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Kajima to wind down UK construction business
Japanese contractor plans to turn to PFI investment after reporting £80m losses on PFI schools contracts
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Road rage
Business Environment Group was the leasehold owner of a large office block known as 1 Olympic Way, Wembley. The building was let as government offices and also as fully serviced offices, to which there is access 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. BEG retained occupation of the common ...
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Government backs MP's plan to tackle climate change
Councils may cut red tape for community electricity generation schemes
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Stadium chief fears winter delay at Wembley
Michael Cunnah says that a harsh winter could delay the installation of the pitch and foundations.
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Cowboys guilty of £150,000 scam
Cowboy builders from Redcar have admitted they conned elderly people out of £150,000.
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NewsTravis Perkins predicts £20m profit fall
Building merchant chief says people are "not in the mood for DIY" as firm warns of tough 2006.
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Broadway Malyan to design scheme for Fourth Grace site
£80m mixed-use project to replace Alsop’s ‘Cloud’ in time for Liverpool’s reign as European City of Culture.
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Extra M&E firms drafted in to Wembley
MJ Quinn and Daltech are brought on site to speed up M&E work at National Stadium.
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CommentLiberty Hall
The urban taskforce is filled with brownfield Taliban, but one member knows we don’t need to live in city-centre boxes. So why doesn’t Sir Peter Hall tells the others?
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Extra M&E firms drafted in to Wembley
Two more M&E firms have been brought on to the Wembley site in an attempt to get the stadium completed in time for next year’s FA Cup final, writes Sarah Richardson.
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NewsCarillion eyes Mowlem as the sell-off begins
Former subsidiary Daubney buys part of division for £1m, as two key directors go on gardening leave
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Skanska set to win first BSF contract
A Skanska-led consortium has been named preferred bidder for the government’s first Building Schools for the Future contract.
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NewsBlair and Prescott lead tributes to George Brumwell
Former general secretary of UCATT and chair of the CSCS card scheme dies suddenly in hospital aged 66
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Lawyers warn that contracts may not protect firms during cold spell
Lawyers have warned that construction companies could face legal and financial problems if Met Office predictions of a harsh winter come true.
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Broadway Malyan to design scheme for Fourth Grace site
£80m mixed-use project to replace Alsop’s ‘Cloud’ in time for Liverpool’s reign as European City of Culture
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CommentDrop the dead duck
A collapsed roof at a superstore started a chain of events that demonstrates the foolishness of risking indemnity costs when a claim looks certain to fail
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On the record
A High Court decision to allow the media access to pleadings in Multiplex vs Cleveland Bridge before the case went to trial has implications for all court users
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After the endgame
In the leader column in today’s issue of Building (28 October) you say: “Without a doubt energy is the most important problem we face as an industry and a society.” None of your readers, unless they had some kind of axe to grind, could disagree with the points you make. ...
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It’s too late to be reasonable
You are absolutely right that “if construction is to deliver, it needs the rules spilling out of Whitehall to follow the three Cs: they must be clear, concise and consistent” (leader).