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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.
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Demand for property increases for sixth year
Surveyors upgrade expectations of rent rises for next four years, but survey reveals jitters in retail market.
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NewsNigel Fee is new Westbury Homes boss
Housebuilder says Fee will takeover from Martin Donohue in November and announces 13% profit increase to £120m.
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Protesters fix solar panels to Prescott's roof
Prescott calls Greenpeace stunt to highlight energy efficient homes deplorable.
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Property developer fined £100,000 after site death
HSE successfully prosecutes property developer following a fatal fall through an unguarded opening.
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Reservations down at Taylor Woodrow
Housebuilder says that house reservations are down on the same period last year, but says market has improved since end of 2004.
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NewsAndrew Wyllie appointed Costain boss
Wyllie will resign as managing director of Taylor Woodrow Construction to take up chief executive at Costain.
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FMB backs ASBOs for rogue traders
The Federation of Master Builders backs a court ruling in Cheshire that gave a cowboy builder a five-year ASBO.
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NewsWindow falls 400ft from Swiss RE tower
Building engineers examine 744 similar windows in Gherkin as plaza is sealed off to protect passers by.
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NewsRogers sets up lobby group of industrys biggest hitters
New advisory group within Strategic Forum of ‘powerful leading businessmen’ to wield greater political influence.
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Strategic Forum issues ultimatum to CSCS owners
Construction body says it will step in unless unions and CITB-ConstructionSkills resolve dispute.
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Comment
Clarity counts
An employee of BT Fleet Ltd had been injured in the company workshop while lifting a tyre onto a tyre-changing machine. A health and safety inspector named Mr McKenna visited the site and issued an improvement notice under section 21 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. The ...
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Another executive takes flight from Jarvis
The managing director of the plant division of Jarvis has become the latest member of senior management to quit.
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Schools & hospitals: Election Battleground no2
Ambitious programmes of school and hospital building have been cornerstones of the Labour governments education and health policies. Building casts a critical eye over how successful those multibillion-pound programmes have been, looks at the key manifesto pledges of the three main parties and finds out what surveyors think of the ...