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NewsKBR makes waves with BAE
Halliburton subsidiary KBR plans to build two aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy, Stuart Lipton sings the praises of local councils and Mark Thatcher puts his house up for sale in South Africa.
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Crane collapse kills two
Two men are killed and one injured when a crane collapsed at Highdown School in West Sussex last Friday.
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NewsBBC dossier reveals impact of Freedom of Information Act
Corporation’s internal documents disclose bitter year-long battle between Bovis and Schal for £400m contract.
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NewsParis airport disaster report set to blame GTM
Paris newspaper suggests that board of inquiry will point finger at construction company for roof collapse that killed four.
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NewsParis promises 11,000 Olympic homes
The Paris 2012 Olympic bid says it will provide 11,000 new homes if it wins the Games.
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FeaturesGoing straight
Why John Laing Training has looked to prisons in an effort to help solve the skills shortage
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Specialist costs: Structural steel
With steel demand at an all-time high last year, David Cane, associate at Gardiner & Theobald, considers what’s next for the sector – plus David Sands of Bourne Steel gets a grilling
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FeaturesThe top 10 most disastrous building projects in the world EVER
Budgets spiralling to the size of a small country’s GDP. Vast body counts. Overruns that go on for centuries … Yes, in the style of a Channel 4 filler show, and on the back of the nightmare that is the National Physical Laboratory, it’s the worst projects ever
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Troubled Mowlem changes finance directors
Mowlem has issued a second profit warning in as many months, announced that finance director Gerry Brown was leaving the company, and appointed a replacement this week
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Morgan aims to storm forward with land firm
Steve Morgan, former boss of Redrow, aims to quadruple the size of a key division in his latest venture, Harrow Estates, by the end of 2008.
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Cyril Sweetts dream team launch growth strategy
New bosses target growing markets and regions in drive to hit £50m turnover by 2007
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In praise of propellerheads
The idea of turning the north bank of the Thames into a cultural centre to rival the south is a good idea that probably won’t happen, for these reasons …
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Can paris be beaten?
The bookies, the population of Paris and the Queen of England all think that the French are about to add the 2012 Olympic Games to their sporting triumphs. We met the people behind the bid and found out why they’re so confident …
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Steve Morgan
With Liverpool still ignoring his advances, the former Redrow boss is turning his attention to a new land-purchase venture. We meet a man throwing himself into his work …
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CommentOne project away from disaster
It’s a cruel study in contrasting fortunes. In the same week that BP announced a £9.3bn profit, Mowlem issued another profit warning
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