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Music Box may start to play
The £50m “Music Box” project for the BBC, designed by Foreign Office Architects, may be about to move forward after a six-month delay.
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Birmingham tornado causes design rethink
Industry experts have warned that building design may need to be rethought to take greater account of extreme weather after last week’s tornado in Birmingham.
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Up above the streets and house
Foster and Partners has released images of the Troika development, its first luxury residential scheme in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur.
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Currie & Brown promotes McEwan
Cost consultant Currie & Brown has appointed Euan McEwan group chief executive officer after Angus McLean relinquished the position to become executive chairman of the group.
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Ben Bailey’s profit drops 20% in subdued housing market
Housebuilder Ben Bailey has reported a drop in profits of almost 20% in a further sign of the struggling housing market.
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East Thames admits defeat in hitting 10% savings targets
One of the Housing Corporation’s major partners has said it will struggle to make the 10% spending cuts required by April 2008.East Thames Group, which received £55m to build 1305 homes by next April, is expected to continue as one of the corporation’s 70 development groups for the next two-year ...
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NewsLivingstone demands T5-style deal for Olympics
Mayor in talks with T&G and UCATT over plan to force Olympics firms to offer generous pay and conditions
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Kier Regional fined 7000 after site accident
Contractor pleads guilty to two breaches of Health & Safety at Work Act after worker fell 20 m down ventilation shaft.
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Foster designs wind turbine for Man City stadium
Eighty-metre-tall SportCity Wind Turbine will power City of Manchester Stadium and 2000 homes.
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Alfred McAlpine reports 27% profit rise
Contractor confident of further growth in the utilities sector, after reporting strong half-year figures.
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NewsLaing O'Rourke worker dies in T5 accident
A second worker remains seriously injured after 20 m fall from work platform at Heathrow site yesterday afternoon.
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HSE names new chief inspector of construction
Stephen Williams will head up Health and Safety Executive's construction division.
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NewsBPB rejects £3.6bn takeover bid from Saint-Gobain
Slough-based materials supplier spurns 720p-a-share cash offer from French giant.
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Tube Lines completes Piccadilly line repairs
Tube line will reopen on Thursday following extensive repairs to bomb damaged track and signals.
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Hanson increase profit to 172.3m despite sluggish UK
Strong performance in the US and UK aggregates arm enables Hanson to ride out downturn in UK housing sector.
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Bellway set for record results
Housebuilder says in trading update that it has achieved 6% more completions than last year.
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Costs: Natural ventilation for offices
Natural ventilation for offices not only makes financial sense but also offers a sustainable solution to environment management. Wec examine the whole-life costs
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Offices
Specifier this week looks at the high-pressure world of office construction and fit-out, complete with the latest products, who to buy them from and pitfalls to avoid. First, though, we tell the story of the Japanese electronics company that wanted to upgrade its British headquarters – and got an unpleasant ...
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NewsProfits at Ben Bailey fall 18%
Housebuilder reports pre-tax profit of £6.17m for the six months ended 30 June.
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English Heritage hits the streets
EH commissioner Bill Bryson launches 'Streets for all" manual to provide practical guidance on visual quality in streets.