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  • News

    Heron set to swoop on Gleeson's housing division

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    Gerald Ronson faces competition from Gladedale and Miller Group for £160m-turnover business

  • BAA
    News

    BAA rejects Ferrovial offer

    2006-03-17T15:07:00Z

    Airport operator says it 'had no hesitation' in rejecting the conditional cash offer, which valued BAA at £8.75bn

  • News

    Skanska appoints Bush aide to oversee PPP expansion

    2006-03-17T11:09:00Z

    Karl Reichelt, a former aide to US president George Bush, is one of two vice presidential appointments to contractor's international PPP division.

  • Animal protester
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    Firms shun drug sector as extremist threats escalate

    2006-03-17T07:22:00Z

    Contractors refuse to work on projects unrelated to laboratories as ALF issues new threat to Oxford project.

  • Fears are mounting over threats
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    Firms shun drug sector as extremist threats escalate

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    Contractors refuse to work on projects unrelated to laboratories as ALF issues new threat to Oxford project

  • News

    Schmidlin find buyer

    2006-03-17T15:43:00Z

    Bankrupt Swiss cladding firm is bought by TSK Troester Group.

  • George Hay blue blog
    News

    My best ever MIPIM

    2006-03-17T10:55:00Z

    As well as a constant hangover, Building's news editor also picked up a decent amount of scurrilous gossip at the Cannes property fest. Some of which we are able to publish in his blog.

  • News

    Ken signs up green architects

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    London mayor Ken Livingstone this week signed up two top architects to help set tough BedZED-style targets, as he called on UK construction to make sustainability the key priority.

  • News

    Amey doubles profit to £52m

    2006-03-17T15:25:00Z

    Turnover tops £1bn at support services firm as 2006 starts with big contract wins.

  • Mr Justice Jackson
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    Judge conducts fact-finding mission at Wembley

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    Mr Justice Jackson views site to prepare trial between Cleveland Bridge and Multiplex

  • News

    Judge conducts fact-finding mission at Wembley

    2006-03-17T07:18:00Z

    Mr Justice Jackson views site to prepare trial between Cleveland Bridge and Multiplex

  • News

    Project team revealed for £100m ex-Home Office HQ

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    Aukett Fitzroy Robinson and Bucknall Austin behind the redevelopment of Sir Basil Spence's Queen Anne's Gate

  • News

    Shortlist announced for first phase of Elephant & Castle

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    Cartwright Pickard, Haworth Tompkins and Panter Hudspith to fight it out for 200-home phase of £1.5bn scheme

  • News

    Structures

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    This foray into the world of building structures begins with this startling, earthquake-proof house suspended over a New Zealand cliff-face. Plus overleaf we report on the vexed subject of new European standards, look at the costs of concrete repair and offer guides to products and suppliers

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    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

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  • Michael Latham
    Comment

    Doing the House work

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    The DTI wants action, but it's not down to the DTI or the industry lobbyists. MPs must rule on the Construction Act review - if they can find the time

  • Comment

    Fight the flab

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    Want to slim down the social housing bill? Just form a consortium of social landlords to procure work collectively, then sit back and watch the pounds fall off …

  • Comment

    An unlikely story

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    According to the JCT, certifiers are supposed to be impartial even though they're being paid by the client. So does anyone on Planet Earth believe that they are?

  • Comment

    How to be clever

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    Intellectual property rights are vital to ensure you can exclusively exploit a technology or design, but how do you ensure you've got the right level of protection?

  • Comment

    This Iranian job of yours

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    If the UN punishes Iran for its nuclear activities, UK firms out there could suffer. Here's how to limit the damage