIM started as a harmless chance to swap business cards in the sun. That was before it all got out of hand, with parties and the rise of the sinister ‘Organisers'