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Redrow and Miller buck trend with solid profit
Redrow and the Miller Group both defied the weak UK housing market this week by revealing solid profit growth. Redrow reported a 14% rise in pre-tax profit to £141m for the year to 30 June and raised its dividend 20% to 10.8p.
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Carillion wins nuclear work
Carillion has won an £118m contract with British Nuclear Group to build a storage facility for decommissioned materials at Sellafield in Cumbria.
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Weston-super-Mare pier to get £70m makeover
Birkbeck Pier in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, is to have a £70m makeover, in the hope of regenerating the surrounding area.
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Stop sobbing, subbies …
I think subcontractors complain too much about retentions. From experience, I think the subcontractor is often its own worst enemy.
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… Or how about a £500 answer?
We are a small company with a turnover of £1m and have worked successfully with small and major contractors. In all cases 100% of funds are released on completion of our works.
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Four years later
I write as the author of the DTI/Bovis Lend Lease report on the Mid City Place project in London, which was referred to in your article “Driving us crazy”, (2 September - see related articles). Although it is pleasing to see that Mid City Place still being held up as ...
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Why can’t we be more German?
The article on logistics in the UK is timely. If our recent experience as a small firm of architects is anything to go by, our German cousins beat us hands down. We needed eight 250 kg L-shaped pre-cast concrete units for a client near the M25 and found that British ...
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A logistical twist
There is far too much carbon dioxide-emitting traffic on the road, and the government is trying to address the issues through initiatives such as EcoHomes. But one is tempted to think that the authors of such systems have never been outside the Home Counties. Certainly, they do not appear to ...
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Local jobs for local people
In the 12 August issue of Building there is an article entitled “Ethnic minority firm gets helping hand in Burnley” (page 18 - see related articles). The implication of this article – the same implication as contained in a separate recent article in Building about social enterprises – is that ...
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An eye to the future
I would like to point out that the South Bank Centre is not seeking to increase the rent for the BA London Eye from £65,000 to £2.5m as stated in your issue of 2 September (page 15 - see related articles). The South Bank Centre and Bromley council, which has ...
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CommentThe pursuit of youth
This week Building unveils its first ever Graduate Advisory Board to inform the industry of the pertinent issues that are facing young people working across the sector.
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NewsMersey magic
Liverpool is expecting to have a £130m development on its Princes Dock waterfront in time for the city’s European Capital of Culture celebrations in 2008.
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FeaturesHeron gains altitude
Developer Heron has submitted a revised planning application to the Corporation of London to add four storeys onto the proposed tower at 110 Bishopsgate EC2.
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Wates stops work at Urban Catalyst job
Developer Urban Catalyst’s £60m scheme for a public library in Barking, east London, has been put on hold after contractor Wates stopped work this week.
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Client group joins Constructing Excellence
The Construction Clients Group has left the British Property Federation to join Constructing Excellence.
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NewsConran talks about swapping dresses for houses
Fashion designer Jasper Conran aims to follow in the footsteps of Wayne Hemingway and begin designing buildings.
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Kier records 13th successive year of profit growth
Strong performances across the Group don’t stop here, says chairman.
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Controversial rugby school of excellence gets go-ahead
Objections kicked into touch as councillors approve redevelopment scheme in Leeds.
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Miller Group pre-tax profits up 63%
UK’s largest private housebuilder flourishes despite slow market conditions nationwide.