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Costs: Timber cladding for walls
Timber cladding is an attractive and sustainable option for external walls. Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans assesses commonly available options and their whole-life costs
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NewsHSE postpones new CDM Regulations
The regulations, which cover safety in construction design, will now be introduced six months late, in spring 2007, to give officials time to finalise changes.
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NewsFuture of Swiss Re cladding firm hangs in balance
Schmidlin UK, the cladding contractor behind Heathrow Terminal 5 and the Gherkin, learns that Swiss parent company has gone bankrupt.
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Profit slides 23% at Ben Bailey
Yorkshire-based housebuilder posts 22.9% drop in pre-tax profits, down from £16.4m in 2004 to £12.65m in 2005.
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Weak housing results hit Taylor Woodrow profit
Strong growth in US offsets poor UK performance at housebuilder where operating profits fell 22%.
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NewsA slight pain in the glass
Building's architectural editor lives in a Victorian house. Read his diatribe on modern windows and you'll understand why.
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NewsSeven-year ownership deal agreed for CSCS
CSCS Ltd to own skills card scheme and CITB-ConstructionSkills to act as service provider.
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Atkins appoints Michael Hayes as rail consultant
The former Strategic Raily Authority consultant will lead the rail forecasting team.
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NewsPersimmon posts bumper 2005 profits
Persimmon records a pre-tax profit of £495.4m despite challenging market conditions.
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NewsProfit drops 2% at Ferrovial
Spanish contractor, which is considering a bid for airport operator BAA, sees net profit fall from £360m in 2004 to £283m in 2005.
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New head for RICS public affairs unit
Ex-head of European policy Jill Craig fills role while Brian Berry is appointed head of public policy following shake up.
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NewsJapanese firm buys Pilkington
Pilkington accepts £1.8bn takeover bid after three months of talks with Nippon Sheet Glass.
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Turnover leaps 70% at Pochin's
Regional contractor posts pre-tax profit to 20 November 2005 of £7.43m, up from £0.5m in 2004.
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Lung foundation attacks asbestos proposals
British Lung Foundation presents petition to the government condemning HSE proposal to relax asbestos regulations
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Hammerson profit up 69%
Developer's profit increases to £699m as it predicts substantial increase in rental income.
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Interserve wins £100m defence contract
Support services company wins contract to support infrastructure on the Ministry of Defence bases in Cyprus.
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Barclays appoints MAS at 450 buildings
Mowlem Asset Services will provide property services to 450 Barclay buildings in five-year contract.