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NewsA night for winners
Costain was named major contractor of the year at the 2005 Building Awards. The event, which attracted a record 1900 people to the Grosvenor House Hotel, saw a host of former Olympic medal winners including 4 × 100 m relay gold medallist Marlon Devonish, hand out the gongs. Other winners ...
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Architect faces Legionnaires deaths retrial
A council architect charged with the manslaughter of seven people after the worst outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Britain is to face a retrial, it was announced at Preston crown court on Monday.
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NewsLooking up
A primary school in King’s Cross, London, plans to fund its £11m building programme by leasing the air-rights for student accommodation. Architect Shepheard Epstein Hunter has designed the school on the ground floor with 165 student rooms rising to six storeys above it. The 6000 m2 building is arranged around ...
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NewsBovis resolves foreign labour dispute at BBC site
Contractor holds emergency talks after labour agencies threaten to sue UCATT over unfair treatment allegations
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Master builders call for anti-cowboy ASBOs
The Federation of Master Builders has backed a court ruling that handed a cowboy builder an anti-social behaviour order and called for the use of similar measures to control rogue builders in the industry.
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Gavin’s pod pleas answered
Rochester-based specialist Shotcrete has built the spherical concrete pods for TV presenter Diarmuid Gavin’s ideal garden design, to be showcased at the Chelsea Flower Show next week.
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London architecture school reintroduces live projects
Live building projects are to be reintroduced as part of the architecture course at London Metropolitan University.
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Canalside cool
Building Design Partnership plans to move its 275-strong Manchester office into a £5m block entirely designed by the multidisciplinary practice. The 3850 m2 development by Town Centre Securities will be one of the first new buildings overlooking Piccadilly canal basin next to Manchester’s main railway station. The building will be ...
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Persistence and good practice at Forest Gate
A site next to Forest Gate rail station in east London is set for redevelopment after a series of failed regeneration attempts in the past two years.
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Construction industry: Election Battleground no3
Ahead of next weeks general election, key industry figures call for construction to be represented by a single voice at the top table plus what happened to all those initiatives
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NewsPersimmon’s founder and chairman to retire
Duncan Davidson, the founder and chairman of the UK’s biggest housebuilder Persimmon, is to retire next year at the age of 65
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FeaturesKO scoop for Kenmore Homes
Housebuilder’s guests lap up the paparazzi attention at big night out.
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No more Blokes, bums and bricks
Industry launches £1 million campaign to attract more female recruits.
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NewsRobert Gregory steps down from Kier board
Kier Group board left with empty seat as head of housing moves on.
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NewsLaing secures 300m Newcastle hospital contract
Major Newcastle hospital PFI deal reaches financial close.
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NewsRok buys Durose & Gourlay for 11.4m
Maintenance services company extends its reach across north England with new acquisition.
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NewsIf you were prime minister
Tell us what you would do if you won the General Election and win a £25 drinks voucher.
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NewsStanhope takes the honours at Building Awards
Peter Rogers and Stanhope wow the judging panel in three categories.
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Wilson Bowden reservations hit by pre-election nerves
Wilson Bowden says that uncertainty over the election has led to a fall in reservations on its housing developments.
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NewsWickes turnover falls 2.2%
Travis Perkins says newly acquired Wickes is suffering from a tough DIY market.