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Treasury puts brakes on Bedford
English Partnerships’ proposal for a model scheme to fund the provision of infrastructure in the growth areas has become the latest victim of the Treasury’s public spending embargo.
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NewsWolseley names successor to Charlie Banks
Building materials supplier Wolseley, the construction sector’s biggest quoted company, said this week that it had appointed Chip Hornsby to replace Charlie Banks as chief executive next summer.
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DTZ sets up design team … and
DTZ, the quoted property services company, has created a fit-out and design team and has poached director Gary Lagdon from CB Richard Ellis to run it.
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NewsSharewatch: When a high’s a low
The two best-performing quoted companies in the industry last week had something in common.
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NewsLinden Homes still upbeat five years after buyout
Despite doubts over economy, chief executive Davies says there is plenty more growth on the horizon
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FeaturesMowlem’s bitter lessons
Hundreds of kids crammed into mobile classrooms, continual redesigns, finger-pointing rows with the council …
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Government is missing too many targets, warns CPA
Report unveiled at the Labour conference this week says public sector building pledges are not being met
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NewsGovernment under fire over energy regulations ‘cop-out’
Environment experts accuse the ODPM of dropping some changes to Part L for reasons of political expediency
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Have we forgotten Kyoto?
There is much to welcome in the Building Regulations draft approved documents – mandatory pressure testing, and fresh methods of demonstrating compliance, with design standards based upon target CO2 emissions rates.
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Amec snaps up French electrical group Javelet
Support services group Amec announced this week that it had bought French electrical installations group Javalet.
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Severfield-Rowen profit hike
Profit rose 40% at steelwork contractor Severfield-Rowen during the first half of 2005, with a 17% rise in turnover.
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NewsMargins at White Young Green reach 10%
Quoted engineering consultant White Young Green achieved double-digit margins for the first time last financial year, it revealed this week.
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Management team to buy out Rydon Group
Bank of Scotland to finance purchase of £128m-turnover construction group by three principal shareholders
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HSE appoints senior official to oversee Olympic projects
The Health and Safety Executive has appointed a senior manager to co-ordinate its response to the 2012 Olympics in London.
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NewsLocation, location, location
The Richard Rogers Partnership is set to redevelop the 1950s Bowater House building in Knightsbridge, London.
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Lovell presses on with PFI court action
Housebuilder Lovell is continuing its legal battle with North East Derbyshire council to recover bid costs on a £39m social housing PFI contract that was scrapped.
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NewsReach for Arabian skies
The Stellar Tower designed by Make Architects, which was originally pencilled in for a desert site in Abu Dhabi, will now be built in the centre of the city in Allttihad Square.
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Rogers beats international rivals to New York project
Architect Richard Rogers Partnership has won a £790m competition to design the expansion of the Jacob K Javits Convention Center in New York.
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Barratt’s first-half profits up
Housebuilder Barratt has recorded an 11% rise in pre-tax profit for the first half after offsetting a challenging private sector market with a rise in affordable housing completions.