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FeaturesOne thing they’re not shoulder to shoulder on …
Bush and Blair stand united over Iraq, but on one particularly sensitive domestic issue they are worlds apart. We investigate the impact of Republican and Labour policies on housebuilding either side of the pond
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NewsMittal plans to forge £11.4bn steel giant
Lakshmi Mittal, the steel magnate, said this week he planned to create an £11.42bn company that would be the biggest in the sector and a rival to Corus and the Luxembourg firm Arcelor
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Cement firm Cemex steps closer to RMC takeover
Cemex, the world’s third-largest cement producer, has moved a step closer to its proposed £2.3bn takeover of RMC.
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Heron increases Crest stake
Gerald Ronson’s Heron International further increased its stake in housebuilder Crest Nicholson last week.
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NewsSharewatch: Downbeat trading
The trickle of downbeat trading statements from quoted housebuilders continued to flow last week.
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Box for brains
Sheffield architect Bond Bryan Associates has designed this bio-incubator building for the University of Sheffield.
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Fresh blow to Jarvis as highways boss quits
John Worthington resigns just as firm starts to rely on highways maintenance division to help cut debts
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NewsLet’s hear it for … the A650
Tony Blair’s Better Public Building Award has this year gone to a relief road around Bingley in Yorkshire. The 4.5 km A650 road, which includes a suspension bridge across the River Aire, was designed by Arup and built by Amec at a cost of £49.5m. The judges were impressed by ...
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Multiplex declares war on Cleveland Bridge
The phoney war between Multiplex and Cleveland bridge, which started when the steel contractor was thrown off the Wembley national stadium project in July, has turned into the real thing,
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Mace beats off rivals to win £90m Foster office scheme
Mace has beaten off competition from Interior/Exterior to win a £90m construction management deal to build two additions to a development next to City Hall in Southwark, south London.
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London housing needs funds
Housing regeneration in London needs more secure sources of funding if it is to succeed, said a report published this week.
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Galliford Try directors resign to set up niche business
Affordable housing bosses John Owen and David Faint expected to launch construction consultancy
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NewsBovis to show off work at Scottish parliament
Construction manager Bovis Lend Lease is to show 100 leading figures from the industry around the £431m Scottish parliament building next month.
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Emergency room for St Mary’s
The team behind plans for the £800m St Mary’s PFI hospital in Paddington, west London, is considering using yet another piece of land to house the scheme,
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NewsThe real deal
In last week’s issue of Building we used the wrong image for the top prize winner in the Wood Awards (it was Simon Conder’s Dungeness house).
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Hewitt plans to crack industry’s ‘men only’ culture
Trade secretary launches campaign to persuade more women to break into ‘macho’ world of construction
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Three vie for 4000-home scheme
National regeneration agency English Partnerships has announced a shortlist of three consortiums for a plan to build several thousand homes in south and east London.
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NewsSafety drive to use shock tactics
Industry leaders are set to launch a hard-hitting poster campaign in a drive to cut the number of accidents on site,
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CPA calls for tax breaks on green homes
The Construction Products Association has called on the government to back the industry’s environmental strategy by offering householders tax concessions on low-energy devices.
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NewsCool for coppers
A £15m HQ for Gloucestershire Constabulary in Gloucester was topped out last week.