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St Gobain profits from buoyant UK repair market
St Gobain, one of the world’s biggest building materials companies, said that a strong repair and maintenance market in the UK helped to increase profitability last year.
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FeaturesBullish Barratt takes social housing by the horns
A packed order book and record profits put the company in a strong position, says boss David Pretty
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CommentLet’s not be victims
If the private sector slumps, unfortunately so too do its obligations to social housing. But that does not mean government will inevitably miss its targets. Here’s why …
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FeaturesSecond thoughts
Notes from a Small Island, Bill Bryson’s very funny, very charming and highly critical account of Britain in the 1990s, made Britons look at themselves slightly differently. But what would he write if he took the same journey today?
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CommentHired gun takes a bullet
Here’s a story about an expert witness who, after giving evidence, is being pursued through the courts for £400,000 over an alleged breach of duty
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An expensive way to flip a coin
On why he is now advising some construction clients embroiled in complex cases to bypass the adjudication process and initiate court proceedings
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The price we pay
Hammonds and Building have finished their research into adjudicators’ fee rates, and – surprise, surprise – they’re on their way north. But that’s not all …
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Lessons from abroad
Building is to be congratulated for highlighting the French inroads made over recent years in the UK construction market (21 January, page 38).
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Private and proud
As you point out (14 January, page 32), Allyson Pollock has been an ideological opponent of the PFI for the past seven years.
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Bring out the big guns
How excited many of us were when the New Labour government answered our long-held wish and created the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, bringing transport and land-use planning together at last and giving the construction industry a single body to talk to. Alas, as Sir Michael Latham ...
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Smart money
I am delighted that the construction industry in the commercial sector is enjoying a five-year high (14 January, page 20). I am also particularly pleased builders are benefiting from restored confidence within manufacturing companies.
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That joke isn’t funny any more
Your backward-looking “joke” (21 January, page 29) comparing the rivalry between developers Schroder and Arrowcroft to a drunken brawl and the London Blitz and the, no doubt made-up, comment by a “concerned observer” really is outdated and unsophisticated.
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Carry on screening
I’ve just completed my screen test – not for any starring role on the silver screen, but in many ways equally important. I am, of course, talking about the health and safety screen test that is required for the CSCS card registration scheme.
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Market forecast: Onwards and upwards
In this quarter’s overview of the construction economy, Davis Langdon reports that output and orders are rising steadily for now – as are tender prices and materials costs. Plus, we hone in on another hot topic
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Jarvis saved by sale of £147m Tube Lines stake
Banks agree to extension of debt facility to 2006 after Jarvis strikes deal with Amey, boosting shares 15%
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Linden boss predicts more housebuilder mergers
The chief executive of private housebuilder Linden said this week that there will be more mergers among quoted companies.
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Growth slowdown predicted
Growth in construction output will fall from 3.1% in 2004 to 0.3% this year, according to economic consultant Hewes and Associates.