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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.
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CommentAlmost famous
Last week's launch of the Building Hall of Fame was just the beginning of a cyber-odyssey for Nick Jones,who has since encountered androids, hummus and, of course, Sean Bean
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FeaturesThe 99% campaign - Incentives for action
Your suggestions on improving the energy performance of existing building stock including carbon trading, stamp duty and tax relief.
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FeaturesSustainability: Green roofs
Living roofs are often specified for their symbolic value, as a statement of the owner or developer's environmental credentials. But, as Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon explains, there are also tangible cost and performance benefits to going green up top
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Skanska enjoys £1bn month as Barts gets go-ahead
Swedish firm tops monthly league thanks to £1.2bn PFI hospital scheme
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Balfour bids £32m for Birse
Contractor Balfour Beatty has made a £32m recommended offer for civil engineering firm Birse Group as part of a strategy of regional expansion
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Barratt chief Pretty to retire
Housebuilder Barratt Group surprised the industry on Tuesday when it announced that chief executive David Pretty would retire at the end of this year, aged 62.
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Features‘Be careful what you say. If you claim to have done something, I'll check it'
Land Securities, aka the builder's developer, is spending £700m a year. But you won't win any of it if you're what development director Steve McGuckin delicately terms a bullshitter. Katie Puckett found out about his plans to take even tighter control.
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FeaturesPrater learns from rival's fall
SME focus - Two months after buying most of Coverite, the roofer is still cautious over expansion
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CommentAll mod cons
Tarek Merlin traces the erosion of his infatuation with modernism, which he believes has left a terrible legacy
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CommentPlaque removal
An awards ceremony without any prizes - or our man from the BNP; Caruso and the artistic temperament; school's out in Liverpool and Davis Langdon throws its weight around in Dublin
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NewsFresh blow for M11 corridor plans
The government's growth area strategy has suffered a fresh blow after the publication of a planning study criticising the London-to-Peterborough development corridor.
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Housing stats: New-build sales and completions in May 2006
The latest data shows that UK sales and completions are well up on last month - especially in Scotland
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FeaturesBespoke Savill style
An elegant visitor centre with a timber gridshell roof cuts a swath through Windsor Great Park
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CommentStop right there
The Wembley judgment contains all the rough and tumble we expect from a good old construction dust-up, and some pertinent lessons for the 2012 Olympics organisers
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CommentA disaster waiting to happen
Legal aid - This month our panel of experts tackles a dangerous situation at a college where a newly constructed extension is a potential fire hazard. Who is responsible under the design-and-build contract? And who will foot the bill for the remedial work?
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CommentRules of engagement
Last year the British Property Federation's controversial consultants' agreement sparked much ill-feeling. Will a new contract by the Construction Industry Council heal the rift?
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CommentLet's take this inside
Inside job - In the first of a series, Tracey Wood offers insights from her role as in-house lawyer at Costain. To kick off, she explains how a savvy legal department can take risks and save money