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Montpellier's pre-tax profit and turnover suffer a fall
Construction and property group Montpellier issued poor annual results this week.
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Carillion to build £60m Oxfordshire asylum centre
Home Office awards Carillion–Group 4 team a controversial scheme to build accommodation for 750 asylum seekers
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NewsFrench made
Brisac Gonzalez Architecture has won a design competition for a multipurpose arena in Aurillac, in the France's Massif Central. Chosen from a longlist of 33, four practices were shortlisted by the town's regional government. Brisac Gonzalez beat off three Paris practices, including Henri Gaudin, Alain Safarti and Agence Sequences to ...
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FeaturesTime, gentlemen, please
In the rush of 12-hour working days fuelled by fatty snacks and liquid lunches, it's easy to forget that you are utterly, utterly reliant on a small ball of muscle in your chest. We report on drive to alert executives to the danger they're in – before it's too late
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Building’s Beckhams
Every year, a few premiership players dominate the European construction league – but their Spanish competitors are playing a long game and there may be an upset.
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FeaturesThe Longest day
The creation of Heathrow's £3.7bn Terminal 5 is a titanic daily feat of co-ordination, with a 7000-strong army of workers to be ferried, thousands of tonnes of material to be delivered and two raging rivers to be diverted. We observed a day in the remarkable life of Europe's biggest building ...
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My cure-all health plan
We could improve construction in one fell swoop by making health and safety training a precondition for anybody becoming a company director
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CommentNo job for Superman
Any adjudicator who comes to a dispute too convinced of their own expertise may not be able to judge the case in an open-minded, impartial way
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Sit up and take notice
Do you have trouble figuring out whether you need to give notice of abatement? And do you know the difference between set-off and abatement? If not, read on
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A sad state of affairs
Fresh statistics on high suicide rates in construction show that this worrying trend is not going away … But what is causing it – and what can be done?
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Housebuilders and property firms to team up, says City
Analysts predict rise in mergers and acquisitions this year as trend for mixed-use developments takes hold
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Retro effect
Do the work then sign a contract. Bonkers? Maybe, but it happens all the time. If you ever do it, just make sure it’s clear the contract covers work already carried out
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NewsAmec in legal bust-up over Alsop's Victoria House
Contractor clashes with German developer in the same week the building is sold to an Irish group for £160m
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FeaturesThe saga continues …
Holyrood's disastrous cost overruns and missed deadlines dominated 2003's headlines. As Lord Fraser prepares for the second half of his inquiry, we chart how the tale of incompetence and mismanagement has unfolded so far
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Features04 for 2004
With the party season behind us, it's time to take a sober look at the year to come. But for those still feeling delicate, we've have made it nice and simple. Out of all the potential issues, buildings, gadgets, institutions and people that'll make it big in 2004, Building has ...
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NewsMiller sets sights on housing rivals
Edinburgh-based construction group Miller hopes to buy a rival housebuilder in 2004
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Doing the twist
Judges don't like it when a party plays fast and loose with the adjudication process, shifting ground opportunistically or otherwise giving itself wriggle room
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NewsFoster staff jump ship to join Shuttleworth's crew
Architect kicks off New Year by taking on former colleagues at his own practice, based at Arup headquarters
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Christmas selling spree for quoted firms
Quoted companies in the construction sector announced a spate of business disposals over the festive period.