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  • The Fred Longworth School in Tyldesley, Greater Manchester
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    School project

    2005-07-08T00:00:00Z

    Mitie has just opened its first two construction skills centres for 14-16 year olds

  • Richard Munro
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    Appointments

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    Movers this week

  • Pedley: HBF to be given more priority
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    Pedley bows out as chief executive of Redrow

    2005-07-08T00:00:00Z

    Paul Pedley has stepped down as chief executive of quoted housebuilder Redrow to commit more time to the House Builders Federation.

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    Kier has some good news and some bad news

    2005-07-08T00:00:00Z

    Greater profitability in the construction division at Kier will help to offset a slowdown in work at its housing arm, said the firm.

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    Montpellier back in black

    2005-07-08T00:00:00Z

    Montpellier posted a small profit for the six months to 31 March this year after turning in a £6.9m loss for the year to 30 September 2004.

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    Sharewatch

    2005-07-08T00:00:00Z

    Interest rate tensions

  • Johnston: MDA poised for difficult market
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    MDA chairman set to prove himself after 2002 buyout

    2005-07-08T00:00:00Z

    Despite controversy over his buyout and restructure of cost consultant, Charles Johnston is bullish about future

  • Comment

    An engineering solution

    2005-07-08T00:00:00Z

    With a little bit of law and technology we can use standard electrical appliances to a) reduce carbon emissions by millions of tons and b) make money …

  • Hansom
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    Hansom

    2005-07-08T00:00:00Z

    So farewell Neil Hadden and welcome back Paul Gandy. Hello again, Paris Moayedi and Roger Madelin. Ah, Mr Gidman, may we have a word?

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    Game on

    2005-07-08T00:00:00Z

    So David Beckham is to have the Olympics in his manor after all, to the delight of the country’s sports fans and the construction industry.

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    Industry hails victory for the whole of the UK

    2005-07-08T00:00:00Z

    All regions set to benefit from training facilities and base camps for more than 140 competing nations

  • Gary France
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    ‘Everybody is so happy, it’s euphoric’

    2005-07-08T00:00:00Z

    Minutes after the announcement of London’s victory was made, an emotional Gary France, a director at construction consultant Mace, spoke to Building from the restaurant in Singapore where the bid team had gathered to celebrate

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    Olympic transport body gets go-ahead

    2005-07-08T00:00:00Z

    The government is set to establish an Olympic Transport Authority to oversee the development of transport links and infrastructure for the games.

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    Guy Hands in frame to buy Fairclough Homes

    2005-07-08T00:00:00Z

    Entrepreneur Guy Hands is understood to be preparing to put in a bid for Fairclough Homes, the housebuilder put up for sale for £250m by its US parent Centex. Hands is chief executive of private equity company Terra Firma.

  • A view of the bridge
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    A view of the bridge

    2005-07-08T00:00:00Z

    Contractor Alfred McAlpine has begun work to prepare the site of this £4.9m foot and cycle bridge in Newport, south Wales. The Usk bridge, designed by Grimshaw and Atkins, is 67 m tall and 145 m long. The structure has four crane-like masts, standing in pairs, which support the bridge ...

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    Costs double as Plymouth hospital PFI ditches sole bid

    2005-07-08T00:00:00Z

    The Plymouth Hospitals PFI scheme has nearly doubled in cost to £600m after the NHS confirmed last week it had rejected the sole bidder for the project.

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    Mowlem urges Network Rail to reconsider ban

    2005-07-08T00:00:00Z

    Mowlem chief executive Simon Vivian has been in talks this week with Network Rail over getting the company reinstated on the track renewal programme.

  • The tunnel at the Tesco site fell on to rail lines
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    Tesco set to sue civils contractor after tunnel collapse

    2005-07-08T00:00:00Z

    Supermarket giant Tesco is considering whether to sue the firm that was constructing a rail tunnel beneath the site of its Gerrards Cross store after it collapsed last week.

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    CABE calls for icons for the common man

    2005-07-08T00:00:00Z

    CABE has warned the government not to concentrate exclusively on inner-city regeneration at the expense of more suburban areas.

  • Stock leaves the blocks
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    Stock leaves the blocks

    2005-07-08T00:00:00Z

    Planning approval has been granted for this £23m mixed-use development at Payne Road in east London. Created by architect and urban designer Stock Woolstencroft for the East Thames Group, the project, which has a development value of £35m, creates an entrance to Tower Hamlets from the east and lies close ...