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Laing O’Rourke wins £65m luxury Chelsea development
Developer St James Homes appoints contractor one week after Mace departed from first phase of project
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Scott Wilson to design £500m Victoria upgrade
Consultant Scott Wilson has won a contract to design the first phase of a £500m upgrade of Victoria Underground station in central London.
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Chinese charm offensive
Key industry figures have joined prime minister Tony Blair on a charm offensive to China in a bid to promote British business links with the country.
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CABE reserves judgment on ‘bold’ Southwark tower
CABE has given a guarded welcome to architect Ian Simpson’s designs for a huge 69-storey residential tower in Southwark, south London.
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Police investigate leaked bid
Lothian and Borders police in Scotland are investigating Edinburgh council’s £180m schools contract after a senior council employee leaked sensitive bidding information to staff at Balfour Beatty.
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Shareholders may sue Multiplex
Multiplex’s shareholders and former shareholders are planning legal action against it after claims that it may have misled investors over Wembley Stadium.
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BBC to redesign Broadcasting House
The BBC is redesigning the second phase of its £400m Broadcasting House project in Portland Place, London, Building has learned.The second phase, which consists of the demolition of the 1960s extension to the original structure and its replacement with a building that will link Broadcasting House and the east wing, ...
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Permission granted for Mills transformation
DLG Architects’ plan to regenerate Skipton’s Belle Vue Mills gets go-ahead.
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John Callcutt retires as Crest Nicholson chief executive
Chief operating officer Stephen Stone steps up to fill role.
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Carillion looks forward to new growth phase
Group’s order book bulges to £5.4m as focus narrows on PFI
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Pre-tax profits at Galliford Try up 16%
Construction and housebuilding Group unshaken by tricky market conditions
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Skanska wins £70m Scottish PPP school programme
Swedish contractor named preferred bidder for 30-year contract to design, construct, finance and operate eight primary schools for Midlothian council.
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Wilson Bowden reports 13% fall in pre-tax profit
Operating profit at housing division David Wilson Homes drops 20% to £90.2m and operating margin falls by 2.6% to 19.6%.
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Roof contractor boss leaves Wembley project
Bob Miller, head of UK construction at Hollandia and the man responsible for the state-of-the-art stadium roof, departs from the scheme.
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Network Rail guilty of breaking safety rules at Hatfield
Old Bailey finds rail operator at fault, but clears five executives of corporate responsibility for 2000 rail disaster.
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HSE launches health and safety roadshow
Event aimed at highlighting areas of risk to site workers, opens at Persimmon Homes site in Scotland.
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Profits drop 21% at George Wimpey
Strong results in the USA fail to offset poor UK performance.
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Features
Costs: Rainwater harvesting
Rainwater harvesting offers a sustainable solution to water shortages in these hosepipe-banning times. Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans looks at the options and analyses the whole-life costs