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    Lighten up, Alex

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    After Alex Brett's letter last week (3 March "My bloody Valentine"), I can't wait to hear his reaction to the "How to survive an office romance" article featured in the same issue.

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    Bingham back at school

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    Tony Bingham's typically tongue-in-cheek "nursery school" article, (3 March) was in fact a serious commentary on the recent all-day conference held by the DTI to try to repair some holes in the otherwise successful adjudication provisions, now some eight years old. There were 150 industry "all sorts" invited to inform ...

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    Watch where you're pointing that

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    Building's last "At your service" set of legal questions and answers (3 March) very helpfully summarised changes in the JCT98 standard form.

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    The land of smiles and mass protest

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    An extract from Building journalist Nick Jones' Bangkok blog …

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    Shhhhhhh!

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    Here is our very own government ensuring that full health and safety regulations are being adhered to while works are being carried out on a secret government building in central London … This is one way to bring in some unwanted attention!

  • This war memorial is in a central location in a British town. But what is the building behind it?
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    In the detail

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    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?

  • 1 40 Portman Square, W1, 2 International House, EC3, 3 Kings Cross, WC1
    Features

    Place your bets

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    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?

  • From a distance, the business village looks like any other collection of parkland offices up and down the country
    Features

    An answer in the cold, cold earth

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • Key players from the industry and ODPM went head to head, and found a surprising consensus on the need to cut red tape.
    Features

    Reaching the summit

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • Pedro Roos
    Features

    Appointments

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    Movers and shakers this week...

  • Mark Whitaker
    Features

    Just the job: secure foundations

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    Mark Whitaker tells Emily Wright what a bomb disposal expert is doing in the construction industry

  • News

    Interserve's Middle East expansion pays off

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    The expansion of support services company Interserve in the Middle East has helped raise profit more than 15%.

  • News

    John Laing's £36m result

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    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

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    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

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • Gene Murtagh
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    Kingspan boss sets out plans for world domination

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    Gene Murtagh aims to double size of materials business every five years and expand across globe

  • Hansom
    Comment

    Hansom

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    Alun Michael at an industry dinner proves to be as nervous as a Dartford warbler on a Berkshire housing development (for explanation, see below)

  • On line: Barking Riverside is set to benefit from the DLR extension
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    DLR extension to boost Barking Riverside

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • UK map with regional completions
    News

    Data: New-build completions in February

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    Completions are up on last month in all areas of the country except Merseyside, which suffered a slight dip

  • Harry Patch
    Features

    Harry Patch (1899-present)

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    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