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FeaturesCement: Mixmasters
Those fighting construction’s never ending war against cock-ups on site have just been handed a powerful new weapon: cements that have been precisely blended to do the job that they’re supposed to
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FeaturesConcrete: Freeflow
The architect for this museum in Lincoln wanted a concrete that would be quick and easy to pour, yet have a finish sensitive enough to record the texture of a leaf. Here’s how he found it
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FeaturesGyvlon: Crackdown
Any firms interested in finding a flooring material that is faster and greener than traditional screeds, doesn’t need reinforcement and won’t shrink may be interested in Gyvlon …
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FeaturesBernard Kasriel: Realpolitic
Bernard Kasriel, chief executive of Lafarge, talks about environment-friendly technology, negotiating with suspicious governments and the delicate business of digging enormous great holes
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FeaturesPlasterboard: Hush hush
Changes in planning policy have elevated plasterboard from a way to subdivide a room into a vital tool of government policy. But only if it passes stringent acoustic tests. So how is the next generation is meeting the challenge?
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FeaturesRoofs: Powersharing
The roofing industry is being crowbarred away from its traditions by a mixture of government regulation and market imperatives. Luckily, this process is being helped by an evolutionary leap in materials technology …
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FeaturesWalker’s big score
The thing is, there must be 50 ways to screw up a £1bn project, and if you can think of 25 of them, you’re a genius. We talk to a man who’s trying to do even better than that …
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Local lowdown: Central Scotland
Robert Smith of Hays Montrose says that, in central Scotland, PFIs are leading the way
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NewsMace launches in-house recruitment consultant
Business aims to fill 600 internal vacancies over next year while providing recruitment service to rivals
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Sharewatch: Amec’s chasing Amey
So it looks like Amec is hell-bent on abandoning the construction sector.
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NewsGalliford Try aims to double house sales in three years
Company plans to sell 1250 homes and abandon the luxury market, while posting £22.7m pre-tax profit
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Profit jumps to £23.5m at Miller Group
Private housebuilder and property company Miller Group more than doubled its profit in the first half of the year.
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Urban Splash’s £6.3m profit
Urban Splash, the property developer, increased its profit 52% in the 16 months ending 31 March.
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Mowlem’s results dented by £12m Australian loss
Contractor Mowlem’s interim results, announced last week, were overshadowed by a £12m charge for delays on projects in Australia.
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CommentIn defence of Peter
A message to letter-writers and sub-editors: we’re lucky to have Peter Lobban as head of the CITB, and his remuneration package reflects this fact
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NewsDavid Curry
Booming property prices mean more households are levied for inheritance tax, but proposals to reform the rate of taxation are merely tinkering – they don’t resolve the underlying issues
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