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Sustainable Bill set to pass into law
The Sustainable and Secure Buildings Bill is set to receive Royal Assent tomorrow (Thursday).
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Ministers kept in the dark over Holyrood
Lord Fraser says that Scottish ministers were too far removed from the project to be able to control costs.
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T. Clark acquires regional player for £2.1m
Electrical contractor extends eastwards with acquisition of King’s Lyn-based Anglia Electrical Services.
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Specifier Products
The latest window and door solutions, including new doors for a venerable institution in Cambridge, fire station entrances that fly open in seconds and some eye-catching coloured glazing
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How to specify a doorset
Ensuring all the components of a doorset combine to give the required performance on site is a major challenge for any specifier. Here we outline how current Building Regulations apply to an internal door
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Hounded out
Cats and dogs can Britain’s favourite pets, but if you live in council accommodation you’d probably have to make do with a bird or fish.
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Hill urges councils to speed up planning process
Planning minister Keith Hill warns that local authorities could fall short of planning applications targets.
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Speakers announced for Prescott summit
An Italian MEP and Seattle banker are among those invited by John Prescott to speak at next year's Sustainable Communities summit.
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Redrow predicts rosy future
Redrow achieves 17% rise in pre-tax profit and claims that housing market will remain robust despite interest rate rises.
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Farrell appointed masterplanner at Paddington hospital
Terry Farrell and Partners submitted initial hospital plan to Westminster City Council last week.
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£7m grant completes Aylesbury funding jigsaw
Work on phase one of the renewal work on the Aylesbury Estate in London will start in mid-2005.
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RMC appoints Rontgen
Alexander Rontgen becomes RMC’s international director and heads up firm’s new international cement division.
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Gunite wins Little Britain
The Little Britain Challenge Cup attracts 2,500 sailors and sees concrete firm Gunite win the main event.
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Parkwood in the swim
Leisure PFIs help Parkwood Holdings to increase interim turnover by 29% to £31.2m.
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Six share £4.5bn water deal
Welsh Water selects six contractors including Costain and Amec as preferred partners in a 15-year deal.
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Councils give 2012 Olympics green light
Four councils in East London have given planning permission for the proposed Olympic complex in East London
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Spinning yarns
Rain may have stopped play at a David Wilson Homes’ sponsored cricket match but it didn’t dampen the spirits of the has-been cricketers booked for the event.
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Waste not, want not
Council nimbyism and short-sighted government policy is in danger of turning Britain into a fly-tippers paradise. If the UK is to deal with its growing mountain of rubbish thousands of waste treatment facilities will have to be built by 2020, says Nigel Mattravers.
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ORourke launches surprise attack on labour market
6000 temporary workers will have working week slashed for same money – if they become permanent staff