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Style to go - the unique flatpack home
Cartwright Pickard Architects has helped create an off-site flatpack system that promises flexibility and super-quick build time.
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Making the most of Building.co.uk
Browse the new Building web site and you will find the best online news, jobs and data in the construction industry
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Construction rules the waves
Hansom prepares for the Little Britain Challenge Cup with an afternoon’s dragon boat racing in North London.
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Brown plan sparks capacity fears
Construction industry consultants have warned the government that the industry will struggle to deliver the chancellor’s latest spending review
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O'Rourke's global domination starts with 122% profit leap
Turnover rises 20% to £1.66bn in an ‘excellent’ year for Laing O’Rourke, which aims to be a worldwide player
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CTRL team is favourite for 10bn Crossrail
Consortium London and Continental Railways (LCR) has emerged as the favourite to oversee the £10bn Crossrail scheme, which was given government approval on Tuesday
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McAlpine to return to the Dome
Sir Robert McAlpine leads the race to redevelop the Millennium Dome into a 20,000-capacity sports and entertainment arena...
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Animal lab protest will continue say demonstrators
Demonstrators vowed to oppose any contractor appointed to complete the construction of Oxford University's new Biomedical Research Facility
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RIBA's new boss shocked by 93% failure rate at university
University of Central England closes BA architecture course to new students until investigation is complete
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Galliford Try and Bilfinger hitch NHS LIFTs
A consortium including Galliford Try and Bilfinger sign NHS LIFT contracts with Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Care Trusts, and Liverpool and Sefton LIFT.
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NHS LIFT project will net Carillion 30m in five years
Carillion reaches financial close on Birmingham and Solihull NHS LIFT contract
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Hunt is on for Fourth Grace designer as Alsop is axed
After throwing out Will Alsop's winning scheme, Liverpool is set to tender for replacement in September
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BAA considers two-second monorail 'taxis' for Heathrow
Airport operator weighs up smart mass transit system that can deliver passengers to exact destination
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Watts: 'BRE is on a precipice'
Graham Watts, chief executive of the Construction Industry Council, has called on firms to lobby the Treasury over changes to funding research in construction
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Plans to combat flood risk in Thames Gateway
Regeneration alliance the Thames Gateway London Partnership is to carry out an environmental masterplan this autumn in an attempt to counter the threat of flooding.
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“Your dry wall beam sounds most interesting"
Aluminium facade specialist Alumet shares the specification of its Avon Dry Wall Beam with the Queen
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Bowmer & Kirkland knocks Bovis off top spot in June
Derbyshire contractor tops league with two big projects, but it’s business as usual in yearly table
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Accidents will happen
… but that doesn’t necessarily mean you have to pay for them. In an increasingly prevalent compensation culture, we find out why contractors are feeling sick over payouts – and looks at some classic fast ones pulled by industry opportunists.
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China's boom sends tidal wave through UK
The industry is experiencing the highest ever rise in material costs, according to figures released by accountant PKF.