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Galliford Try seals £87m Coventry contracts
Galliford Try reaches financial close on a Coventry NHS Lift and Caludon Castle School PFI.
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FeaturesOde to a concrete mixer
Ian Hughes is so pleased with his 20-year-old mixer that he’s given the manufacturer a verbal testimonial.
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Young heads up the Scottish design champion
Raymond Young will chair new Architecture and Design Scotland organisation, which will perform similar role to CABE.
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Wickes attracts wide interest
Three private equity firms join building supplies as potential buyers of £2.8bn turnover Wickes.
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Specifier Products
his month, we have a cornucopia of energy-saving products, including a cladding system that thinks it’s a Thermos flask, the latest condensing boilers and movement-sensitive lighting controls
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FeaturesSpecifier Audit
With so many aspects to bear in mind, ensuring you specify products from the most eco-friendly manufacturers is a complicated business. Which is where Arup’s audit tool can help …
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FeaturesLow-energy buildings
This week, a look at low-energy buildings focuses on the world’s first zero carbon emissions office, with top tips on how to design your own – plus checklist, products, suppliers’ guide and how Arup is turning green.
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NewsLocal firm to build new home for the Dons
The 30,000 seater Milton Keynes stadium will be designed and built by the Buckingham Group.
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Jarvis confirms sale of UPP
The Alma Mater Fund buys student accommodation arm to raise much-needed cash for Jarvis.
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Ultraframe profit falls 87%
Decline in UK sales overshadows Ultraframe results as pre-tax profit falls from £28.1m to £3.6m.
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NewsMowlem hit by £8m contract costs
Group warns of lower-than-expected profits as contract costs and £15m write off in Australia threaten to spoil results.
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NewsHigh noon for Jarvis
Directors of troubled support services Group are relying on a £25m property deal to provide finance necessary for survival.
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NewsCPA alarmed at Browns £1bn threat to maintenance funds
The Construction Productions Association says that move to reduce council tax could effect spending on schools, housing and local roads.
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NewsUnions attack CITB over £5m deficit in CSCS scheme
Unions furious at training board’s administration of skills cards after accounts are leaked showing big deficit.
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NewsNetwork Rail calls for fresh designer at Alsop’s station
Alsop’s designs for Birmingham New Street face the axe – although Network Rail owns the intellectual rights.
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NewsCambridge architecture school may be reprieved
University arts and humanities school agrees to divert funding to threatened department until 2008.
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FeaturesThe Berlaymonster’s back!
Nearly five years late and three times over budget, the European commission’s headquarters is back in business. We took a trip to Brussels to admire the £509m refurbishment and find out what originally set the project spinning out of control – and for once, nobody is blaming the eurocrats …
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Just the job
It began with avoiding PE lessons at school. Now Carmella Barbour is in charge of her own quarry …