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Property developer fined £100,000 after site death
HSE successfully prosecutes property developer following a fatal fall through an unguarded opening.
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Reservations down at Taylor Woodrow
Housebuilder says that house reservations are down on the same period last year, but says market has improved since end of 2004.
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NewsAndrew Wyllie appointed Costain boss
Wyllie will resign as managing director of Taylor Woodrow Construction to take up chief executive at Costain.
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FMB backs ASBOs for rogue traders
The Federation of Master Builders backs a court ruling in Cheshire that gave a cowboy builder a five-year ASBO.
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NewsWindow falls 400ft from Swiss RE tower
Building engineers examine 744 similar windows in Gherkin as plaza is sealed off to protect passers by.
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NewsRogers sets up lobby group of industrys biggest hitters
New advisory group within Strategic Forum of ‘powerful leading businessmen’ to wield greater political influence.
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Strategic Forum issues ultimatum to CSCS owners
Construction body says it will step in unless unions and CITB-ConstructionSkills resolve dispute.
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Clarity counts
An employee of BT Fleet Ltd had been injured in the company workshop while lifting a tyre onto a tyre-changing machine. A health and safety inspector named Mr McKenna visited the site and issued an improvement notice under section 21 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. The ...
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Another executive takes flight from Jarvis
The managing director of the plant division of Jarvis has become the latest member of senior management to quit.
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Schools & hospitals: Election Battleground no2
Ambitious programmes of school and hospital building have been cornerstones of the Labour governments education and health policies. Building casts a critical eye over how successful those multibillion-pound programmes have been, looks at the key manifesto pledges of the three main parties and finds out what surveyors think of the ...
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Features
It’s who you know
Want to further your career? Young Entrepreneurs in Property has a networking solution
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FeaturesCost model: Theatres
Davis Langdon looks at the design and value drivers, operational considerations, procurement issues and of course costs associated with theatre new-build and refurbishment
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FeaturesGoodbye, Mr Chapman
Sir Sydney Chapman, the only qualified architect in the House of Commons and the man behind the controversial Portcullis House project, retired from parliament last week after 30 years as a Conservative MP – but not before enjoying a final cuppa in the Commons tearoom
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PFI experts in conflict over how to tackle bid costs
RICS report sparks debate over whether government should pay back bid costs to shortlisted firms
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Bellway shares up 18p despite poor market
Shares in housebuilder Bellway shot up 18.5p on Tuesday when it announced a big hike in its interim dividend and a strong pre-tax profit.
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Stock market ignores housebuilders’ profits
Figures from the close of trading on London’s stock market last week revealed the extent to which share prices in the housing sector fail to reflect companies’ profitability
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WSP takes over Middle Eastern engineer
Quoted building consultant WSP has expanded its international business with the acquisition of a Middle Eastern engineering company.
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CommentCome in for a chat …
Our CAD blogger files another report from the world of short-term contract employment – except that this time she finds herself temporarily between jobs